ZAGREB, December 22, 2019 – Close to 16% of Croatians with voting rights cast their ballots in Sunday’s presidential vote by noon and the turnout was higher than five years ago, the State Election Commission (DIP) said.
The turnout of 15.75% is better than at the last presidential elections five years ago, when 13.19% of the electorate had voted by 11.30 a.m.
The turnout by noon in Sunday’s presidential vote is 2.5% higher, meaning that 100,000 voters more voted in today’s elections than in 2014, said DIP deputy chair Ana Lovrin.
A total of 3.855 million eligible voters are choosing between incumbent Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and ten other candidates.
A total of 6,533 polling stations have been opened, including 6,409 in Croatia and 124 in 47 foreign countries, including 44 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Polling stations close at 7 p.m.
DIP will release its next report on the turnout at 5 p.m.
Preliminary election results, based on returns from 15% of polling stations, will be released at 8 p.m.
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