The Central Elections Committee director Orly Adas gives the first turnout numbers, based on reports from polling stations and a survey of some 500 statistically representative stations chosen by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
As of 10 a.m., voter turnout is 15 percent, the committee says, 2.1 percentage points higher than at the same hour in the April 9 race.
A total of 956,856 votes have been reported from 8,596 polling stations, roughly 80% of all stations. That’s combined with survey data from 493 statistically representative stations.
The actual turnout is higher, as some 9.5% of eligible voters live overseas, according to CEC figures, so the figure of 15% is out of the 90.5% of the overall electorate that’s in the country, or some 16.6% of Israeli eligible voters currently in Israel.
The figure also doesn’t include soldiers’ ballots, which have not yet been opened.
Central Elections Committee director Orly Adas gives turnout figures as of 10 a.m. on election day, September 17, 2019. (YouTube screen capture)
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