POOR ELECTORAL TURNOUT IN VUKOVAR BY 11.00 HOURS

VUKOVAR, June 15 (Hina) - Data available at 11.00 hours showed that in the Vukovar area (UN-administered eastern Croatia) 434 voters had cast their ballots at Croatia's Sunday presidential election, the head of the Vukovar City Election Commission, Miroslav Sovanj, said. All 18 polling stations in Vukovar opened at 07.00 hours, Sovanj said, adding that voter lists contained the names of 13,934 registered voters who should cast their ballots in Vukovar, while the 11.00 hours data on voting was gathered at 14 polling stations (11,084 registered voters). Displaced persons from Vukovar may vote at 74 polling stations throughout Croatia. At polling stations 78 and 80 in Vukovar, and at polling stations 85, 86 and 88 in the Vukovar suburb of Borovo, Croatian national symbols had not been displayed, Sovanj said, adding that Croatian coat of arms stickers had likewise not been put on ballot boxes, even though election committee representatives received them, together with election material, for this purpose. Commenting this morning the fact that at polling station 85 there were persons with the right to vote who were not on the voter list, UN's deputy transitional administrator for eastern Slavonia Souren Seraydarian said citizens were being advised to register and vote. (hina) ha jn 151244 MET jun 97