49% turnout up to 2 pm

Turnout for the general election up to 2 pm was 49 per cent, up from 45 per cent in 2008, the Electoral Commission said. That puts turnout so far on the same lines as 2003. The highest turnout today was of 55 per cent in the fourth electoral district, and the lowest - 44 per cent - in the third district. First district 50% Second district 45% Third district 44% Fourth district 55% Fifth district 53% Sixth district 53% Seventh district 49% Eighth district 49% Ninth district 46% Tenth district 51% Eleventh distirct 51% Twelfth district 47% Thirteenth district 50% Turnout for the local councils election was 41 per cent.