4.7 By-Election Voter Turnout at 8 AM 3.7%... 0.9%p Lower Than Last Local Election

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@

[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 3.7% as of 8 a.m.

Since voting began at 6 a.m. that day, 446,075 out of a total of 12,161,624 eligible voters participated.

Today's turnout is 1.4 percentage points lower than the 5.1% turnout during last year's 21st general election. It is also 0.9 percentage points lower than the 4.6% turnout during the 2018 local elections. The voter turnout for the highly watched Seoul mayoral and Busan mayoral elections was recorded at 3.9% and 3.4%, 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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