Polling stations for Turkish elections abroad to close today

Türkiye's missions abroad will complete the voting process for the presidential and parliamentary elections of the 28th convocation today. More than 1.7 million eligible citizens have voted abroad and at border checkpoints in period since April 27. Voting at border checkpoints will last until May 14, according to the data of the Supreme Electoral Commission (YSK) of Türkiye.

Report informs via Anadolu that a total of 3,416,098 voters are registered abroad. Polling stations are open in 73 countries. The voting ballots will be delivered to Türkiye under enhanced security.

The largest number of voters, according to YSK, is registered in Germany with 1,501,152 people having cast their votes. It is followed by France with 397,086 people having voted and the Netherlands with 268,753 people having voted.

The least number of voters among the countries where polling stations are open are in Brazil (581), Nigeria (584) and Turkmenistan (635).

The second round of the presidential elections in Türkiye, if necessary, will be held on Sunday, May 28. Voting in foreign missions in the second round is scheduled for May 20-24.

As of May 6, the number of people who cast their votes in foreign missions exceeded the turnout of the 2018 elections.