Advance voting abroad in county elections and municipal elections to take place in April in Switzerland

Finland’s county elections and municipal elections will be held simultaneously on Sunday 13 April 2025. The advance voting period abroad will be from 2 to 5 April 2025, but for practical reasons many advance polling stations will be open for a shorter period.

Avaa PonnahdusikkunaSamassa ennakkoäänestyksessä on siten mahdollista äänestää ennakkoon kahdessa eri vaalissa. Aluevaaleja ei kuitenkaan toimiteta Helsingin kaupungissa eikä myöskään Ahvenanmaan maakunnassa.Ulkomailla ennakkoäänestyspaikkoja on 79 eri valtiossa yhteensä 112 Suomen edustustossa tai edustuston toimipaikassa. Osa ennakkoäänestyspaikoista on avoinna vain joinakin ennakkoäänestyspäivinä. Ulkoministeriö vastaa ennakkoäänestyksen järjestämisestä edustojen lisäksi suomalaisilla aluksilla, jotka liikkuvat Suomen rajojen ulkopuolella ennakkoäänestysajankohtana.

Voters will be able to vote in advance in two elections at the same time; however, county elections are not conducted in the City of Helsinki or in Åland.

There will be 112 advance polling stations abroad, located at Finland's diplomatic and consular missions or their offices in 79 different countries. Some of the advance polling stations will only be open on certain days during the advance voting period. 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. It has published a list of the advance polling stations and their opening hours on the Electionsfinland.fi website.

In addition to voting at an advance polling station abroad, eligible voters staying abroad for the entire advance voting period and on election day may also vote from abroad by post. The postal voting instructions are available on the elections website of the Ministry of Justice.

Advance voting in Switzerland:

Embassy of Finland, Bern
Weltpoststrasse 4
3015 Bern
Puh. +41 31 350 4100

Wed 02.04. from 14.00 to 18.00
Thu 03.04. from 9.00 to 11.00
Fri 04.04. from 14.00 to 16.00
Sat 05.04. from 10.00 to 14.00

Permanent Mission of Finland, Geneva
23 Avenue de France
1202 Genève
Tel. +41 22 919 4242

Thu 03.04. from 9.00 to 14.00
Fri 04.04. from 15.00 to 19.00

Honorary Consulate of Finland, Zurich
Grüngasse 19
8004 Zürich
Puh. +41 79 829 4960

Thu 03.04. from 14.00 to 20.00