Municipal elections were held in Finland on 13 June 2021 after being rescheduled from 18 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Context The last municipal elections were held in 2017 and were won by the National Coalition Party with a 20.7 percent share of the votes.
Opinion polls Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The table uses the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if that date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead. List includes only polls that were made for the municipal election. Date Polling Firm KOK SDP KESK VIHR PS VAS SFP KD Others Lead5 May and 8 June 2021Taloustutkimus 19.617.013.010.918.08.54.83.64.7 1.625 May to 4 June 2021 Helsingin Sanomat 19.617.912.711.118.08.24.63.64.7 1.6April 6 and May 4, 2021Taloustutkimus 20.218.111.710.618.28.05.33.24.7 2.08–30 March 2021Taloustutkimus18.818.012.512.119.07.84.34.03.6 0.2 3 February and 2 March 2021 Taloustutkimus 18.0 19.5 12.8 11.0 18.7 9.1 4.3 3.7 2.9 0.9 11 January and 2 February 2021 Taloustutkimus 18.3 20.3 12.9 11.4 18.8 7.2 4.7 3.0 1.8 2.0 28 October 2017 Election Results 20.7 19.4 17.5 12.5 8.8 8.8 4.9 4.1 3.3 1.3
Helsinki polls Date Polling Firm KOK VIHR SDP VAS PS SFP KESK KD Others Lead17–27 May 2021Kantar TNS23.221.313.911.513.15.22.51.54.1 2.026–28 March 2021Taloustutkimus25211513124216 4.0 28 October 2017 Election Results 28.3 24.1 13.8 11.2 6.7 5.8 2.8 2.8 4.5 4.2
Election schedule Event or otherDate (in 2021)Confirmation of the voting right registry (checking who is eligible to vote in which municipality)23 AprilDead line for candidate application 4 MayConfirmation of the candidates and electoral numbers 14 MayLegality of the voter register 25 May Dead line for requesting voting at home 1 June, at 16:00Advance polling in Finland 26 May – 8 JuneAdvance polling overseas2–5 June Election day 13 JuneRatification of the results 16 JuneNew municipal councils start working1 August Source:
Results
Most parties, such as the Social Democratic Party, Centre Party, Green League, and the Left Alliance showed a decline in their vote share and council seats. The National Coalition Party had a small increase, while the biggest winner was the Finns Party, who saw a major increase in vote share and council seats. The 14.5% they received is the highest vote share in municipal elections since the party's foundation. The party is now the largest group on at least six councils: in Hamina, Orimattila, Kihniö, Ylöjärvi, Kankaanpää and Hämeenkyrö.
Party Votes Council seatsNumber%Swing (2017)Swing (2021)NumberNet ± 522,07721,4% −1.2pp +0,7pp1,554 +64 433,00817,7% –0.2pp -1,7pp1,449 −248 363,13614,9% –1.1pp -2,6pp2,448 −376 354,01914,5% –3,5pp +5,7pp1,350 +580 258,62410,6% +3.9pp -1,9pp432 −102 194,1467,9% +0.8pp -0,9pp 508 −150 121,2365.0% +0.2pp +0,1pp463 −8 88,1443,6% +0.4pp -0,5pp309 −7Others50,3882.1% 293 +285 38,8541,6% +0,0 %49 +49 6,2850,3% +0,0 %0 0 4,0360,2% +0,0 %0 0 2,5910,1 % +0,0 %0 0 2,0720,1 % +0,0 %0 0 1,7530,1 % +0,0 %0 0 1,1910,0% +0,0 %4 0 9490,0% +0,0 %0 0 4320,0% +0,0 %0 0 1960,0 % +0,0 %0 0 400,0 % +0,0 %0 0Total8,859 −140 Source: Yle
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