Advance voting abroad in Finland's municipal elections in 2021
The municipal elections will be held on Sunday 13 June 2021. Advance voting will be possible in Reykjavik from 2 to 3 June 2021. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for the organisation of advance voting abroad.
In municipal elections, the right to vote is linked with residency in the municipality in question, which means that Finns residing permanently abroad are not entitled to vote in the municipal elections.
The Ministry of Justice of Finland has the overall responsibility for conducting the elections. It has published a list of the advance polling stations and their opening hours on its website at vaalit.fi(Link to another website.).
Voters who are eligible to vote in municipal elections can exercise their right to vote also through postal voting, which is organised by the Ministry of Justice. Eligible voters are requested to order the postal voting documents also in the case that they are planning to cast their vote abroad during the actual advance voting period. Voters who have already earlier ordered the postal voting documents can use these documents to vote by post regardless of the postponement. If you are not sure whether the postal voting documents can be delivered to your country of residence by post, please call the Elections helpline of the Ministry of Justice or use WhatsApp message service (numbers available at website(Link to another website.) (Link to another website.)) to find out whether the documents can be delivered to you using a commercial courier service.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is possible that voting cannot be organised in the advance polling stations as planned because local authorities may impose restrictions or lockdowns at short notice. Information on the dates, instructions and an order form for postal voting documents are available at vaalit.fi(Link to another website.).
Read more about the advance voting on the missions’ websites(Link to another website.).
The advance polling station in Iceland:
Embassy of Finland in Reykjavik
Túngata 30, 101 Reykjavík
Tel. +354 5100 100
Opening hours:
2.-3.6.2021 at 12:00–16:00