# 2021 Finnish municipal elections

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 | Lead |
| 5 May and 8 June 2021 | Taloustutkimus | 19.6 | 17.0 | 13.0 | 10.9 | 18.0 | 8.5 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 1.6 |
| 25 May to 4 June 2021 | Helsingin Sanomat | 19.6 | 17.9 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 18.0 | 8.2 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 1.6 |
| April 6 and May 4, 2021 | Taloustutkimus | 20.2 | 18.1 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 18.2 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 2.0 |
| 8–30 March 2021 | Taloustutkimus | 18.8 | 18.0 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 19.0 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 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 | Lead |
| 17–27 May 2021 | Kantar TNS | 23.2 | 21.3 | 13.9 | 11.5 | 13.1 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 2.0 |
| 26–28 March 2021 | Taloustutkimus | 25 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 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 other | Date (in 2021) |
| Confirmation of the voting right registry (checking who is eligible to vote in which municipality) | 23 April |
| Dead line for candidate application | 4 May |
| Confirmation of the candidates and electoral numbers | 14 May |
| Legality of the voter register | 25 May |
| Dead line for requesting voting at home | 1 June, at 16:00 |
| Advance polling in Finland | 26 May – 8 June |
| Advance polling overseas | 2–5 June |
| Election day | 13 June |
| Ratification of the results | 16 June |
| New municipal councils start working | 1 August |
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## 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 | Party | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Council seats | Council seats |
| Party | Party | Number | % | Swing (2017) | Swing (2021) | Number | Net ± |
| | National Coalition | 522,077 | 21,4% | −1.2pp | +0,7pp | 1,554 | +64 |
| | SDP | 433,008 | 17,7% | –0.2pp | -1,7pp | 1,449 | −248 |
| | Centre | 363,136 | 14,9% | –1.1pp | -2,6pp | 2,448 | −376 |
| | Finns | 354,019 | 14,5% | –3,5pp | +5,7pp | 1,350 | +580 |
| | Green | 258,624 | 10,6% | +3.9pp | -1,9pp | 432 | −102 |
| | Left Alliance | 194,146 | 7,9% | +0.8pp | -0,9pp | 508 | −150 |
| | RKP | 121,236 | 5.0% | +0.2pp | +0,1pp | 463 | −8 |
| | KD | 88,144 | 3,6% | +0.4pp | -0,5pp | 309 | −7 |
| | Others | 50,388 | 2.1% | | | 293 | +285 |
| | Liik | 38,854 | 1,6% | | +0,0 % | 49 | +49 |
| | Kristall. | 6,285 | 0,3% | | +0,0 % | 0 | 0 |
| | Feminist Party | 4,036 | 0,2% | | +0,0 % | 0 | 0 |
| | Pirate | 2,591 | 0,1 % | | +0,0 % | 0 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of Finland | 2,072 | 0,1 % | | +0,0 % | 0 | 0 |
| | EOP | 1,753 | 0,1 % | | +0,0 % | 0 | 0 |
| | Sin. | 1,191 | 0,0% | | +0,0 % | 4 | 0 |
| | Liberal Party | 949 | 0,0% | | +0,0 % | 0 | 0 |
| | The Open Party | 432 | 0,0% | | +0,0 % | 0 | 0 |
| | SKE | 196 | 0,0 % | | +0,0 % | 0 | 0 |
| | Citizens' Party | 40 | 0,0 % | | +0,0 % | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | | | | | 8,859 | −140 |
Source: Yle