“As of 22:00, the CEC received data from 97% of territorial election commissions.

According to these data, the turnout was 37%, ”Didenko quoted TASS as saying.

He noted that this figure is almost 10% less than in the local elections in 2015.

According to him, the highest turnout was recorded in the Ternopil region - 46.77%.

Earlier, the Ukrainian police opened 14 criminal cases related to violations in the local elections.