Turnout: 55.10%
About this election
Postponed from April to 13 June 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Finland's municipal elections again saw the National Coalition Party finish first nationally (21.40%), followed by the Social Democrats (17.70%) and the Centre Party (14.90%). The headline result was the Finns Party's 14.50% — the best municipal performance in the party's history — though the Centre Party once more won the most council seats overall thanks to its dominance of small rural municipalities. Turnout was 55.1%, somewhat depressed by the pandemic.
Councillors for each municipality are elected by open-list proportional representation (d'Hondt) for a four-year term; voters select individual candidates and council size depends on population. Foreign residents may vote.
The vote was the first nationwide test of Sanna Marin's SDP-led coalition, formed in 2019. The Greens slipped from their 2017 peak while the Finns Party consolidated support outside its traditional strongholds. These were the last municipal elections before responsibility for health and social care was transferred from municipalities to the new wellbeing services counties in 2023.
Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus) and the Ministry of Justice election results service — stat.fi.