By 4pm, 16.04% of voters in Bulgaria had cast ballots in the election for president and vice president, and 15.0% in Burgas region. Stoyanka Balova, spokeswoman for the Central Election Commission (CEC), gave the figures at the third briefing of the day.
At the second briefing, at 11am, turnout was 5.8% across Bulgaria and 4.94% in Burgas region.
See also: Presidential election: 5.8% vote by 11:00 nationwide, 4.94% in Burgas region
Turnout was highest in Sofia's 23rd electoral district (25.09%) and lowest in Kardzhali region (6.77%).
In Yambol, 16.0% had voted, in Haskovo 14.18%, in Sliven 11.51% and in Stara Zagora 17.0%.
Turnout in the other regions was: Blagoevgrad 14.15%, Varna 17.93%, Veliko Tarnovo 16.96%, Vidin 17.57%, Vratsa 16.59%, Gabrovo 17.30%, Dobrich 14.46% and Kyustendil 15.0%. It was 15.33% in Lovech, 15.73% in Montana, 13.06% in Pazardzhik, 17.0% in Pernik, 14.8% in Pleven, 13.98% in Plovdiv, 17.85% in Plovdiv city (district 16) and 11.15% in Razgrad. The rest were Ruse 16.0%, Silistra 13.4%, Smolyan 16.63%, Sofia (24th district) 16.8%, Sofia (25th district) 19.7%, Sofia region 18.37%, Targovishte 11.75% and Shumen 12.6%.