A negative record of participation seems to be recorded in this year’s European elections based on the data already announced by the Ministry of Interior as at 17:30 in the afternoon the participation rate was 32.9% while at the same time in the national elections last June it was 48%,
The picture of high abstention began to form early in the morning as the first announced figure (13.1%) fell short of that of June 2023 (16%).
At 2:30 pm the turnout announcement reported that 2,504,389 voters had voted, a 26.1% figure compared to 31.5% in June 2023.
The analysts’ assessment is that turnout “slowed down” quite a bit from midday onwards as if it continued at the same pace it started in the morning, then at 5:30pm it should have been in the region of 39%
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The percentages over the last 20 years
Recall that turnout since 2004 has fluctuated as follows:
– In 2004, 63.22% of the population went to the polls.
– In 2009, the turnout rate fell by ten points to 52.54%.
– In 2014, the turnout increased to 59.33%.
– In 2019, the turnout reached 58.69%.
