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Added on the 17/12/2023 19:26:52 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Polls close in Istanbul as officials help the last voters cast their votes for the presidential elections. Poll watchers open the ballot boxes and begin counting the ballots that'll decide the next president of Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan entered as the firm favourite to extend two decades of his rule to 2028. IMAGES
A polling station wraps up affairs in Tashkent as the polls close across Uzbekistan, ending a day of voting in the Central Asian nation in a constitutional referendum that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to remain in power until 2040. Mirziyoyev, 65, became president in 2016 after the death of dictator Islam Karimov. IMAGES
Polls close in Brasilia and polling station workers collect electronic votes from the ballot box. More than 156 million Brazilians were eligible to cast a ballot in the first round of presidential election, which will go to a runoff on October 30 if no candidate takes more than 50 percent on Ocotber 2. IMAGES
Polls close in Chile and election officials begin to count votes as the country chooses between polar opposite far-right and leftist candidates for a president to lead the country through a period of constitutional change amid a clamor for social reform. IMAGES
The last voters arrive shortly before the polls close at 7pm GMT and before vote counting begins in Portugal's presidential elections. Polls point to a first-round win for Rebelo de Sousa, a former political commentator turned approachable head of state. IMAGES