Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight or nine? Finns across the country are mulling over these numbers. The early voting for the Finnish presidential elections began last Wednesday, January 11th, and will continue until the 17th. Absentee voting For Finnish citizens living abroad started on the 11th of January and will end on the 14th.
The bulk of the voting, however, will take place on Sunday the 22nd of January, Finnish election day.
If none of the presidential candidates receives over 50 percent of the total vote, an additional, run-off round of elections will be held between the two top vote-getters. Early voting for the second round will take place between the 25th and the 31st of January, voting abroad ends on the 28th. The next president of Finland will be formally announced at the latest on the 5th of February, the day of the possible run-off election.