Elections, turnout about 28 percent. First Dibras, durres is winning 'boycott'

2022-03-06 17:35:18Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Elections, turnout about 28 percent. First Dibras, durres is winning

The Central Election Commission announced that turnout by 5 p.m. is 27.82%, while 539 of the 942 Polling Centres in total reported. Turns out that so far the citizens of Kumanovo have been more interested in voting, where turnout is higher about 40%.

Meanwhile in The Struga, 25.65% of citizens with a right to vote have come out to vote, while a higher percentage is registered in Mrogozhina, 28.56%. In Vore, the only municipality where electronic voting is being applied, interest in voting so far has shown 38.2% of citizens with a right to vote.

Durres has the lowest turnout, where ballot boxes are addressed to only 23.55%, citizens with a right to vote, while in Lushnje 33.78%.

In a statement to the media, CEC leader Ilirjan Celibashi suggested that the process follows without problems and that recorded incidents are not significant to censor the entire process. He stressed that the most problems have been recorded with the use of electronic identification equipment and with surveillance cameras.

There are 654,538 Albanian citizens with a right to vote who will have to turn to the ballot boxes today to elect the new mayors. Those elected to these polls will have a 1-year term. The CEC has suggested that there are 10,134 electors voting for the first time. Voting will be open from 07:00 to 19:00.


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