VIDALIA — Approximately 9 percent of eligible electors have already cast votes in Saturday’s elections in Concordia Parish.

Early voting numbers are generally considered a good measure of election interest, and Registrar of Voters Golda Ensminger said Tuesday the number of ballots cast are “about the same” for similar elections in the past.

On the ballot are municipal elections in Vidalia, Ferriday and Clayton, as well as presidential primaries for the Republican and Democratic parties.

During the week-long early voting period, 942 people cast in-person ballots at the registrar of voters’ office. Of those, 547 were Democrats and 380 were Republicans.

The registrar’s office had also received 110 mail-in absentee ballots as of Tuesday afternoon.

Because the elections are limited to residents of the municipalities or registered party members, only 11,752 of the parish’s 13,000 registered voters are eligible to cast votes.

“This was an average turnout for Concordia Parish,” Ensminger said. “I think it would have been a better turnout if we had not had bad weather or bad weather warnings for a couple of days.”

Election Day voting at local precincts will be 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Local races on the ballot include Vidalia’s mayor, police chief and aldermen district 2 and 3. Vidalia alderman district 1’s incumbent, Tron McCoy, is unchallenged since the only other candidate to qualify, Bobo McCoy, was declared ineligible.

In Ferriday, races include for mayor and aldermen districts B, C and D. District C. Alderwoman Gail Pryor is unopposed, as is District A’s former alderman, Glenn Henderson, whose opponent — current Alderwoman Somer Lance — was declared ineligible by the courts.

In Clayton, the races include mayor, police chief and five at-large aldermen.