Finland’s first provincial elections will be held in three weeks’ time on 23 January. Advance voting will begin next week. On Tuesday, Yle released its election compass, which will help voters find like-minded candidates in several languages, including English.

In most of Finland, residents elect provincial councilors from a field of more than 10,000 candidates. The members of the 21 new provincial assemblies will decide on the organization of social, health and rescue services in the future welfare services.

Population Helsinki The autonomous archipelago of Åland and Åland will not be able to vote in these elections, as these regions will continue to provide their own services and will not be covered by social and health reform. sote).

Candidates who participated in the compass were asked to comment on claims about core values, service organization, prioritization, consumption, and local. sote matters in each welfare service.

The Compass also provides additional information about candidates, including their campaign priorities, political and professional experience, potential revenue from social and health companies, campaign funding sources, and links to their social media accounts and other sites.

The questions have been compiled by a group of Yle editors as input from experts and visitors to Yle’s website.

Election compasses are an important source of information when making a voting decision. The purpose of Yle’s election compass is to help voters get to know the candidates. Before the 2021 municipal elections, Yle’s multilingual election compass was used almost two million times.

This year, Yle’s provincial election compass will be available in six languages: Finnish, Swedish, English, Northern Sámi, Russian and, for the first time, Arabic.

Yle has collaborated on the project with the following media: Rural Future, Västra Nyland, Landsbygdens Folk, Faktabaari, Östnyland, Hufvudstadsbladet, HSSS Media and Åbo Underrättelser. These offices can use Yle’s election machine in their own services, possibly by adding more questions.

On Tuesday evening, the leaders of all parties in Parliament will take part in the debate from 9 pm on Yle TV1 and online Yle Arena. The 90-minute broadcast looks at both parties ’election promises and views on local services, the status and salaries of carers, and other key election issues.

Provincial elections will be held on Sunday, January 23, 2022. Advance voting will take place on 12-18 January. Advance voting time for those entitled to vote abroad is 12-15. January.

Eligibility to vote in provincial elections is the same as in municipal elections, except that it does not apply to Ålanders or Helsinki residents. Everyone over the age of 18 can vote if they are a citizen of any EU country, Iceland or Norway or have resided permanently in a Finnish municipality 51 days before election day and have resided in Finland for at least two consecutive years.