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13sv -- Voting data by sex according to the municipal division of each election year in Parliamentary elections, 1983-2023

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Statistics Finland, parliamentary elections
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The tables were corrected on 16 May 2023 as concerns the turnout by sex in Helsinki due to errors in the source data.
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Constituency and municipality in the election year

Grouping of municipalities and constituencies
Municipalities are placed in constituencies in accordance with the division
of constituencies in force in the 2023 Parliamentary elections. With regard
to earlier elections, it should be noted that the total number of
constituencies is correct but municipalities are not always under the right
constituencies. This is because municipalities may have changed
constituency.

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Persons entitled to vote (number)

In parliamentary elections, the Presidential election and European Parliamentary elections, every Finnish citizen is entitled to vote provided the person has reached the age of 18 no later than on the day of the election. In the Presidential election, the voting age must be reached not later than on the day of the first round of the Presidential election.

Persons entitled to vote (number)

In European Parliamentary elections, a citizen of another European Union Member State is also entitled to vote provided the person has reached the age of 18 no later than on the day of the election and whose municipality of residence referred to in the Municipality of Residence Act (201/1994) is in Finland provided the person has not lost the right to vote in European elections in the country of which he/she is a citizen (Election Act, Section 2).

Voting percentage (%)

Voting percentage = proportion of voters of persons entitled to vote.

Voting percentage (%)

Statistics on general elections include four different voting percentages:
1) the voting percentage of Finnish citizens resident in Finland
2) the voting percentage of Finnish citizens resident abroad
3) the total voting percentage which includes both of the above
4) a separate percentage for persons belonging to group 2 above and living in Sweden.

Voting percentage (%)

In European Parliamentary elections a voting percentage is calculated also for citizens of other EU Member States.

Voting percentage (%)

In municipal elections the right to vote is not based on Finnish citizenship, but on municipality of residence (See Entitled to vote).

Voting percentage (%)

In municipal elections voting percentages by nationality of foreign voters are presented in addition to the total voting percentage: EU Member State, Iceland and Norway, Other country. (See also Advance voting percentage)

Invalid ballots (number)

The provisions on invalid ballots are in section 85 of the Election Act. Grounds for invalidity are
1) the ballot envelope contains something else or more than one ballot paper
2) the ballot envelope has an unauthorised mark
3) something other than a ballot paper printed by the Ministry of Justice has been used as the ballot paper
4) the ballot paper has not been stamped
5) the candidate's number has been written unclearly
6) the elector's name or distinctive identification or some other inappropriate marking has been made on the ballot paper.

Invalid ballots (number)

In addition to the above, statistics are compiled also on the number of empty ballots.