ELECTION NEWS & STATISTICS IN BRIEF

Politics | June 17, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

Some 20% of the Bulgarians voted till 11:00 a.m.
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44% voters` activity is registered in the biggest Sofia constituency up to 2:00 p.m.
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The voters` activity is expected to reach 60-70%. About 6,500,000 Bulgarians have the right to vote.
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Greenish-blue voting papers of UDF and Euorleft coalition could be easily confused in the darkness of the polling stations, voters alarmed.
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More than 14,000 volunteers of two major Bulgarian non-governmental organizations will observe the election to be fair and just.
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163 foreign representatives of major international organizations will observe the general elections.
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6 polling agencies will report the election results-Alpha Research, Sova-Haris, BBSS-Gallup, NOEMA, MBMD and NCIOM.
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3 Bulgarian TV stations - Bulgarian National Television, bTV and Nova TV will broadcast live press conferences during the election night.
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Journalists were turned out of the office of the Election Commission of the 26th constituency in Sofia.
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The polling station in the Bulgarian Consulate in Solon (Greece) has been closed today; the nearest polling station where Bulgarians could cast their votes is in Athens.
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The General elections in Bulgaria are among the breaking news of all international media.
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36 parties and coalitions are presented in the tickets. The MP nominee lists count 5,349. The total number of polling stations is 12 409, 179 of which abroad.
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Voting papers with the names of Ventiseslav Dimitrov (NMS II) and Guner Tahir (UDF) were distributed in Razgrad constituency.
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6 companies will provide free transportation of disabled people to the polling stations.
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The first signals for violations in the Election Day are against King`s movement.
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23 representatives of the Movement for Rights and Freedom did not attend the election commission in Pazardjik.
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King`s coalition submitted a written request against the ballots` arrangement in Vratza constituency.

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