On November 9, however, it was announced that general elections had been scheduled to take place in September 2021.[1][2] While the municipal, regional and legislative elections traditionally took place on different days, in 2021, a new electoral law was passed under which all three would be held on the same day, in a bid to increase voter turnout[3] (the 2016 elections had a turnout of less than 60%).[15][16]