Elections

The Central Election Board of the City of Riihimäki has confirmed the results of the municipal elections held on April 16.4.2025, 13.4.2025, at its meeting on April XNUMX, XNUMX.

In accordance with Section 95 of the Election Act, the list of those elected to the Riihimäki City Council and those elected as deputy councilors by party for the period 1.6.2025-31.5.2029 is attached.

Advance voting for county and municipal elections is April 2nd - 8th, 2025

Riihimäki has three advance voting locations, Atomi shopping center, Merkos shopping center and Riihimäki city library. Remember to take your ID with you - a driver's license will also work. The notification card does not have to be with you at the polling station, a photo ID is sufficient. If you don't have an identity document, you can get a temporary identity card from the police department for voting free of charge.

The busiest time of the elections has traditionally been the first and last days of advance voting. If you want to avoid traffic jams, consider scheduling your voting outside of these days. All advance voting places are accessible.

You can vote in advance at any advance voting station, also outside your own municipality.

Advance voting locations and opening hours

Atomi shopping center 2nd floor, Voimalankatu 2, 11100 Riihimäki

2.−4.4.2025 from 10 a.m. to 20 p.m
5.−6.4.2025 from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m
7.−8.4.2025 from 10 a.m. to 20 p.m

Merkos Shopping Center, Merkoskenkatu 5B, 11170 Riihimäki (entrance through the front doors of Tokmanni)

2.−4.4.2025 from 10 a.m. to 20 p.m
5.−6.4.2025 from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m
7.−8.4.2025 from 10 a.m. to 20 p.m

Riihimäki City Library, 2nd floor, Kauppakatu 16, 11100 Riihimäki

2.−4.4.2025 from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m
5.4.2025 January from 10 a.m. to 14 p.m.
7.−8.4.2025 from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m

How to vote in advance - instructions

Everyone who has turned 18 at the latest on election day is eligible to vote in regional elections

• citizens of Finland, other EU member states, Iceland and Norway living in the welfare area
• Citizens of another country over the age of 18 living in the welfare area if they have lived in Finland continuously for at least two years
• Helsinki residents do not have the right to vote in regional elections
• under certain conditions, persons employed by the EU and international organizations and their family members live in the welfare area.

Everyone who has turned 18 at the latest on election day is eligible to vote in municipal elections

• citizens of Finland, other EU member states, Iceland and Norway living in the municipality
• citizens of another country who have turned 18 living in the municipality, if they have lived in Finland continuously for at least two years.
• under certain conditions, persons employed by the EU and international organizations and their family members living in the municipality.

The electoral register is established 51 days before election day. This date (February 21, 2025) determines the voter's municipality of residence and the actual polling place on election day.

The voting rights register is publicly available at the Digital and Population Data Agency from the 41st day (March 3, 2025) before election day. In addition, a notice of voting rights will be mailed to each person included in the register no later than twenty-four days before election day, stating, among other things, election day, advance voting days, the address of the polling station of the person entitled to vote, and the contact information of the election authorities.

Those residing abroad in regional and municipal elections can order postal voting documents starting from January 13, 2025.

Those who live or stay abroad during the entire advance voting period and election day can vote in general elections by mail from abroad.

A person entitled to vote who wants to vote by mail orders postal voting documents abroad, after voting and returns his vote in an envelope to Finland to the central election board of his home or population accounting board.

The postal vote must be received by the Central Election Board of the voter's home or population registration district no later than Friday, April 11, 2025, before 19 p.m.

You can find general information about postal voting as well as order and operating instructions from the website of the Ministry of Justice.

If your ability to move is limited to such an extent that you cannot get to the polling or advance voting place without unreasonable difficulties, you can vote at home. An official caregiver living in the same household can also vote at the same time. Home voting is only possible in the home municipality.

