Primary from the right : strong participation in the first round – The-World

After the count of 9 496 offices on 10 229, at 1: 45, 3 965 911 voters were counted. The full share is expected to exceed 4 million voters.

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The participation rate and of the centre amounted to 17 hours to 2 501 491 voters, had announced the president of the organising committee of the primary, Thierry Solère.

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According to him, ” participation is much more important than what we imagined “ : ” We have been in many places of requests for restocking of ballots and envelopes, the stocks of the second round are already being used. “

In comparison, at 17 hours, the primary of the PS was caught in 2011 about 1.5 million voters, to finish with 2.6 million by the end of the day.