Elections

The nationwide voter turnout in today's presidential election was of 20.78 per cent by 13:00 o'clock, EET, the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) has announced.

Turnout was 21.14 per cent in the urban area and 20.28 per cent in the rural area. As many as 20.78 per cent of the Bucharest resident voters also cast a ballot by 13:00 o'clock.

Voter turnout in today's presidential election was of 20.78 percent by 13:00 o'clock, EET, the Central Electoral Bureau has announced.

Voter turnout in Sunday's presidential elections was of 6.55 percent by 10 a.m., the Central Electoral Bureau has announced.

Turnout in the urban area was 6.37 percent and in the rural area it was 6.78 percent. A rate of 5.76 percent of the Bucharest residents had cast a ballot by 10 a.m..AGERPRES

More than 18,000 polling stations opened at 7am throughout Romania for the presidential elections on Sunday.

For the first round of the ballot there are 18,296,567 registered voters.

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The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) will inform the public opinion and press regarding the voter turnout in the presidential elections of Sunday at 11.30, 14.30, 17.30, 20.30 and 22.30 EET.

The hours at which the polling stations are to send information towards the BEC are 10.00, 13.00, 16.00, 19.00 and 21.00.

The Central Electoral Bureau will be the authority that informs the public on the attendance of the Sunday presidential ballot abroad, at the times set in the Bureau's decision 51/2014, the Electoral Bureau No. 48 for the polling stations abroad informed AGERPRES through a media release on Friday.

The president of the electoral bureau of the polling station will examine the copies of medical documents or other official documents attached to the written request to exercise the voting rights through the special ballot box, proving that the persons in question are non-transportable, the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) says in a decision adopted on Friday.

Elections held for councils of national minorities

BELGRADE -- According to first unofficial estimates of the CeSID agency, the list led by Sulejman Ugljanin has won the election for the Bosniak National Council.

The preliminary results will be announced on Monday, while the final results will be known on Thursday at the latest.

BELGRADE - The elections for national councils of national minorities are being held in Serbia, and voters choosing their councils in direct elections can cast their ballot at one of 881 polling stations from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday.

There are 456,444 eligible voters that have been registered on the special electoral roll.

Bulgaria's northeastern town of Kaspichan is holding a referendum on banning the exploitation of a medical waste incineration facility.
Around 2800 residents of Kaspichan are eligible voters in the local referendum, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio.
Polls open at 6 am and close at 7 pm on Sunday.
Locals may cast their ballots at six polling stations.