County polls' advance ballot on 12-18 Jan

The advance voting in the upcoming county elections will be held in Finland from 12 to 18 January and abroad from 12 to 15 January, said the Ministry of Justice in a press release on Friday.

County elections will be held on Sunday 23 January.

The number of general advance polling stations in Finland is 900. Advance polling stations are mainly located at town halls, libraries and shopping centres.

Abroad, a possibility for advance voting will be provided in 96 places in 71 different countries. Some of the advance polling stations will be open only on certain days during the advance voting period.

Eligible voters staying abroad during the advance voting period and on election day may also vote in advance by post from abroad.

There will be 1,664 election day polling stations around the country. Municipalities will also inform their residents about the polling stations themselves.

The new wellbeing services counties will constitute the electoral districts for the county elections. In the elections, the members and deputy members of county councils will be elected in each wellbeing services county.

The county councils will be responsible for organising health, social and rescue services tasks in the wellbeing services counties. No county elections will be conducted in Helsinki.