Latest: Turnout at noon in Poland’s elections: 16.47 pct

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda casts his ballot in the general elections in his hometown of Krakow, in Poland, on Sunday, Oct. 25. 2015. Opinion polls showed the conservative opposition Law and Justice party that he issued from as being ahead of the ruling Civic Platform party, although voters in Warsaw seemed split up among a number of various parties, while criticizing the establishment. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel) POLAND OUT Poland’s President Andrzej Duda casts his ballot in the general elections in his hometown of Krakow, in Poland, on Sunday, Oct. 25. 2015. Opinion polls showed the conservative opposition Law and Justice party that he issued from as being ahead of the ruling Civic Platform party, although voters in Warsaw seemed split up among a number of various parties, while criticizing the establishment. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel) POLAND OUT

By Associated Press October 25, 2015 2 min read

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – The latest news as Poles vote in a parliamentary election. All times local:

3:35 p.m.

Authorities say 16.47 percent of eligible voters had cast their votes in Poland’s general election at noon.

The head of the State Electoral Commission, Wojciech Hermelinski, says that 4.9 million of Poland’s 30.9 million eligible voters had cast their ballots by noon on Sunday, in the voting for 460 Parliament members and 100 Senators.

Exit polls and preliminary turnout are expected when the polls close at 9 p.m. local time (2000GMT.)