The next European Parliamentary elections (European Elections) will be held in all Member States in June 2009. The Council of the European Union has confirmed that the elections will be held in all Member States during the time period from 4 to 7 June 2009. In Finland election day is 7 June 2009 and the advance voting period in Finland is from 27 May to 2 June 2009 and abroad from 27 May to 30 May 2009.
In the European Elections members to the European Parliament will be elected from all Member States. The number of members elected from Finland is 13.
Advance voting in Tanzania:
Venue: Embassy of Finland, Mirambo Street/Garden Avenue
tel. +255-(0)22-2196 565, sanomat.dar@formin.fi
Date and time: Wednesday, 27.5.2009 at 9am - 3pm
Thursday, 28.5.2009 at 9am - 3pm
Friday, 29.5.2009 at 9am - 12 noon
Important dates in the European Elections 2009:
Right to Vote
Entitled to vote in European Elections held in Finland are
1) regardless of domicile every Finnish citizen who has reached the age of 18 not later that on the day of the election, and
2) every citizen of another Member State of the European Union who has reached the age of 18 not later than on the day of the election and whose municipality of residence, as defined by law, is in Finland on the 51st day before election day, unless he/she has lost the right to vote in the Member State whose citizen he/she is. A prerequisite for the right to vote is, however, that the person enrolls with the voting register in Finland. To enroll to the voting register you can use the form for registration of the right to vote. In the European Elections 2004 the last day to enroll to the register is 25 March 2004.
A person entitled to vote may only vote in one Member State in the same European elections, either in his/her home state or in his/her country of residence.
A Finnish citizen, who has registered as a voter in another Member State, is not entitled to vote in the European elections in Finland.
