Participation in the Galician elections has been located in the 58,79%, experiencing a drop of five points with respect to the 2016 elections, it was 63.7%. Despite the fact that At 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, the participation was 42.95%, being slightly higher (0.46 points more) than the participation data of the autonomous communities of 2016 at that same time, being then 42.49 %, the polls have closed with a general drop in all provinces.
As reported by the general director of Emergencies and Interior, Santiago Villanueva, from the press center installed in the Xunta, Pontevedra has been the one with the highest participation at 17:00 hours, until reaching 43.59% (1.3 points more than 42.29% in 2016).
Followed him A Coruña, with a 42.84% stake (0.81 points more compared to 42.02% in 2016); Ourense, with a 42.68% participation (1.81 points less compared to 2016, when it obtained 44.49%) and Lugo, with a 41.89% stake (0.91 points less than in 2016, when it registered 42.73%).
In the region of the Navy, in which a coronavirus outbreak with 185 infected, a percentage of participation has been registered at five in the afternoon this Sunday slightly higher than in the 2016 elections.
Specifically, in the A Mariña Central divisions it fell 1.32 points, standing at 40.94%; in A Mariña Occidental it rose 2.5 points, to 47.52%, and in A Mariña Oriental it fell by 0.9 points to 44.19%.
In the municipality of Burela (Lugo), main focus of the outbreak for having the highest number of infections and because it is the only municipality with restricted mobility, it can only be internal; has been registered a participation of 39.02%, very similar to which it was notified in 2016, when it was 38.96%.
Villanueva, in what was his third appearance, commented to the media that participation is “slightly above” the average of last year and in relation to the participation data this morning, which rose much more , has stated that it is “evident” that many people have got up early to vote.
However, he has clarified that “people distribute or structure their voting time from 9 am to 9 pm”, so they prefer to wait and make evaluations at the end, once the polling stations close at the 20 hours.
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