STEPANAKERT.- The voter turnout as of 12 a.m. reached 26.19% or 25,908, says Nagorno-Karabakh’s Central Electoral Commission.

The fifth presidential elections are underway Thursday at the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). The total number of eligible voters is 98,909.

Ninety-nine people out of 114 (86.84%) has already voted at the polling station at Nagorno-Karabakh’s representation in Armenia.

Three non-party affiliate candidates are running in the NKR presidential elections. They are: Incumbent NKR President Bako Sahakyan, Deputy Director Arkadi Soghomonyan of Academic Activities at the NKR capital Stepanakert Branch of State Agrarian University of Armenia, and NKR National Assembly MP Vitali Balasanyan.