Postal voting in Highland (20/04/07)

10.2% of voters in the Highlands have applied to vote by post at the forthcoming Scottish Parliament and Highland Council elections on 3 May.

A total of 17,689 people are seeking to vote by post. The total electorate is 172,635.

6,312 postal votes were recorded at the 2003 elections.

The breakdown of postal vote applications is as follows: -

       Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross

• Total electors – 41,789
• Postal voters – 3,894
• Postal proxy voters – 13
   
  Ross, Skye & Inverness West
  
• Total electors – 59,237
• Postal voters – 5,461
• Postal proxy voters – 6
   
  Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber
  
• Total electors – 71,609
• Postal voters – 8,298
• Postal proxy voters –17

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