Under the Constitution, Finland is divided into municipalities. Municipalities make decisions on many issues (trafic, education, daycare, libraries etc) that concern their residents. The decision-making body in a municipality is a council.
The council members, are elected for four years at a time . The next municipal elections will take place on Sunday, 9 April 2017. In municipal elections, Finnish citizens and, under certain conditions, citizens of other countries living in the municipality may vote .Voting in Finland is voluntary.
General advance voting on 29.3.-4.4.2017 , advance polling stations in Helsinki are Libraries , the 9.4.2017. Look at www.vaalit.fi in 20 languages.