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Parliamentary and Sami parliamentary elections 2025

The 2025 Parliamentary and Sami Parliamentary Election will be held on Monday 8th September. If you are residing abroad on election day, you can vote in advance as follows:

You can vote in advance at the Norwegian embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam or at our honorary consulates in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR.

How to contact us?

In order to be able to vote VOTERS NEED TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT THROUGH EMAILS.

1. You can contact the Embassy directly by email: consular.hanoi@mfa.no or phone number +84 24 3974 8900.

The Norwegian embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam are open for voting in advance during the period from 7th July - 22nd August, from 09.00-12.00 and 13.00-15.00.

  • Address: Hanoi Towers, 8th Floor, 49 Hai Ba Trung Street, Cua Nam Ward, Hanoi, Vietnam

2. You can contact our honorary consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam directly by email: norcons@norcons.org or phone number +84 28 3822 1696 for voting in advance during the period from 7th - 11th July, or 20th - 26th August.

  • Address: Somerset Chancellor Court, 21-23 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, Saigon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

3. You can contact our honorary consulate in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR directly by email: norwegian.consul.laos@gmail.com or phone number +856 20 5858 2157 for voting in advance during the period from 15th - 25th August.

  • Address: Lao-Thai Road, Hom 19, Saphanthong Neua Village, Sisattank District, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

You can find more information on voting abroad at valg.no – Voting from abroad.

Who can vote?

You have the right to vote in the 2025 Parliamentary election if you

  • are a Norwegian citizen
  • are 18 years old or older by the end of 2025
  • are or have been registered as a resident in Norway

If you have been residing abroad for 10 years or more, you no longer have to apply to re-register in the National Population Register. When your vote is approved by the municipality you were last registered as residing in, they will register you in the National Population Register at the same time.

You must have a valid ID to vote. Your ID must specify your name, date of birth, and display a photo of you.

Voting by mail

Voters abroad who are unable to get to a polling station can vote by mail. You can order official voting materials from the embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam at consular.hanoi@mfa.no or +84 24 3974 8900.

It is also possible to vote using nonofficial voting materials. You can find a step-by-step guide on how to do this at valg.no – Voting by mail.

Voters who vote by mail are personally responsible for making sure they send their vote early enough for it to arrive in the correct municipality in Norway by 17:00 on Tuesday 9th September 2025.