1 PM Early Voting Rate at 8.75%... Highest at the Same Time

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The early voting turnout for the 20th presidential election is highly likely to reach an all-time high.

According to the National Election Commission on the 4th, out of a total of 44,197,692 registered voters, 3,865,243 had cast their votes by 1 p.m. on the day, when early voting began at 6 a.m. This turnout rate of 8.75% is the highest ever recorded for a nationwide election since the local elections in June 2014.

In particular, this surpasses the early voting turnout at 1 p.m. on the first day of the 21st general election in April 2020 (5.98%) as well as the turnout at the same time on the first day of early voting for the 19th presidential election in May 2017 (5.8%). If the current trend continues, it is expected to break the previous highest early voting turnout record of 26.69% set during the 21st general election.

Meanwhile, as of 1 p.m. on the same day, the region with the highest early voting turnout rate was Jeonnam (14.76%), followed by Jeonbuk (13.04%) and Gwangju Metropolitan City (11.85%).

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