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Thu, 09 Apr, 2015 12:00:57 AM Advance voting in parliamentary polls FTimes - STT Report, April 9  Election official marked ballot prior to voting in Helsinki main post office on Wednesday. Photo – Lehtikuva. Significant number of voters cast their votes on Wednesday, on the first day of the week-long advance voting in the parliamentary polls.
More than 196,000 people turned out to cast their votes during the first day and the figure was 20,000 higher than on the first day of the previous parliamentary elections.
The voters’ turnout on the first day of advance voting was 4.6 percent whereas in the previous elections it was 4.2 percent.
During the previous parliamentary elections, as many as 175,000 people voted during the first day of advance voting.
Still, women voted more actively than men. More than 101,000 women took to the ballot compared to over 95,000 men who voted on the first day.
Voters on the first day of advance voting in Helsinki. Photo – Lehtikuva. The electoral district of Lapland was the most active with a voter turnout of 6.2 percent during the first day of advance voting.
The advance voting will continue until April 14 in Finland. Outside the country, the advance voting will be held until April 11.
The national elections will be held across the country from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm on April 19 to elect 200 parliament members for the next four years.
There are over 900 designated general polling stations in the country where advance voting is taking place. The advance polling stations includes municipal and town hall, libraries, shopping centres as well as post offices.
The location of all the polling stations can be checked from the elections website www.vaalit.fi.
Voter in the polling booth on Wednesday in Helsinki. Photo – Lehtikuva. During the official voting day, voters may cast their votes at the polling station stated in the voting register and on the card sent to them before the elections.
Persons whose ability to move is so restricted that they are unable to come to an advance polling station or a polling station on election day without undue hardship are entitled to vote in advance at home.
The family carer of a person entitled to vote at home, living in the same household, may under certain conditions also vote at home.
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