An estimated 85.5 per cent of the electorate voted in Saturday's general election, which once confirmed will be the lowest in six decades. Polls had predicted lower turnout but not at this scale, with the figure representing a marked reduction from the 92.1 per cent who voted in the 2017 poll. The projected turnout was released by the Electoral Commission at 12.40am on Sunday morning and is based on samples provided by assistant electoral commissioners at the close of the poll. Once confirmed, it will mark the lowest turnout in Malta’s post-independence general election history, even if it remains extremely high by western democratic standards. Voter turnout last dipped below 90% in 1966, when it stood at 89.7%. In a statement, the electoral commission said that 303,575 votes were cast by the time voting ended at 10pm. There were 355,075 registered voters in this general election. Estimated turnout by district The commission also provided a breakdown of projected turnout by electoral district. The highest projected turnouts were in the seventh district (88.02%), third district (87.85%) and sixth district (87.35%), with the fifth district – a district in which both Robert...