2027 Parliamentary Elections – what candidates need to remember about election campaign funding

Candidates should keep track of their campaign funding and expenses from the very beginning. An advance disclosure, which increases the transparency of election campaign funding, can be submitted from 18 March 2027, and the actual election campaign funding disclosure must be submitted by 21 June 2027 at the latest.

The National Audit Office of Finland (NAOF) has published guidelines on election campaign funding for candidates in the 2027 parliamentary elections. This news item covers the key points you need to remember about election campaign funding. The guidelines are available in Finnish and Swedish.

Keep track of funding and expenses, and take the restrictions on contributions into account

Keep track of your campaign funding and expenses from the start so that you can report them in full in your election campaign funding disclosure. The official campaign period begins six months before election day and ends two weeks after election day. Campaign funding may be raised before the campaign period starts. Likewise, campaign-related costs may arise before the campaign period or after it has ended.

Remember that you may receive a maximum of 6,000 euros in contributions from a single donor. In addition, a donor’s name must be disclosed in the election campaign funding disclosure if the contribution received from them amounts to 2,000 euros or more. The names of other donors may also be disclosed, but if the contribution from a private individual was less than 2,000 euros, you must have their permission to publish their name. Also remember the other restrictions that apply to contributions.

18 October 2026 The campaign period begins six months before the elections.
18 March 2027 Submission of advance disclosures begins.
17 April 2027 Last day to submit an advance disclosure.
18 April 2027 Election day.
21 April 2027 The election results are confirmed and submission of election campaign funding disclosures begins.
21 June 2027 Last day to submit an election campaign funding disclosure.

Advance disclosures can be submitted 18 March–17 April 2027

Advance information on campaign funding increases the transparency of election campaign funding. Before election day, you can submit a voluntary advance disclosure of your campaign funding. However, an advance disclosure does not replace the election campaign funding disclosure that must be submitted after the elections.

Advance disclosures are primarily submitted through the e-service. In the advance disclosure, the candidate gives an estimate of the campaign funding they expect to raise and of their campaign costs. Alternatively, the candidate can report the funding raised and the costs incurred up to that point. Advance disclosures are public and can be viewed online.

Election campaign funding disclosures must be submitted 21 April–21 June 2027

Those elected as Members of Parliament and those named as deputy members in the 2027 parliamentary elections must submit an election campaign funding disclosure within the deadline.

Election campaign funding disclosures are primarily submitted through the e-service. The disclosure reports both the campaign’s funding and its expenses. A disclosure must be submitted even if the Member of Parliament or deputy member had no campaign costs or campaign funding at all.

Read more about how to report funding and how to report costs.

The NAOF oversees election campaign funding and provides guidance

The NAOF ensures that everyone elected as a Member of Parliament or named as a deputy member submits an election campaign funding disclosure. The NAOF receives and publishes the disclosures and checks that they contain correct and sufficient information. Members of Parliament and deputy members must provide additional information on their funding if requested by the NAOF.

For the parliamentary elections, the NAOF asks all Members of Parliament and deputy members to provide a campaign account statement or another similar account of their campaign funding. Under the Act on the Openness of Government Activities, campaign account statements and other information and accounts supplementing the election campaign funding disclosure are confidential, which means they are not published.

Questions about election campaign funding can be sent to [email protected]Avautuu uuteen välilehteen. The helpline is also available on 09 432 5899 on weekdays from 10 am to 2 pm.