Election officials had, though, been confidently predicting a high turnout and this didn't materialize.
"It was a low turnout in 2010 and a high turnout in 2008, " said former Wisconsin Sen.
There was a high turnout in Mississippi and Ohio and it suggest Democrats are bothered and are voting.
Poll workers reported high turnout across many parts of the country, and some voters waited hours to cast their ballots.
But the high turnout seems to indicate that many Serbs opposed to the Radicals have been voting in greater numbers than expected.
Before the vote, analysts had said high turnout would help centre-left parties.
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Afghanistan observers and experts said a high turnout would help marginalize the Taliban which ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.
The high turnout, around 80%, put many longer-established democracies to shame, though the counting was marred by a Florida-style kerfuffle over spoiled ballot papers.
There is the result of the February 27th Wirral South by-election where Labour achieved a swing of 17% on a high turnout of 73%.
In the Minneapolis, Minnesota, suburb of Bloomington, a high turnout of voters depleted all the available paper ballots for the hotly contested U.S. Senate seat.
The results came from a high turnout -- the percentage of eligible voters who cast a vote was 66.6%, 1% more than the 2009 election.
It comes after a high turnout -- the percentage of eligible voters who cast a vote was 66.6%, just 1% more than the 2009 election.
Parliamentary elections that month saw a high turnout of 84% and a narrow win for the Progressive National Party, which took eight seats to the People's Democratic Movement's seven.
The high turnout was welcomed by health board officials.
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But they turned out in far greater numbers for the referendum, and some leaders are encouraging another high turnout in the next parliamentary vote, which is due to be held in December.
High turnout was reported in the northern part of the state, which includes the Washington suburbs, and in the central part of the state, which includes the capital Richmond and the college town of Charlottesville.
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First, the eagerness of voters led to an exceptionally high turnout of 84%, testimony not only to a vibrant democracy but also to the fact that French people see this election as critical to their future.
Record-breaking participation in early-voting programs and predictions of unprecedented high turnout are both simplifying and complicating the task, which has been led by outside groups hoping to help their chosen candidates and advance their own political agendas.
Dr. BRUCE BUCHANAN (University of Texas Professor, Department of Government): Basically, that is due to the rules of the Democratic party that attach penalties to districts with low voter turnout in the last two statewide elections and it privileges those in high Democratic turnout districts, such as in Austin and in Houston and in Dallas, in some cases as many as two to one.
With the presidential election bringing intense interest and states are reporting high early turnout.
But the high voter turnout and election victory just put Sharif back on the map.
Some analysts opined that curiosity about new voting technology also contributed to high voter turnout.
We know that because of high youth turnout in 2004 and 2006, 2008 is the third and critical election for young voters.
He said the delays are due to high voter turnout, a large number of contested seats and long travel times for polling officers.
Refuting the conventional wisdom that Democrats do best in high-turnout elections, it was Bush who most benefited from the 16% jump in the total vote.
Analysts say high voter turnout can be expected this year because the excitement around Virginia as a battleground state is translating into excitement from Virginia voters.
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If, despite his great popularity, Mr Uribe were unable to secure a high enough turnout, his would-be successors would have only a few weeks to secure a popular mandate.
Turnout was high, with electoral officials reporting that almost half the electorate had voted by mid-afternoon.
Turnout was high among the country's 3 million registered voters during the 12 hours that polls were open Sunday.
Those with no high school degree show turnout of less than 28% while those with advanced degrees show 68% turnout.
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