Voter turnout

Voting is to end at 19:00 EET in Bulgaria as the country is holding local elections and a referendum on remote e-voting that, advocates say, is aimed at bringing expats and other citizens back into the political process.

According to the latest figures of Alpha Research polling agency, the voter turnout in the referendum on the introduction of remote electronic voting, which is taking place in Bulgaria simultaneously with the local elections on Sunday, has reached 35.3 % as of 18 o'clock EET.

After a day of eerily empty voting polls, the first results of the Greek elections will be available with the exit polls to be released at 7 p.m. The low voter turnout, estimated to be one of the lowest in modern Greek history, may make it harder for pollsters to make an accurate prediction.

With several hours to go before polling stations close in Greece's bailout referendum, voting was proceeding smoothly on Sunday afternoon, Greek news agency ANA-MPA reported.

Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev on Wednesday sumbitted to parliament a proposal to hold a national referendum on amendments to voting rules alongside the local elections on 25 October.

In remarks released by his office Plevneliev explained that the changes aim to reduce the weight of manipulated or controlled vote in the overall results and boost voter turnout.

If the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) passes the threshold, all equilibriums will change. It is not difficult to calculate. If it passes the 10 percent threshold, it will gain 58-59 seats in the new layout.

For several decades and their corresponding generations in Turkey, politics has been the least preferred career option for the country?s talent.

It is no secret that the low voter turnout in the August presidential elections among voters abroad caught the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by surprise, and proved to be a disappointment.

A study conducted under the leadership of a prominent academic, Nermin Abadan-Unat, a professor at Boğaziçi University, provides potential explanations for the low turnout.

As many as 378,811 Romanian voters have cast their ballots on Sunday in the second round of the presidential elections, according to the figures received by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) from the 294 polling stations set up abroad by 8 a.m. on Monday.

Voter turnout nationwide in Sunday's presidential runoff election as of 9pm, when the polls closed, was 62.04 percent, according to data released by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC).

In the urban areas, turnout was 61.41 percent; in rural areas — 62.88 percent; and in Bucharest — 65.53 percent.

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