CEC reports 6.11% voter turnout by 11:00 a.m.

Voter turnout in the second round of the presidential election stood at 6.11% (405,270 people) as of 11:00 a.m., compared with 5.8% in the first round, said Central Election Commission spokesperson Stoyanka Balova. As in the previous round, turnout was highest in Vidin, at 8.7%, and lowest in Kardzhali, at 3.56%.

The Central Election Commission has received 16 reports of violations involving breaches of ballot secrecy and campaigning on social media.

As of 12:00 p.m., machine voting had been suspended in 14 polling stations. In 11 of them, voters had switched to paper ballots, while the remaining three continued using voting machines.

Power had been cut off throughout the municipality of Kostinbrod. Efforts were underway to provide generators, Stoyanka Balova added.

Edited by Diana Tsankova

Translated by Kostadin Atanasov