2025 Finnish county elections

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The 2025 Finnish county elections were held on 13 April 2025, the same day as the municipal elections. Representatives for the county councils were elected to decide the wellbeing services of each county. [1] [2] Residents of Helsinki were excluded from voting, as the city continued to be responsible for organizing health, social and rescue services in Helsinki. Åland was also excluded, as it was not affected by the health and social services reform.

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Background

These were the second elections of their kind following the inaugural 2022 Finnish county elections. [3]

A poll by the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities suggested that 80 percent of people in Finland planned to vote in the 2025 elections. [4]

Electoral system

A total of 1379 members of the 21 councils representing each wellbeing services county (each council consisting of 59 to 79 members) were elected using proportional representation, with seats allocated according to the D'Hondt method. [5]

Results

Summary of the 13 April 2025 county election results
PartyVoteSeats
Votes %±pp Won+/−
SDP 442,98822.5Increase2.svg3.2320Increase2.svg43
National Coalition 402,31520.4Decrease2.svg1.2281Decrease2.svg8
Centre 381,65919.4Increase2.svg0.2304Increase2.svg7
Left Alliance 178,8579.1Increase2.svg1.1117Increase2.svg17
Green 178,3739.1Increase2.svg1.7107Increase2.svg17
Finns 152,7477.8Decrease2.svg3.3106Decrease2.svg49
SPP 97,7825.0Increase2.svg0.171Decrease2.svg5
CD 94,5784.8Increase2.svg0.662Increase2.svg5
Movement Now 10,1490.5Decrease2.svg1.34Decrease2.svg16
Freedom Alliance 7,8960.4N/A0±0.0
Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose 4,4730.2Increase2.svg0.10±0.0
Communist Party 1,9880.1±0.00±0.0
Animal Justice Party 1,4550.1Increase2.svg0.10±0.0
VKK 7690.0Decrease2.svg1.30Decrease2.svg10
Others11,0810.6N/A7N/A
Total valid number of votes1,967,720100.00±0.01,379±0
Votes cast / turnout2,051,43351.7Increase2.svg4.2
Source: Ministry of Justice

References

  1. "County Elections - Elections". Vaalit. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  2. "County elections and municipal elections 2025 - Elections". Vaalit. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  3. "County elections: documentation of statistics | Statistics Finland". stat.fi. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  4. "Survey: More than 80% plan to vote in municipal elections". News. 2024-09-18. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  5. "How county elections are conducted - Elections". Vaalit. Retrieved 2022-01-17.