The voting of Greeks abroad in several countries for today’s national elections in the country was completed without problems.

As soon as the polls closed, the electoral commissions counted the files without opening them. The electoral bags with the ballots will arrive today by air in Athens and, with a police escort, will end up at the Athens Court of Appeal. The counting of votes will take place there when the polls close throughout the Greek territory.

Belgium

In Belgium, the polls opened at 07:00 and the electoral process ended at 19:00. In Brussels, four polling stations functioned instead of the three that had been set up in the May elections.

In total, the registered voters in the Belgian capital were 1,716 and in Antwerp 75. The Press Representative of the Embassy of Greece in Belgium, Thomas Thomopoulos, reported to APE-MPE: “The electoral process went smoothly this time as well. The Greeks of Belgium again participated en masse and with enthusiasm. Our experience from the election process in May helped us to make some improvements and in connection with the fact that four departments were operating in Brussels, it allowed the process to flow faster.”

Cyprus: At 81.6% the attendance

Out of the total of 1,543 registered in the special electoral rolls, 1,260 came to the five election centers of the Republic of Cyprus set up for the parliamentary elections of Greece, which implies a turnout of 81.6%.

It is noted that in the elections of May 20, the turnout was 91.6%.

Italy: At the polls, about two-thirds of those entitled

As sources from the Greek embassy in Rome reported to APE-MPE, the electoral process, in the three parts of the Italian capital, Milan and Venice, was conducted perfectly smoothly and the turnout was approximately two-thirds of those registered in the electoral rolls.

In Rome, 154 citizens had registered to vote, in Milan 229 and in Venice 63. In relation to the May elections, this time also Greeks who live permanently in Slovenia went to vote in Venice.

As had happened in the previous electoral contest, Greeks from Italy, who live in areas that are at a significant distance from the Eternal City, such as, for example, Catania and Palermo in Sicily, went to Rome to exercise their right to vote. .

Britain: The process went smoothly

Of the approximately 170,000 Greeks who live permanently in the United Kingdom, they finally managed to register 5,624 people on the special electoral rolls. This is the majority of Greeks abroad, not only in percentage but also in absolute number, who declared that they want to vote in their place of residence. The exact same thing happened in the May elections. At the same time, the increase in registered voters is notable, reaching 14% compared to the previous election.

The vast majority of them are people up to 45 years old. Many of them settled in Britain in the last decade.

As pointed out by the Greek ambassador in London, Ioannis Tsaoussis, the process, like the previous time, went smoothly, while any minor problems that may have arisen were immediately resolved by the supervisors and the staff of the embassy.

France: The approximately 1,000 registered voters voted without any particular problems

The approximately 1,000 registered Greeks in France voted without particular problems where the polls closed at seven local time, eight Greek time. In France there were five electoral divisions in four cities, namely two in Paris and one each in Nantes, Nice and Strasbourg.

According to the first indications, abstention moved more or less to the same levels as those of the May 21 elections.

Germany: Over 70% participation

The voting process of emigrants in Germany has been completed smoothly, with the participation rate exceeding 70%.

In all of the 17 polling stations that operated in the country for the Greek elections, 3,885 voters were registered (+185 from the May elections) and 2,804 went to the polls.

In last month’s elections, the participation of emigrants in Germany had reached 83%.