Aleksandar Novakovski, president of the State Election Commission, informed at the first press con-ference today that the voter turnout in the second round of the presidential election by 10:00 o'clock was 7.27 percent or 111,003 citizens. In the first round of the presidential election, the voter turnout by 10:00 was 7.97 percent.
The voter turnout by 10:00 o'clock in the second round of the local elections in 43 municipali-ties, where mayors were not elected in the first round of the elections, was 8.59 percent or 78,906 voters. In Skopje, the voter turnout by 10:00 was 7.30 percent or 28,091 citizens. In the first round of the local elections, the voter turnout in Skopje by 10:00 o'clock was 7.81 percent.
The State Election Commission informed that all 2976 polling places opened on time and the voting process is proceeding without problems.