Voter turnout at 37.8 pct by 7pm, 14 percentage points lower than in 2017

Voter turnout for the 2021 Legislative Election was at 37.8 per cent as of 7pm today (Sunday), according to the Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election.

By 6pm a total of 122,692 voters cast their ballot out of the 323,907 registered voters.

Polling stations are open until 9pm.

The voter turnout rate at this stage is 14 percentage points lower that that recorded at 7pm in the previous election in 2017.

Total voter turnout rate in 2017 was 57.2 per cent.

The SAR’s lowest voter participation in legislative elections was 52 per cent in 2001, in the first legislative vote after the handover.