IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Finland

5,561,389	13
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
4,255,466	70.76%
Registered Voters (as of April 16, 2019)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Finnish Parliament	Eduskunta	Assembly

The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 6-year term.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament to serve a 4-year term.
In the Parliament (Eduskunta), 199 members are elected by open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 1 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms.
- There are 14 multi-member constituencies with anywhere from 6 to 33 seats. Seats are distributed among the individual parties, or alliances of several parties, in accordance with the d'Hondt method.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Finnish Parliament	1999-03-21	2,710,095	4,152,430	65.27%
President	2000-01-16	3,068,150	4,172,740	73.53%
President	2000-02-06	3,201,713	4,167,204	76.83%
Finnish Parliament	2003-03-16	2,815,700	4,220,951	66.71%
President	2006-01-15	3,025,606	4,272,537	70.82%
President	2006-01-29	3,163,667	4,272,537	74.05%
Finnish Parliament	2007-03-18	2,790,752	4,083,549	68.34%
Finnish Parliament	2011-04-17	2,953,977	4,387,701	67.32%
President	2012-01-22	3,070,429	4,159,857	73.81%
President	2012-02-05	2,904,886	4,159,857	69.83%
Finnish Parliament	2015-04-19	2,981,931	4,221,237	70.64%
President	2018-01-28	3,002,710	4,246,803	70.71%
Finnish Parliament	2019-04-14	3,065,287	4,255,466	72.03%