Voting Begins in April 7 By-Election... 1.5% Turnout at 7 AM

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] The National Election Commission announced on the 7th that the voter turnout for the April 7 by-elections and re-elections was 1.5% as of 7 a.m.

On the 7th, when the April 7 by-elections were held, citizens cast their precious votes at the 3rd polling station in Hapjeong-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Among the total 12,161,624 eligible voters, 178,561 participated in the voting that began at 6 a.m. that day.

The voter turnout on this day was 0.7 percentage points lower than the 2.2% turnout during last year's 21st general election. It was also lower than the 2.2% turnout during the 2018 local elections. The voter turnout for the highly anticipated Seoul mayoral and Busan mayoral elections was recorded at 1.6% and 1.3%, respectively.

The current turnout does not include the early voting rate of 20.54% conducted over 2 to 3 days. Early voting will be officially combined with the turnout along with absentee voting at 1 p.m.

The by-elections and re-elections held on this weekday allow voting from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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