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The data cover public opinion on Finnish parliamentary elections and European parliamentary elections held in 2019, collected in eight separate collection rounds from the same respondents. The respondents' views on politics and changes in these views were charted both before and after the elections. The survey investigated political participation and voting behaviour in Finland. The surveys were also used to create an online survey panel called Citizens' Opinion that represented the adult population of Finland. The panel is part of the Finnish Research Infrastructure for Public Opinion (FIRIPO). In the first collection round, the respondents were asked about their interest in politics and how they had been following the 2019 parliamentary elections (e.g. TV programs, newspapers, online voting advice applications, social media). The respondents' views on whether following the election campaign had improved their understanding of politics and whether the differences between the political parties had become clearer during the election campaign were investigated. Past voting behaviour was examined by asking whether in the 2015 parliamentary elections and which party they had voted for then. Further questions charted whether the respondents were going to vote in the 2019 parliamentary elections and which party they considered voting for. Opinions on several political parties in Finland were also surveyed. The second round of data collection charted whether the respondents had voted in advance in the 2019 parliamentary elections and if so, which party's candidate they had voted for. Those who had not voted in advance were asked which party's candidate they intended to vote for. Those who indicated that they would not be voting at all in the parliamentary elections were asked for their reasons for doing so (e.g. 'I am not interested in politics and I don't care about voting', 'I had trouble finding a suitable party or candidate for myself', 'I did not have enough...