Turnout in local elections until 17th was 39.43 percent. – said on Sunday the chairman of the National Electoral Commission, Judge Sylwester Marciniak. The highest turnout was recorded in the Świętokrzyskie, Masovian and Lublin voivodeships; the lowest – in the Opole, Silesian and Lower Silesian voivodeships.
The head of the National Electoral Commission informed that by 17, voting cards were issued throughout Poland to 11,394,642 voters out of a total number of 28,895,920 eligible voters, which constitutes 39.43%. In the 2018 local elections at this time, the turnout was 41.65%.
Where is the highest turnout?
The highest attendance until 17 were recorded in the following voivodeships: Świętokrzyskie – 42.64 percent, Mazowieckie 42.38 percent. and Lublin – 41.73 percent. The lowest in the following voivodeships: Opole – 35.01%, Silesian – 36.2%. and Lower Silesia 36.93 percent.
In the remaining voivodeships, the turnout was: in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship – 38.58 percent, in the Lubuskie Voivodeship – 37.88 percent, in the Łódź Voivodeship – 40.43 percent, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship – 39.46 percent, in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship – 41.2 percent ., in the Podlaskie Voivodeship – 41.65 percent, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship – 38.74 percent, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship – 39.74 percent, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship – 39.13 percent, and in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship – 38.40 percent.
As for cities, the highest turnout until 5 p.m. was recorded in Warsaw (41.59%), Kielce (38.98%) and Olsztyn (38.85%). In turn, the lowest turnout was in Katowice (33.10%), Gorzów Wielkopolski (33.39%) and Opole (34.29%).
In Białystok until 17 voted 38.78 percent. voters, in Bydgoszcz – 35.50 percent, in Gdańsk – 35.36 percent, in Kraków – 35.67 percent, in Lublin – 36.06 percent, in Łódź – 35.92 percent, in Poznań – 35.34 percent, in Rzeszów – 37.20 percent, in Szczecin – 36.17 percent, in Toruń – 37.31 percent, in Wrocław – 35.28 percent, and in Zielona Góra – 37.84 percent .
Record attendance in the Zawiercie district
Throughout the country, the record turnout holder is the commune of Irządze (Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship), where 63.95% of voters went to the polls. entitled. The smallest number of voters voted in the Reńska Wieś commune (Kędzierzyn-Koźle poviat, Opole voivodeship) – 24.21%.
Voting lasts until 9 p.m.
In the previous elections, the turnout was slightly higher
In 2018 – in the first round of the previous local government elections – at 17 turnout was 41.65 percent; the highest turnout was in the province. Masovian Voivodeship and amounted to 45.31% in the Voivodeship Świętokrzyskie – 43.95 percent and in the province Podlaskie – 42.97 percent The lowest turnout was recorded in the province. Opole Province – 37 percent Among the provincial cities, the highest turnout was in Warsaw – 47 percent, and in Gdańsk – 43 percent. and Olsztyn – 42 percent
Ultimately, in the first round of the 2018 elections, the turnout was 54.9%, and was the highest in the history of local government elections in the Third Polish Republic. In the second round, which took place on November 4, 2018, at 12, the turnout was 15.61%, and at 17 – 38.73 percent, to finally reach 48.83 percent.
