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Finland Parliamentary Election 2027
Event overview
Finland's next eduskuntavaalit — election to the 200-seat Eduskunta on the third Sunday of April 2027 under the Election Act's four-year cycle.
Finland's 2027 parliamentary election (eduskuntavaalit), scheduled for Sunday 18 April 2027 — the third Sunday in April under the Election Act's four-year cycle from 2 April 2023. Some 4.5 million eligible voters elect all 200 members of the Eduskunta — Finland's unicameral parliament — using the d'Hondt open-list proportional method across 13 multi-member constituencies plus the single-member Åland.
The 2023 vote produced the tightest three-way result in modern Finnish history: the centre-right Kokoomus (National Coalition Party) under Petteri Orpo took 48 seats on 20.8 percent, the right-populist Perussuomalaiset (Finns Party) under Riikka Purra 46 seats on 20.1 percent, and the Social Democrats under Sanna Marin 43 seats on 19.9 percent. Orpo formed a four-party right coalition with the Finns Party, Swedish People's Party and Christian Democrats, holding 108 of 200 seats.
Finland joined NATO on 4 April 2023 — between the election and government formation — making the 2027 ballot the first held under full Article 5 membership. Finland's three thousand-kilometre border with Russia, the closure of the eastern border crossings since November 2023 in response to Russian-orchestrated migration, and the post-2022 defence spending pivot to two percent of GDP are the defining institutional shifts.
The 2027 campaign will weigh the Orpo government's fiscal-consolidation programme, the labour-market reforms enacted in 2024, the Finns Party's continuing influence on immigration policy and the controversies that have surrounded individual ministers, NATO posture and Russia border security, energy and the post-Olkiluoto-3 nuclear and offshore-wind balance, and the SDP's prospects for return to government under Antti Lindtman.
The Ministry of Justice publishes results at vaalit.fi and via tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi in real time; YLE (Finland's public broadcaster) anchors election-night coverage with simulcast in Finnish, Swedish and Sami. Helsingin Sanomat, Iltalehti and Ilta-Sanomat run major newspaper coverage. Polls open 09:00 to 20:00 local time (EEST in April).
Finland's 2027 vote sits in a Nordic and northern-European cluster with the Swedish general election and the European Parliament election. For comparable post-NATO-accession contexts see the Spanish general election and Italian general election.
When is the Finland 2027 election? Sunday 18 April 2027 — the statutory third Sunday in April four years after the 2023 vote. Who is running? Kokoomus under Petteri Orpo defending coalition; SDP under Antti Lindtman; Finns Party under Riikka Purra; Centre Party, Greens, Left Alliance and Swedish People's Party. Why does this election matter globally? Finland is NATO's newest member with a 1,340-kilometre direct border with Russia — its government's defence and Russia posture has alliance-wide implications. Is voting compulsory? No — turnout in 2023 was 71.9 percent, among the highest in Western Europe.
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https://vaalit.fi/en/Related countdowns
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