Another indicator that was implemented for the first time in the local by-elections of November 9 was the real-time publication on the CEC website of voter turnout, divided by age group.
According to official data, now that the counting process has been completed, the determinant of the election result in the 5 municipalities where voting took place is the age group over 55 years old and specifically people over 65 years old, who have massively exercised their right to vote.
The figures show a neglect of younger ages, as 18-25 year olds are almost uninterested in voting in all municipalities where voting took place.
The reasons why young people may have preferred not to spend Sunday at the ballot boxes are numerous, but we can also specify their departure from the country as one of the factors.
The partial local elections of November 9th marked an extremely low turnout.
The municipality with the record negative turnout was Vlora with 12.54%, while in total only 18.45 of the 334 thousand eligible citizens voted.