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What you need to know about #Election day in the Westside Area
Stats about Voting in the Westside Area
Here is how the voting went down in Westside Yesterday
Westside had a historic number of candidates averaging over 30 across all three Wards including the independent candidates.
Below is your #Election Day in numbers nationally:
26 333 353 – Registered voters
11.8 million eligible youth voters in the age group 18-29 years and only 6.3 million registered with 28% voting
177 000 – Election officials trained
153 000 – Ballot boxes
133 000 – Voting booths
63 654 – Candidates- including independent candidates (18% more than 2011)
22 612 – Voting stations
204 – Parties contesting elections (68% more than 2011)
75 – Voter turnout percentage for 2011 municipal elections
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