The State Election Commission (DIK) said that 554,883 citizens, or 34.87 percent of the eligible voters, voted by 13.00 hrs. The turnout in Skopje by 13.00 was 31.21 percent, or 123,033 citizens cast ballots.
The highest turnout was in the municipality of Vevcani - 60.52 percent – and the lowest in the municipality of Bosilovo – 21.04 percent.
Of the Skopje municipalities, the turnout was the highest in Karpos – 34.47 percent – and the lowest in Suto Orizari – 25.20 percent.
Janez Lenarcic, director of the OSCE/ODIHR, said that these elections were important for the country and its current political situation and that the mission of the OSCE/ODIHR would release its preliminary report on Sunday’s vote on Monday afternoon.
The civil association Most registered minor irregularities, such as interruption of vote, group voting, and reading aloud the voters’ names at a few polling stations.
The next press conference of the State Election Commission has been set for 18.00 hrs.