voter-election-opening – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Sun, 14 May 2023 05:20:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Voting centers open for local elections in 61 municipalities https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/05/14/voting-centers-open-for-local-elections-in-61-municipalities/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/05/14/voting-centers-open-for-local-elections-in-61-municipalities/#respond Sun, 14 May 2023 05:20:49 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=205639 TIRANA, May 14/ATA/- According to the official schedule, the voting centers for local elections in the 61 municipalities of the country opened at 07:00 hrs to close at 19:00 hrs.

There are 5,213 polling stations countrywide, where by the decision of the SEC, a special VC was added to the IEPP Tepelena, while on Friday, 12.05.2023, by the decision of the Court, a Special Voting Center was added to the IEPP BELSH.

3,650,550 citizens eligible to vote are invited to cast their ballot to elect 61 new mayors. 122,545 voters vote for the first time in the May 14 local elections.

Running in May 14 local elections are a total of 23,907 candidates for mayors and municipal councils.

Specifically, 144 candidates are registered in the mayoral race, while another 23,763 candidates compete for municipal councils.
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