Elections

The latest results, reported by the Croatian Central Election Commission, indicate that the ruling conservatives and the opposition center-left party have won the same number of MEPs in the future European Parliament, BTA said.

Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu said on Sunday evening that he is not to be blamed for the long lines of Romanian voters at the polling stations aboard on Sunday, saying that political consensus is needed to change election legislation. "The very large participation contradicted virtually all the assessments we had.

An official projection from the Interior Ministry is giving opposition New Democracy 32.8 percent of the vote for European Parliament elections, against 24 percent for governing SYRIZA.

The voting schedule begins at 7:00 hrs and ends at 21:00 hrs, reads the reply of the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) the Sunday election process. The BEC received four referrals for the extension of the voting schedule at polling stations abroad, and the answer was that the provisions of art. 46 para.

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI), Monica Dajbog, said that "'it's normal and legal for voters to be asked if they vote both for the European Parliament elections, as well as for the referendum or for just one of the ballots." "As to complaints, especially online, regarding the fact that before receiving the voting bulletins voters are asked if they're voting both for

The Supreme Court on Sunday evening issued guidelines granting an extension to polling stations where constituents were still lining up to vote after the official 7 p.m. closing time.

  
    In Hungary, 17.2% of voters voted around 8.00 am compared with 11.5% five years ago.
    Observers in Slovakia predict a turnout of about 20 per cent. Although it is still low, it is higher than 13 percent in 2014.
    Electoral activity in the European elections in Slovakia was the lowest in the EU since its accession to the bloc in 2004, the DPA notes.

All 441 polling stations opened abroad are operational and working normally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Sunday. "Apart from isolated technical incidents that were quickly remedied, in the early morning hours all activities in the diaspora polling stations are running within the normal parameters.

The nationwide voter turnout in the elections to the European Parliament on Sunday stood at 31.29 percent of the electors until 16:00, according to the data recorded on the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) website. A number of 3,373,977 electors voted in the urban area and 2,363,705 persons cast their votes in the rural area.

The polling station's control stamp having been applied anywhere else than on the last page of the ballot paper is no reason to invalidate the ballot, Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) spokesman Marian Muhulet said on Sunday. He specified that the ballot papers stamped on the first page or elsewhere are not void and will therefore not be invalidated at the vote count that starts after 21:00 hrs.