On Sunday, Finns will vote for 200 deputies to establish a new government.
There is no electoral barrier for a party to enter Finland’s parliament, but to get treasury subsidies, it must receive at least 2% of the vote.
A total of 2,424 candidates from 22 political parties are running for seats in the Nordic country’s unicameral legislature, Eduskunta.
Every Finnish citizen over the age of 18 is eligible to vote. There will be approximately 2,000 polling stations open between 9 a.m. (0600GMT) and 8 p.m. (1700GMT) local time.
The country has been divided into 13 electoral districts, with the number of legislators elected from each district according to the population of the district.
The results of the parliamentary elections will be announced on Wednesday.
The current government is led by Prime Minister Sanna Marin of the Social Democratic Party with four other parties: the Centre Party, Green League, Left Alliance, and Swedish People’s Party.
There are a total of 19 ministers. While the Social Democrats received seven cabinet portfolios following the 2019 elections, the coalition’s second largest member, the Center Party, received five. Annika Saarikko, its 39-year-old leader, has been the finance minister since May 2021.
The Green League, led by Maria Ohisalo, who served as Interior Minister from 2019 to 2021, holds three ministerial positions.
Meanwhile, Li Andersson, the leader of the Left Alliance, is the country’s education minister. The party, like the Swedish People’s Party, has two ministers in the cabinet.