The first local polling station commissions (SIK) brought their ballots and tally sheets to Arena Burgas at 8:15pm on Sunday, 25 October. Voting in the presidential election ended at 8pm.
Staff from the mobile polling stations arrived first.
Turnout in Burgas region was low, so ballots are being counted and results processed faster. When turnout is high, commissions often arrive hours late.
The latest figures from the regional election commission show that by 4pm, 56,913 of 363,670 registered voters in the region had voted, or 15.65%.
In Burgas municipality, turnout is slightly above the regional average at 17.01%, or 31,496 voters. Many people in the municipality did not go to the polls.
On 16 October we reported that the ballots for the presidential vote would reach Burgas under heightened police guard. All 751 polling stations in the 2nd electoral district of Burgas were to get paper ballots, while 494 stations in the region vote by machine.
Final turnout and results will be known once the SIK tally sheets have been processed.