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That's remarkable saladami82. I had no idea they started counting votes BEFORE some people had even had the chance to consider voting.
Here in Australia, The booths are open at 8am (always a Saturday). No counting starts until the end of the day. They don't even crack open the ballot boxes until precisely 6pm. Nobody is voting after the counting starts and a winner is typically declared by around 10 or 11pm
There are a few other factors; It's compulsory to vote, There's ONE electoral commission only, Time difference across the country is 2 hours, voting methods are uniform across all areas (and low tech).
All this is only voting for parliamentary representatives - we don't currently vote for the "President" (Governor-General), who's a conventionally powerless figurehead representing an irrelevant foreign monarch. We're trying to change that part of the system.
Interesting differences...
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