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#JAVOTES2024 | Voter turnout at 11.12 per cent so far

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Image caption: The turnout is higher than what was seen in the 2016 local government election.

All 6,726 stations were opened by 7:30 a.m. with just about 130 or two per cent of the total missing the stipulated 7 a.m. deadline for opening.

Total turnout for the 2016 local government election was 30 per cent with a total of 555,880 electors casting their ballots.

 

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