The polls opened in Greece at 7 am for the European elections, whereas the electoral course of had began in a number of EU nations within the earlier days and ends right this moment. In complete, roughly 370 million European residents are anticipated to vote to elect a complete of 720 MEPs. 31 events take part in Greece’s contest, whereas the 21 seats that our nation is entitled to within the European Parliament are claimed by 1,168 candidates.
Who, how, the place and following they vote
A complete of 9,796,330 voters are registered within the electoral rolls, of which 4,755,686 are males and 5,040,644 are ladies. Of those, 166,679 are non-citizens, 202,515 have registered on the letter platform whereas 13,023 come from different EU nations. In relation to the nationwide elections of 2023, 111,500 new voters have acquired the proper to take part within the elections.
It must be famous that those that flip 17 within the election yr have the proper to vote, i.e. they have been born till 12/31/2007.
Exercising the proper to vote is obligatory – with exceptions, for these over 70 years of age and for voters who’re overseas.
The voter who will vote in particular person on the polling station is required to indicate an identification doc (police ID or passport or driver’s license or insurance coverage guide). The identification of voters can be carried out utilizing the digital identification.
The polling facilities in Greece will function from 07:00 within the morning to 19:00 at night time, whereas the postal votes will need to have been obtained by the competent authorities throughout the related deadline, i.e. as much as 17:00 Greek time June 8, 2024, to be able to be counted as legitimate.
Voters can go to the Dwelling Workplace’s Know The place You Vote digital platform to establish their electoral division.
Voters can select as much as 4 candidates with a “cross” of choice. Nonetheless, within the occasion that extra “crosses” are positioned, the poll is just not canceled however is just counted in favor of the mix.
In keeping with the officers of the Ministry of Inside for the electoral course of on Sunday there will likely be no less than 3 updates on the course of participation at 11:45, at 14:45 and at 17:45.
At roughly 20:30 – 21:00 on Sunday night, the primary protected estimate for the ultimate election end result will likely be introduced, with the officers estimating that it’s going to have change into clear what number of events exceed the three% threshold. There will likely be a protected picture for the “crosses” of the candidates from 22:30 – 23:00.
Seats
A obligatory situation for a celebration to enter the 21-seat allocation mechanism is to seize no less than 3%, nonetheless, in line with the fashions of election analysts, securing a seat is ensured within the 3.3% – 3.4% zone. To facilitate the elections, 18,617 polling stations will function all through the Territory, of which 237 will solely depend postal votes. In keeping with info from the competent companies, roughly 160,000 postal votes have already been obtained, of which 39,300 come from voters overseas, whereas the ultimate quantity is estimated to achieve 180,000.
It must be famous that those that have registered within the postal lists however didn’t ship their vote or their envelope didn’t arrive on the sorting heart in Peristeri on time, will obtain a textual content message on Saturday (19:00 – 20:00) informing them of the electoral division that can be capable of train their proper to vote in particular person following 11:00 on the Sunday of the elections.
The June 9 contest is the tenth election course of for the collection of members of the European Parliament that has been held in Greece since 1981.
The European elections in numbers
– 31 events
1,168 candidates for 21 seats
9,796,330 voters
166,679 non-residents
202,515 postal voters
111,500 new voters
18,617 polling stations
#European #elections #polls #open #time #vote
