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Local government elections: Abstention sweeps – At 63.7% abstention in Epirus

Decreased by 11.5 points is the percentage of participation in the polls until 17:30 compared to the same time last Sunday.

According to the third and last update from the deputy minister of the interior, Thodoris Livanos, the participation in the repeated self-governing elections is at 31.21%, while the same period in the first round was 42.6%. The lowest participation rate appears in the Ionian Islands with 24.6%, compared to 40.8% the previous Sunday. It is estimated that an hour and a half before the polls close, approximately 1,765,000 voters have exercised their right to vote.

The percentages of participation per region are as follows (in parentheses the corresponding percentage of the first round):

– Eastern Macedonia – Thrace 30.1% (44.4%)

– Central Macedonia 34.1% (42.2%)

– Western Macedonia 28.1% (43.4%)

– Epirus 36.3% (49.2%)

– Thessaly 32.5% (48.7%)

– Ionian Islands 24.6% (40.8%)

– Western Greece 38.6% (48%)

– Central Greece 48.7%, (55.9%)

– Attica 29.5% (36.8%)

– Peloponnese 27.2% (44.7%)

– Northern Aegean 30.3% (39.2%)

– South Aegean 36.9% (44%)

– Crete 46.3% (53.2%).

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