Based on information from 93.82 percent of the polling stations, 612,814 citizens, or 35.8 percent of the eligible voters, cast ballots by 13.00 hrs, said the State Election Commission.
The turnout was highest in the third constituency, where 40.82 percent of the eligible voters cast ballots by 13.00 hrs and lowest in the sixth constituency where 27.60 percent of the electorate went to the polls.
Boris Kondarko, President of the State Election Commission (DIK), informed that the vote had been carried out peacefully without any major problems. DIK also has information about certain irregularities; more specifically, some citizens took photos of the ballots with their cell phones, which was reported by the election boards to the relevant institutions and legal sanctions will be taken in response.
According to MOST as well, the turnout is high and is higher than the one in 2008 in all constituencies except the sixth one. MOST registered new election irregularities at the polling stations, such reading the voters’ names out loud, taking photos of the ballots, proxy voting, propaganda materials at places where there should not have been any, etc.