If you are eligible to vote at home, register to vote at home by Tuesday April 1st 2025 16.00 p.m. You can register to vote at home by calling tel. 050 500 1648 (Minna Tiainen) or tel. 019 758 4040 (Tietotupa) or by mailing the registration form to the Riihimäen keskusvaalilautakunta, P.O. Box 125, 11101 Riihimäki or by bringing it to Tietotupa at Eteläinen asemakatu 2.

Printable registration form

The notification must include the voter's exact address, phone number and social security number in full, as well as the same information for the caregiver voting at home. The notification can also be made on behalf of the voter by a person chosen by him.

The Central Election Board's election office will contact home voters after the registration period has ended and announce the home voting time. The general home voting time is on weekdays from April 2 to April 8, 2025.

In home voting, in addition to the voter, a person who has reached the age of 18 chosen or approved by the voter must be present. This person cannot be a candidate in the elections.

A person entitled to vote in advance can vote in an institution referred to in the Electoral Act only if he is being cared for or admitted there or is performing military service.

In the Riihimäki city area, polling takes place in the following places:

• Kanta-Häme welfare area Riihimäki hospital/residential units, Kontiontie 77
• Riihimäki prison, Kaunolanraitti 3
• Riihimäki Garrison of the Defense Forces
• Riihikoti/housing units of the Kanta-Häme welfare area, Kontiontie 73
• Kanta-Häme welfare area Kivari, Kivimiehenkatu 19-21
• Tiilikatu, Tiilikatu 4, Kanta-Häme welfare area
• Kalevanrinne of the Kanta-Häme welfare area, Kalevankatu 23
• Attendo Oy Kotokolmonen, Kalevankatu 12-14
• Attendo Oy Kotokaarre and Ilona, ​​Uudenmaankatu 10
• Attendo Oy Jooseppi, Joosepinkuja 2A
• Attendo Oy Justiina, Joosepinkuja 2 (voting at Attendo Joosepi)
• Attendo Oy Tähdistö, Väinö Sinisalonkatu 7
• Esperi Hospital Linnunpesä, Linnunradankatu 21 C
• Humana Kristallihovi Oy, Paimentytönpolku 6
• Inkilänhovi ry's Inkilänhovi, Kalevankatu 18-20
• Pihlajalinna Uniikki Riihimäki, Jyrätie 9
• Räiskylän hoiva Oy, Räiskylänkatu 12
• Hoivakoti Elämantaival, Jyrätie 11

An announcement about the dates of early voting deliveries to be carried out in institutions is published on the notice board of the aforementioned institution by the election committee.

Election day for regional and municipal elections is Sunday, April 13, 2025.

On election day, you can only vote at the polling station marked on your notification card. The Finnish Digital and Population Data Agency will mail the notification card to your home approximately four weeks before the election or it can be read on the suomi.fi service. You do not need a notification card to vote. If you are unsure about your polling station, you can inquire about it by calling the election service number 0800 9 4770 (in Finnish) or 0800 9 4771 (in Swedish and English).

Polling stations are open from 9.00 a.m. to 20.00 p.m. Remember to bring your ID – a driver's license is also acceptable. If you do not have an ID, you can get a temporary ID card from the police department free of charge for voting.

You can take your own election assistant with you if, for example, you are not able to mark the vote yourself. However, your election assistant cannot be a person who is a candidate in the elections, nor his spouse, children, siblings or parents. If you do not have your own assistant, there is a special election assistant at the polling station.

Voting regions and polling places

Voting area 1, Kalevantalo, Kalevankatu 5-11
Voting area 2, Hyria Riihimäki sports hall, Arjavirrankatu 4
Voting area 3, Uramo school, Uramontie 63
Voting area 4, Peltosaari youth facility, Jupiterinkatu 5
Voting area 5, Herajoki school, Rintapellontie 14
Voting area 6, School of Lasitehdas, Tehtaankatu 27
Voting area 7, Istuinkivi sports hall, Pohjoinen Rautatienkatu 40
Voting area 8, Patastenmäki school, Patastenmäentie 42.

