CONCORD (New Hampshire), January 24 In The American state of New Hampshire has completed its first presidential primary election in the United States, the correspondent reports.
As a representative of the state Secretary of State told the agency, the overall turnout in New Hampshire was quite high.
«We can confirm that turnout looks very high, but at the moment we do not have specific figures,» he said.
The main part of the sites closed at 19.00 local time (03.00 Moscow time). Some sections remain open until 20.00, subject to later opening times.
After voting is completed at polling stations, vote counting begins. The first data on Republican candidates, which was received from the remote Dixville Notch area, which opened at midnight, showed six votes in favor of former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, former President Donald Trump's main rival for the party nomination.
In the US state of New Hampshire, primary elections for candidates for the post of US President (primaries) in 2024 are being held on Tuesday. The vote comes amid a tense battle between the main Republican rivals of former President Donald Trump and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, coupled with the controversial decision of the country's leader Joe Biden to skip the primaries in favor of voting in South Carolina in early February.
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