Turnout of 47 percent in that year’s election was sharply higher than this year’s 40 percent despite appeals from Prime Minister Sherif Ismail for voters to fulfil their patriotic duty.
Asilimia 47 ya waliojitokeza katika uchaguzi wa mwaka huo ilikuwa kubwa zaidi ya asilimia 40 ya mwaka huu licha ya rufaa kutoka kwa Waziri Mkuu Sherif Ismail kwa wapiga kura kutimiza wajibu wao wa kizalendo.