Advance voting abroad in Finland's 2023 parliamentary elections

Finland will hold its parliamentary elections on Sunday 2 April 2023. Advance voting will be possible abroad from 22 to 25 March 2023. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for organising advance voting abroad.



The advance polling stations abroad will be located in Finland's diplomatic and consular missions or their offices in 87 different countries. A total of 217 advance polling stations will be open abroad.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for organising advance voting in Finland’s missions abroad and on board Finnish ships sailing outside the Finnish territory during the advance voting period.

The Ministry of Justice has the overall responsibility for conducting the elections. The Ministry has published a list of the advance polling stations(Link to another website.) and their opening hours on the Electionsfinland.fi website. 

Voting by post will also be possible in connection with the parliamentary elections. Information on the important dates for postal voting, instructions and a form for ordering the postal voting documents are available at Electionsfinland.fi(Link to another website.).

Read more about advance voting on the missions’ websites.

Updated 20 March 2023: increase in the number of missions, offices and advance polling stations