Turnout at 93% - Drop in turnout particularly in 'PN districts'

Fifteen hours of polling across Malta and Gozo ended at 10 p.m. today in an election day characterised by controversial police action against bloggers deemed to have broken the political silence mandated by the law. According to the Electoral Commission, turnout was down by some 0.3% from the 93.3% of five years ago.  The biggest drops in turnout were in the districts where the PN had a majority, particularly the 10th district (Sliema) and the 12th district (St Paul's Bay). The 12th district was also the district with the highest percentage of uncollected voting documents. There did not appear to be major changes in Gozo. First district 93% (2008 = 93%) Second district 95%  (94%) Third district   94%  (93.8%) Fourth district  95% (94.3%) Fifth district  94% (94.2%) Sixth district  94% (93.9%) Seventh district  94% (93.9%) Eighth district 94% (94%) Ninth district   92% (92.8%) Tenth district   90% (91.7%) Eleventh district 93% (94%) Twelfth district 90% (91%) Thirteenth district   92% (92.3%)   Polling Day, like the two-month electoral campaign which preceded it, went by without incident, but long queues...