Update: The Electoral Commission has revised its earlier statement on voter turnout, saying that the figure now is 44.75% for the average total approximate percentage voting turnout up to 2pm over the 13 districts, in 2017 it was 52.32%.

The Commission had previously reported the figure as 40.45%. In a statement later on Saturday evening, it explained that the 143,628 votes cast had not included those who had voted during the previous days. It said that these amounted to 15,289, increasing the percentage to 44.75%.

There are 355,075 registered voters, with the votes cast being 143,628.

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