Rescheduling of election day and other appointed dates

If the election day falls on New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Epiphany, May Day Eve, May Day, Whit Sunday, Independence Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day, the voting on election day is conducted on the following Sunday. If the election day falls on Easter Day or the Sunday following Easter Day, the voting on election day is conducted on the Sunday preceding Easter Day. However, the provisions of section 160, subsection 2 apply to the determination of the election day for elections to the European Parliament.

If an appointed date provided or determined for another purpose than for voting on election day, starting or ending advance voting, declaration of the elected councillors without conducting an election or confirming election results falls on a public holiday, an ordinary Saturday or Midsummer Eve or Christmas Eve, the first following weekday is considered to be the appointed date. If necessary, the Ministry of Justice has the right to reschedule such an appointed date to the closest appropriate day, if new elections are to be conducted due to an appeal or if new parliamentary elections or supplementary municipal elections are ordered to be held or if a presidential election has been ordered to be restarted or if municipal elections have been ordered to be conducted at a new time.