The Andalusians have begun to vote earlier in this day of municipal elections. Thus, the participation this Sunday in Andalusia was 35.08 percent at 2:00 p.m., according to the first preview provided by the Ministry of the Interior, which is 1.7 points more than in the 2019 elections.
However, this percentage of participation is somewhat lower than that registered in Spain as a whole, where until noon 36.22% of the census had exercised their right to vote, a slightly higher figure (1.12 points) than that of ago four years.
In Andalusia, participation has grown in all provinces, mainly in Jaén, where up to 2:00 p.m. 40.75% of the population has voted, 3.61 points more than in 2019.
By participation percentage, Jaén is followed by Córdoba, with 37.58% (1.77 points); Granada, with 37.05% (1.72); Seville, with 35.06% (1.30); Almería, with 35.51% (1.42), Málaga, with 32.93% (1.47), Cádiz, with 32.63% (2.27) and Huelva, with 32.47%. ( 0.79).
In a territory as large as Andalusia, it is normal for incidents to occur during election days. On this occasion there have been almost a hundred registered until 3:00 p.m., according to the balance provided by the Government Delegation in the community, which has stressed that all of them have already been resolved and that the day continues "normally".
To the first registered during the constitution of the 10,281 tables distributed in the 3,782 electoral colleges, other curiosities have been added throughout the morning such as the one that occurred in Martos (Jaén), where at around 1:15 p.m. a voter has introduced involuntarily your ID inside the envelope next to the ballot paper.
After realizing his action, he has claimed it from the members of the table, who will deliver it to him once the ballot box is opened for the count.
In addition, in Torremolinos (Málaga), the Zone Electoral Board has dismissed a polling station member of the Mar Argentea College, upon receiving a complaint and confirming that she is part of a candidacy, for which reason it has been determined to temporarily suspend the polling station.
As a recurring fact, in several provinces the members of the polling station have detected voters putting more than one ballot into the ballot box, which they have denounced before the Zone Electoral Board.
Previously, at around 9:30 a.m., at a school in Dos Hermanas (Seville), a board member from District 4 left his post due to being indisposed.
Moments after going out into the street, he collapsed and went into cardiorespiratory arrest, for which he was transferred by the health services of 061 to the Virgen de Valme University Hospital. This man has been replaced by the substitute, as he is still inside the school.
Among those that stand out, in La Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz), the threat of a "supposed bomb" in the courtyard of a school, which was "totally simulated" and that the police immediately withdrew so that it could be opened with "absolute normality", as reported by the Government delegate in Andalusia, Pedro Fernández.
In addition, at the Padre Méndez polling station in the capital of Almería, a voter has inserted three envelopes into the ballot box at the same time, for which reason the National Police has identified him and voting has been paralyzed until 09:20.
The Electoral Board has resolved that, at the end of the electoral day, two envelopes be drawn at random before counting begins and, after this incident, voting has continued normally.
At a polling station in Linares-Baeza, in Linares (Jaén), the removal of advertising from a party has been requested because it was located on the lampposts of the avenue where the polling station is located, less than 50 meters away. This circumstance has been communicated and has been withdrawn immediately, although voting has been stopped for 45 minutes, so that college will close its doors at 8:45 p.m.
