Advance voting in county elections and municipal elections in South Africa

Finland’s county elections and municipal elections will be held simultaneously in Finland 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. In South Africa the advance voting is organised in Pretoria on Wednesday 2nd of April, 2025.

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(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window) 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(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window) instructions are available on the elections website of the Ministry of Justice.

General advance polling station in South Africa

Pretoria

Embassy of Finland
628 Leyds Street, Muckleneuk, Pretoria 0002
Tel. +27 12 486 6700

02.04.2025

9:00 - 18:00