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Advance voting rose in every Finnish constituency in the 2023 parliamentary election
Finland’s 2023 parliamentary election recorded 175,402 more advance voters among Finnish citizens living in the country than in 2019. The advance share rose in all 13 constituencies, although overall turnout barely moved nationwide. Compare districts to see where early voting made up the biggest part of the count.
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2019
Shared scale · 0% to 45.74%
2023
Shared scale · 0% to 45.74%
Both series use the eligible resident electorate as the denominator. The table also shows the share of actual voters who voted early, which answers a different question.
The advance count rose while turnout held close to 72%
The advance count among eligible Finnish citizens resident in Finland increased from 1,555,387 to 1,730,789. Over the same elections the total who voted increased by 10,303, and the eligible electorate also grew. Total turnout moved from 72.09% to 71.96%, so most of the change appears in when people voted. The count of election-day voters, obtained by subtracting advance voters from all voters, fell by 165,099. Source 1
Helsinki led total turnout and Lapland led early participation
Helsinki recorded the highest total turnout among constituencies at 77.77%. Lapland recorded the highest advance participation among eligible residents at 45.74%, and 66.57% of those who cast a ballot there did so in advance. Uusimaa recorded the largest advance voter count at 286,708, reflecting its larger electorate. Source 1
Choose the denominator to match the question
Nationally, 40.46% of eligible residents voted in advance, and 56.23% of residents who actually voted did so in advance. The first answers how much of the electorate voted early. The second describes how advance and election-day voting divided the ballots. The national rate weights districts by the underlying eligible electorate or voter count. Source 1 Source 2
A constituency row describes its resident electorate
The geographic rows classify Finnish citizens resident in Finland by constituency. Statistics Finland also publishes separate measures for Finnish citizens living abroad and for both groups together. On election day voters use the polling place assigned to their district. Advance voting is available at general advance sites, so a constituency count describes voters assigned to it rather than traffic at its polling places. Source 1 Source 2
A shift in voting time cannot identify individual changes
These published totals describe the aggregate electorate in each election. They do not follow the same people across years or show whether a voter changed their timing. The figures support a comparison of district-level rates, while explanations for the changes would need additional evidence. Source 1 Source 2