5.7 million people are being called upon to vote this Sunday in Catalonia’s parliamentary elections. The polls predict a victory for Salvador Illa’s PSC, but the future will depend on subsequent agreements between the parties.
Nearly 6 million people have been called upon to elect with their votes the deputies who will form the Parliament of Catalonia, which in turn will elect the President of the Generalitat for the XIV. autonomous legislature of Catalonia.
There are 135 seats up for grabs, 85 in Barcelona, 18 in Tarragona, 17 in Girona and 15 in Lleida.
Bee 09:00 amafter the 8,940 tables were drawn up in 2,695 electoral colleges, the polls are open so that citizens can vote.
7,300 police officers (4,300 police officers and 3,000 local officers) will ensure the ‘freedom’ of voting rights, ‘citizen security’, the ‘normal development’ of elections and ‘cyber security’ related to the electoral process.
A total of 5,754,840 people are called to vote next Sunday, just over 130,000 than in the 2021 elections. In addition, 243,003 young people will be able to vote in elections in Parliament for the first time, after reaching the age of majority since the last election appointment.
As reported on Saturday by the Vice President of the Government and Minister of the Presidency, Laura Vilagrà, 106,031 people have already voted by post (1.95% of the census).
Of the 300,000 citizens living abroad, only 24,233 have exercised their right to vote, representing 8.23% of the Resident-Absent Electoral Census, the so-called CERA vote.
Official communication during the day
At 10 a.m. the government will give a first taste of how the opening of the schools is structured.
The first participation and incident percentage of the day is reported at 1:15 p.m., data updated at 6:15 p.m.
Schools close at 8 p.m. and counting begins. The government expects that all votes will be counted around 10:30 p.m.
What is new this year is that all schools have a tablet with which they can take photos of the minutes of each table. With the help of artificial intelligence, the data observed in these photos will be compared with the control data sent by each table, making it easier to detect possible errors in the transmission.
They can be tracked real-time election data through the application ‘Eleccions Catalunya 2024’, which will offer participation data and the results of the applications with the possibility of comparing them with the 2021 call.
In addition, live information will be provided for each electoral college, in addition to the general data of Catalonia, by constituencies, regions and municipalities that are usually provided.
Vilargrà has pointed out that having this data in more detail will make it easier to track the information regarding the seats that can be held in the different constituencies.
64 applications to choose from
A total of 64 candidates are participating in the elections, according to what was published in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC).
Specifically, the provincial electoral councils have declared 16 candidates in Barcelona, 15 in Girona and also 15 in Lleida, while 18 will compete in Tarragona.
The election campaign for the Catalan elections ended on Friday with the candidate of the PSC, Salvador Illa, who leads all the polls and with a Junts-ERC battle to lead the independence space, although most polls favor the candidacy of Carles Puigdemont (Junts).
Source: EITB
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