How to vote on election day - instructions

Outdoor advertising in regional and municipal elections in the city of Riihimäki

The City of Riihimäki will install it in seven locations
election advertising stands with one (1) advertising space for each election for each group nominating candidates.

The City Board has decided on December 16.12.2024, 381, Section 26.3.2025, that outdoor election advertising in areas under the management and control of the city will begin one week before the start of early voting for the election, starting March XNUMX, XNUMX.

A map link showing election advertising locations and the boundaries of the local plan area can be found at
http://kartta.riihimaki.fi/imslayers=Opaskartta&request=search,vaalimainospthose

Link to a file showing election advertising locations and the boundaries of the local plan area as a map image. Election billboard map for regional and municipal elections 2025

The City of Riihimäki is responsible for the costs of the advertising stands. The advertising groups must purchase background panels for the stands at their own expense. In the area plan area, election advertising is only permitted in stands designated by the City, and in advertising spaces managed by advertising agencies. Incorrectly placed election advertisements will be removed by the City at the advertiser's expense.

The city will erect election billboards in the city area so that an equal number of spots are reserved for each party and voter association.

The city will take care of the delivery and removal of the frames in the specified time. The parties and voter associations are responsible for gluing, placing, maintaining and removing advertisements, as well as the backing plates of the advertisements.

The positions on the rack are determined from left to right in the order in which the groups nominating candidates are in the combination of candidate lists for the municipal elections. Regional election advertisements are placed on the racks after all municipal election advertisements in the same order as the municipal election advertisements. The last two rack positions on the right edge remain empty and are used by the Central Election Board. The main viewing direction of the election advertisements is always towards the square or street.

Outside the local plan area, there are political parties and electoral associations
Outdoor advertising using approved posters is permitted, however, with the following conditions:
under the conditions:

• Advertising is prohibited on traffic sign posts and city-owned buildings and fences, as well as on city bridges and lampposts with advertising space rented to an advertising agency.
• Advertisements may only be attached to growing trees using string.

Advertising in privately owned areas and buildings, fences, etc. requires permission from the property owner or occupier.

Election advertisements may not be placed on traffic signs or other
traffic control devices, their mounting structures or bus stop canopy structures. Election advertisements may not be posted on railways or roads, or on bridges or bridge railings that go over or under them.

The Act on the Transport System and Roads does not impose a notification obligation for the placement of election advertisements. Election advertisements must be removed within one week of the official voting day of the election.

Free election advertising is permitted on road sections managed by the ELY Centre and on lampposts managed by it. Advertising must follow the guidelines of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency.

Guidelines of the Finnish Railways Agency for the placement of election advertisements

The ELY Center's instructions on election advertising along the roads

The Urban Engineering Supervisor will provide more detailed instructions on matters related to advertising.

Contact information: Toni Kokkonen, tel. +040 526 4461 XNUMX.

In municipal elections, councilors are elected to the municipal councils. The council decides on the number of councilors to be elected in the municipality.

In the municipal elections to be held on April 13, 2025, 43 councilors will be elected to the Riihimäki city council.

The Central Election Board decided on 28.11.2024 November, that candidate documents concerning municipal elections addressed to the Central Election Board must be submitted to the Central Election Board no later than Tuesday 50 March before 4 p.m. The documents will be received by the Secretary of the Central Election Board or his/her deputy in the City Administration and Corporate Affairs department on the 2025st floor of the Riihimäki Travel Centre (Matkakeskus) at Eteläinen Asemakatu 16.00, 1 Riihimäki. Otherwise during opening hours (Monday-Thursday 2 a.m. to 11130 p.m., on Fridays 8.30 a.m. to 15.00 p.m.) and 8.30th of March 14.30 by 4 p.m. The Election Ombudsman is requested to notify the Office of the Electoral Ombudsman of the submission of documents in advance.

On March 13, 2025, the Central Election Board prepared a combination of candidate lists for the municipal elections in the city of Riihimäki.

Riihimäki City Municipal Election 2025 candidate list combination