Elections and voting
County and municipal elections 2025
The county elections and municipal elections will be held at the same time on Sunday 13 April 2025. The advance voting period is from 2 to 8 April 2025.
- Municipal councils elected in municipal elections decide on the activities and finances of the municipality, as well as the use of municipal services. The council is the body with the highest decision-making power in the municipality. In the 2025 municipal elections, 67 councillors and their deputies will be elected to the Tampere City Council for four years. The term of office of the City Council begins on 1 June 2025.
- In the county elections, the councillors are elected to the county councils responsible for organising the health and social services and rescue services of the wellbeing services counties. The county council is the highest decision-making body in the wellbeing services county. In the 2025 county elections, 79 councillors and their deputies will be elected to the County Council of Pirkanmaa Wellbeing Services County for four years. The term of office of the County Council begins on 1 June 2025.
Voting right in municipal elections
In municipal elections, entitled to vote is a person who has turned 18 years old no later than on the election day and who is
a) a citizen of Finland or another EU Member State, or Iceland or Norway, and whose municipality of residence the municipality in question is on the 51st day (21 Feb 2025) before the election day; or
b) a citizen of another state whose municipality of residence the municipality is on the 51st day before the election day, and who has had a continuous municipality of residence in Finland for two years on the 51st day before the election day; or
c) in the service of the EU or an international organisation operating in Finland, and who is a resident in the municipality in question on the 51st day before the election day, provided that their data has been recorded in the Population Information System at their request, and that they have notified the Digital and Population Data Services Agency in writing no later than 52nd day before the election day that they wish to exercise their right to vote in municipal elections. A family member of such a person has the same right.
Voting right in county elections
In county elections, entitled to vote is a person who has turned 18 years old no later than on the election day and who is
a) a citizen of Finland or another EU Member State, or Iceland or Norway, and whose municipality of residence is one of the municipalities belonging to the wellbeing services county in question on the 51st day (21 Feb 2025) before the election day; or
b) a citizen of another state whose municipality of residence is one of the municipalities belonging to the wellbeing services county in question on the 51st day before the election day, and who has had a continuous municipality of residence in Finland for two years on the 51st day before the election day; or
c) in the service of the EU or an international organisation operating in Finland, and who is a resident in a municipality belonging to the wellbeing services county in question on the 51st day before the election day, provided that their data has been recorded in the Population Information System at their request, and that they have notified the Digital and Population Data Services Agency in writing no later than 52nd day before the election day that they wish to exercise their right to vote in county elections. A family member of such a person has the same right.
Advance voting
In Finland, the advance voting period for the county and municipal elections is between 2 and 8 April 2025. The general advance polling stations in Tampere are:
County and municipal elections 2025, general advance polling stations in Tampere
Ministry of Justice elections website in different languages
More detailed information on the elections:
The elections website of the Ministry of Justice
The elections website of the Ministry of Justice contains information on general elections, referendums, political parties and citizens’ participation in general. The website contains information on voting in all Finland’s official languages, English and easy Finnish. The website also publishes election results and other statistics related to elections.
Tampere Central Municipal Election Board
In Tampere, the Central Municipal Election Board is responsible for organising the elections. It consists of five members: Chair Tero Arvonen, Vice-Chair Miia Rajamäki, Noora Hinkkanen, Pentti Hupanen and Tiina Jalava. The secretaries of the Central Municipal Election Board are Lawyer Juha Perämaa and Lawyer Katja Korhonen.
Central Municipal Election Board
Hatanpäänkatu 22, 33900 Tampere (Building O)
PO Box 1008, 33101 Tampere
Tel: +358 3 5656 6644
Email: [email protected]
Finland holds the following general national elections:
- Municipal elections and county elections together every four years (next in 2025)
- Parliamentary elections every four years (next in 2027)
- European Parliament elections every five years (next in 2029)
- Presidential elections every six years (next in 2030)
The short address for this page is tampere.fi/en/elections