European Union The EU ... - Voting locations shut down: Tallying commences
The European election and municipal runoff voting in Thuringia has come to an end. Polling stations shut down at 6pm. Over 1.7 million citizens from the region were encouraged to cast their votes on who'll be shaping the future of the EU Parliament.
Roughly 1.3 million eligible voters could also pick their candidates for the position of landrat or mayor in the municipal runoff elections. Voting took place in 15 districts and 15 autonomous cities.
At 4pm, the voter turnout for the European election, which will be counted first, was approximately 45.3%. This suggested a lower turnout compared to 2019. The voting turnout at this time two years ago was about 48.5%. Mail-in ballots are not taken into account in this figure yet.
