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The municipalities ( Finnish: kunta; Swedish: kommun) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental, self-governing administrative units of the country. The entire country is incorporated into municipalities and legally, all municipalities are equal, although certain municipalities are called cities or towns ...
This is a list of municipalities in Finland. There are a total of 309 municipalities, of which 114 have both a Finnish and a Swedish name. [1] These municipalities are listed by the name in the local majority language, with the name in the other national language provided in parentheses. Finnish is the majority language in 99 of those 114 ...
2016 Last election 323 seats, 8.5% 1,195 seats, 12.3% 640 seats, 8.0% Seats won 534: 770: 658: Seat change 211 425 18 Popular vote 320,235 227,297 226,626 Percentage 12.5%: 8.8%: 8.8%: Swing 4.0pp 3.5pp 0.8pp
Counting of the Election Results Counting the advance votes. The electoral district committees begin counting the advance votes on election day at 3 p.m. at the earliest (on special grounds earlier, however at the earliest at 12 o’clock). The brown election envelopes sent from the municipalities are opened and the ballots within them counted.
Municipal Elections. Municipal elections are held to elect the councillors of the municipalities. At the beginning of 2022 there are altogether 293 municipalities in continental Finland and 16 in the Province of Åland. Municipal elections are held every four years on the third Sunday of April. If the third Sunday of April is Easter Day or the ...
List of Finnish municipalities. This is a listing in alphabetical order of the 309 municipalities in Finland as of 2021. Note that there are 114 municipalities that have both a Finnish and a Swedish name. Those municipalities are listed by the name in the local majority language, with the name in the other national language provided in parenthesis.
Language Label Description Also known as; English: list of Finnish municipalities by area. Wikimedia list article
