Fourth of those eligible to vote voted at the ballot box

Created: 03/27/2022, 15:30

A woman throws her ballot paper into the ballot box for the state election in Saarland.

© Harald Tittel/dpa

In the state elections in Saarland, a good quarter of the more than 750,000 eligible voters had cast their votes at a polling station by Sunday afternoon.

By 2:00 p.m., voter turnout without postal voters was 28.5 percent, according to the state returning officer.

The data was based on a random survey of 49 polling districts.

Saarbrücken – According to a spokeswoman, data on voter turnout including postal voters were initially not available.

In the previous state election in 2017, the proportion – also without postal voters – was 32.6 percent around the same time.

In view of the increasing proportion of postal voters, no forecast can be made as to whether voter turnout in the current election will be lower or higher, said a spokeswoman.

dpa