Regional piority - Combating social and economic exclusion at the institutional level by building modern decision-making mechanisms, social and economic participation at all levels
Indicator 16.A.2 - Voter turnout in local government elections (first round)
Unit: percent
Source of data: The National Electoral Commission
Information about indicator
Name of the indicator
16.A.2 Voter turnout in local government elections (first round)
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 16. Peace and justice - strong institutions
Priority
Combating social and economic exclusion at the institutional level by building modern decision-making mechanisms, social and economic participation at all levels
Definition
Ratio of the number of votes cast to the total number of persons entitled to vote in the first round of elections for the positions of mayors of villages, towns and cities.
Unit
percent
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Voter turnout - ratio of the number of votes cast (valid ballots) to the total number of persons entitled to vote.
Entitled to vote - A person included in the list of voters whose voting rights are particularized in the art. 10 of the Election Code.
Village mayor (mayor, and president of a city) - single-person executive body of municipalities. Village mayor is the executive body of a rural municipalities. The mayor is the executive body of municipalities in which the seat of government is located in the city that lies in the territory of municipalities. President of a city is the executive body in cities with more than 100 thousand residents. This also applies to cities in which, until the Act of 8 March 1990 municipalities local government entered into force, the president of a city was the executive-managing body.
Source of data
The National Electoral Commission
Data availability
Data available according to the electoral cycle; since 2014
Notes
In 1998 -2018, local elections were held every four years. In 2018, the term of office of local government bodies was extended to 5 years.
