Last Day of Early Voting for '4·7 By-Election', 2 PM Nationwide Turnout at 15.7%... Seoul at 16.5%

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] As of 2 p.m. on the second day of the 'April 7 By-election Early Voting,' the nationwide average turnout rate was recorded at 15.68%.

According to the National Election Commission, as of 2 p.m. on this day, out of 12,161,624 eligible voters nationwide, 1,389,537 participated in early voting. The early voting rate at 2 p.m. on the second day of the 2018 local elections was 15.10%.

With the early voting rate for this election exceeding that of the 2018 local elections by more than 0.6 percentage points, attention is focused on whether the final early voting turnout will surpass 20.14% (2018 local elections).

In the Seoul mayoral election, 1,906,576 out of 8,425,869 eligible voters participated, recording a 16.49% early voting rate, while in the Busan mayoral election, 436,436 out of 2,936,301 eligible voters participated, marking a 14.86% early voting rate.

This early voting will continue until 6 p.m. on the 3rd at designated polling stations. Polling station locations can be checked on the National Election Commission website or through portal sites.

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