Turkish voters began heading to the polls on Sunday to elect their candidates in the local administration elections, for a term that will last for five years.
Voting started at 7:00 am local time and runs through 4:00 pm in 32 eastern states. As for the remaining 49 provinces, voting starts at 8:00 am and closes at 5:00 pm, according to decision of the Supreme Elections Committee.
The number of registered voters who are eligible to vote in the local elections is 61,441,882 voters.
Voters cast their votes in 206,845 ballot boxes, in addition to 1,000 mobile boxes, distributed throughout the 81 Turkish states.
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