Significant drop in voter turnout for Greek local election runoff
More than 7 percentage points lower turnout in the Greek local election runoff than in the first round, as deduced from the figures obtained from the polling stations by 2.30 p.m. on Sunday.
As announced at 2.45 p.m. by the Deputy Minister of the Interior, Theodoros Livanios, the general participation rate until 2.30 p.m. was estimated at 23.1%, compared to last Sunday’s 30.8%.
Greece’s local and regional elections runoff is taking place in six out of the 13 regions and 84 out of the 332 municipalities, of which 28 are in Attica.
Runoff voting concerns the areas where no combination gathered a majority greater than 43% in last Sunday’s first round.
The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Results are expected at 10 p.m.
During the runoff voting, no preference cross is placed, since the race is between the candidates for Regional Governors and Mayors of the two combinations that received the most votes in the first round.
