The CEC announces the closure of polling centers for the 2019 Re-Run Local Elections

The Central Elections Commission (CEC) announces the end of voting in the 2019 re-run local elections and closure of polling centers at 7:00 pm today as scheduled.

In a statement, the CEC announced that the number of electors in the localities in which elections were  held reached 17,213 out of 29,589 eligible voters with a voter turnout of 58.2%.

The counting process commenced immediately after the closure of centers at the stations level. Counting minutes will  be  gathered at the headquarters of localities where the number of votes obtained by lists will be published.

The CEC added that elections ran smoothly without serious violations that may have affected the elections results.

The preliminary elections results will be  published tomorrow with the number of votes and council seats obtained by each list.