The voter turnout by 10:00 o’clock for the presidential election is 7.97 percent, while the voter turnout for the local elections is 7.96 percent, State Election Commission (DIK) Chairman Aleksandar Novakovski informed at today’s first press conference. The voter turnout for the local elections in Skopje by 10:00 o’clock was 7.81 percent.
DIK Chairman Novakovski informed that 103 polling places in 30 municipalities were not opened by 09:30 due to bad weather conditions and impassable roads. This is approximately 1 percent of the total electorate. Novakovski informed that DIK would decide when the voting in these polling places will be repeated.
Comparing the voter turnout at these elections with the voter turnout at the early parliamentary elections in year 2008, DIK stressed that 11.44 percent of the voters voted by 10:00 o’clock at last year’s parliamentary elections. Novakovski also stressed that the voting is proceeding without any problems.
DIK will hold its next press conference at 14:00.