The voter turnout of at least 1/3 of the citizens eligible to vote for validating the snap parliamentary elections was reached at slightly over 3:30pm so that the elections can be considered valid, IPN reports.
About 979,000 voters cast their ballots by 3:30pm and 131,000 of these did it at polling stations outside the country.
Polling stations are open until 9pm. The election threshold for a party is 5%, for an electoral bloc is 7%, while for independent candidates is 2%.
