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Council of Europe member since 1989; EU member since 1995. Elections administered by the Ministry of Justice with the Digital and Population Data Services Agency maintaining the voter register, and municipal keskusvaalilautakunta (central election committees). Paper ballots statewide, hand-counted: a preliminary count at the polling station on election night, then a final check-count (tarkastuslaskenta) by the municipal central election committee. Foundational statute: Vaalilaki (714/1998). Source: finlex.fi.

Overall38.3%EAdI 26.5%EAI 55.4%ECI 16.7%EDRI 50.0%EVCI 66.7%EII 34.9%
Paper onlyVoting method

Voting Channels

How voters cast a ballot

The voting channels available under current law, each verified against the cited statute.

  • Election dayElection-day in personall

    Election-day voting at the polling station 09:00–20:00.

    Vaalilaki § 68

  • EarlyEarly in personall-voters

    Advance voting (ennakkoäänestys) at general advance-voting stations, embassies, hospitals, care institutions, prisons, and ships; home voting for voters with restricted mobility.

    Vaalilaki § 46, § 47

  • PostalPostal / maillimited

    Postal voting from abroad, available to voters resident or staying abroad (introduced 2019).

    Vaalilaki Ch. 6 a (kirjeäänestys)

  • ProxyProxynot available

    No proxy voting.

  • InternetInternetnot available

    No internet voting.

Methodology Radar

Dimension Breakdown

EAdI26.5%
Election Administration Index
Accountability50%
Commission40%
Funding0%
Staff Training0%
Vendor Oversight50%
EAI55.4%
Electoral Access Index
Administration100%
Eligibility40%
Identification40%
Registration86%
Roll Integrity0%
Voter Assistance17%
Voting Methods67%
ECI16.7%
Election Campaign-Finance Index
Contributions0%
Disclosure0%
Enforcement50%
Foreign Source0%
Traceability50%
EDRI50.0%
Election Dispute Resolution Index
Contest30%
Recount75%
Timing50%
EVCI66.7%
Election Voter-Confidence Index
Ballot Info50%
Candidate75%
Notification75%
EII34.9%
Election Integrity Index
Citizen Verifiability31%
Custody Hardware50%
Post Election Audit56%
Software Verifiability6%
Transparency Observation50%
Vendor Independence0%
Voter Access36%

Primary Instruments

CitationTypeTitleSectionsStatus
Vaalilaki 1. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 1. luku9active
Vaalilaki 10. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 10. luku17active
Vaalilaki 11. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 11. luku16active
Vaalilaki 12. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 12. luku23active
Vaalilaki 13. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 13. luku13active
Vaalilaki 14. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 14. luku2active
Vaalilaki 2. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 2. luku8active
Vaalilaki 3. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 3. luku12active
Vaalilaki 4. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 4. luku16active
Vaalilaki 5. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 5. luku21active
Vaalilaki 6. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 6. luku17active
Vaalilaki 7. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 7. luku16active
Vaalilaki 8. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 8. luku7active
Vaalilaki 9. lukuCodeFI Vaalilaki, 9. luku20active

Methodologies — Datapoint Drill-In

Each methodology card above takes you to Finland's scoring detail for that methodology — every datapoint, with rationale and the exact statute that justifies the score.

EAdIEAIECIEDRIEVCIEII
For a single datapoint side-by-side across every jurisdiction, see e.g. /atlas/datapoint/1.1.
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