Turnout at Sunday’s presidential elections by 6.30 p.m. stands at 39.71 percent out of 91.54 percent of polling stations, said State Election Commission (SEC) president Oliver Derkoski.

The SEC chief added that about 700,000 people cast their votes half an hour before the closure of polling stations.

Polling stations across the country closed at 7 p.m. as part of the first round of the sixth presidential elections.