Catalan vote turnout at 1700 GMT sees strong rise on 2015: Officials
By AFP | Published: 22nd December 2017 12:19 AM |
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BARCELONA: Turnout for crucial Catalan polls Thursday saw a significant increase in comparison to the last regional election in 2015, a record year for participation, official data showed.
At 6:00 pm, with two hours left to the closure of polling stations in the crisis-hit region, turnout was 68.3 percent, five points higher than in 2015.
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