LocalElections2020/BEC- turnout: 46.02% of electors voted before 21,00

The nationwide voter turnout in the local elections on Sunday until 21,00hrs stood at 46.02% - 8,420,737 electors having turned out to vote, according to the data announced by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC). A number of 3,912,345 citizens exercised their right to vote in urban areas and 4,508,388 in rural areas. According to BEC, the voter turnout in Bucharest was 36.93%, namely 671,741 voters. A share of 42.85% of the total voters registered on the lists voted in Sector 1 of the Capital, in Sector 2 - 37.95%, in Sector 3 - 30.78%, in Sector 4 - 37.92%, in Sector 5 - 38.35 % , and in Sector 6 - 38.54%. The highest turnout is registered in the counties of Giurgiu - 59.43%, Olt - 58.48% and Teleorman - 58.12%, and the lowest in Bucharest - 36.93%, Iasi - 37.28%, Vaslui - 37.40%. The turnout by counties was the following: * Alba - 50.12% * Arad - 45.08% * Arges - 49.84% * Bacau - 41.56% * Bihor - 52.23% * Bistrita-Nasaud - 51.80% * Botosani - 44.65% * Brasov - 42% * Braila - 41.50% * Buzau - 52.8% * Caras-Severin - 48.57% * Calarasi - 55.05% * Cluj - 42.90% * Constanţa - 46.28% * Covasna - 40.66% * Dambovita - 53.34% * Dolj - 50.25% * Galati - 40.22% * Giurgiu - 59.43% * Gorj - 54% * Harghita - 42.29% * Hunedoara - 45.80% * Ialomita - 50.44% * Iasi - 37.28% * Ilfov - 52.54% * Maramures - 46.13% * Mehedinti - 55.40% * Mures - 49.39% * Neamt - 43.21% * Olt - 58.48% * Prahova - 48.04% * Satu Mare - 45.02% * Salaj - 52.67% * Sibiu - 42.57% * Suceava - 45.08% * Teleorman - 58.12% * Timis - 43.20% * Tulcea - 48.12% * Vaslui - 37.40% * Valcea - 52.61% * Vrancea - 50.13%. In 2016, the voter turnout by 21,00hrs stood at 48.4%. AGERPRES (RO - author: Eusebi Manolache, editor: Georgiana Tanasescu; EN - editor: Adina Panaitescu) Photo: (c) SILVIU MATEI / AGERPRES PHOTO