Turnout in Bulgaria's presidential run-off hit 24.0% at 6pm, a Trend exit poll shows. At the same time in the first round it was 19.8%.
Polling stations opened at 7am on Sunday, 1 November, National Revival Leaders' Day. Voters are choosing a president and vice president from two tickets: Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev, or Iliana Yotova and Kiril Valchev. Nearly 6.6m people can vote.
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Official figures from the Central Election Commission (CEC) show turnout of 19.33% nationwide at 4pm, commission spokeswoman Stoyanka Balova told a briefing. Trend puts turnout at the same hour at 19.8%, against 16.04% in the first round.
Turnout was lower than in the first round in the early hours of the run-off. Trend data show it was 0.8% at 8am, against 1.1% in the first round, and 4.1% at 10am, against 4.4%. Myara calculated that 2.1% had voted by 9am, against 2.4% in the first round.
Since 11am turnout has been higher than in the first round. Myara reported 6.8% at 11am, against 6.6% in the first round, and 12.2% at 1pm, against 11.3%. The agency says 17.2% had voted by 3pm, against 15% in the first round, and turnout was 21.5% at 5pm, against 18.3%.
Trend's figures point the same way. Turnout was 9.5% at noon, against 9.1% in the first round, and 14.9% at 2pm, against 13.4%.
Voting continues until 8pm.