County elections

79 representatives for county councils will be elected for a four-year period in the county elections for the Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County. The representatives will decide on the health and social services and rescue services in the Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County.  This page contains essential information about the county elections so that you can participate and use your influence as a Western Uusimaa resident.

• Advance voting in Finland 2–8 April 2025
• Advance voting abroad 2–5 April 2025
• Actual election day on Sunday 13 April 2025.

You can vote in both elections at the same time. At the polling station, you will receive two ballot papers, one of them white and the other purple. The purple ballot paper is used to vote in the county election and the white ballot paper in the municipal election.

The candidate numbers consist of four digits in the county elections and of one, two or three digits in the municipal elections. If you would like to vote for the same candidate in both elections, please remember that your candidate has a different number in the county elections and another number in the municipal elections. You can see the candidate numbers in the ballot lists.

In the first county elections held in 2022, the turnout in Western Uusimaa was 48.0%, slightly higher than the national average (47.5 %). We are active residents here in Western Uusimaa.

The county council is the highest decision-making body of the wellbeing services county. The county council is responsible for the operations and finances of the wellbeing services county and exercises the county’s decision-making power with 79 representatives.

Everyone who turns 18 no later than the election day and whose municipality of residence is in the wellbeing services county on 21 February 2025 may vote in the county elections. This applies to Finnish, EU, Icelandic and Norwegian citizens and other foreigners who have lived in Finland continuously for two years. Employees of an EU or an international organisation operating in Finland and their family members are also entitled to vote if they have notified that they wish to exercise their right to vote.

A ballot paper notifying you of the right to vote is sent to those entitled to vote. If you have the right to vote and have indicated that you receive official notices electronically, you will receive the notification of the right to vote in the Suomi.fi service. There is a total of 392,210 people with the right to vote in Western Uusimaa. 

The candidates’ details will be published after the confirmation of the master lists of candidates on 13 March 2025. The master list of candidates for the Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County, the details of the candidates and the candidate numbers are published on this page.(external link) 

Information about the advance polling stations is available in the Ministry of Justice’s Information and Result Service(external link).

Advance voting is easy. If you have the right to vote, you can vote in advance at any public advance polling station in your home country or abroad. The general advance polling stations in Finland and abroad are the same for the county and municipal elections.

You will receive information about the polling station on election day at your home address.

After the votes have been counted on election day, 13 April 2025, you can follow the election results(external link).

The election result will be confirmed on Wednesday, 16 April.

After the results of the county elections have been confirmed, you can also find the composition of the county council of the Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County on our website: