Early Voting Day 1 Turnout at 17.57%... Highest Ever Recorded (Comprehensive)

On the first day of early voting for the 20th presidential election, on the 4th, voters are casting their precious votes at the Namyeong-dong early voting station set up at Seoul Station. The early voting, which started on this day, will continue until 6 p.m. the following day. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] On the first day of early voting for the 20th presidential election on the 4th, the final turnout rate recorded was 17.57%. This is the highest ever, with nearly 7.77 million voters visiting early voting stations.

According to the National Election Commission (NEC), from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. nationwide at 3,552 polling stations, out of a total of 44,197,692 registered voters, 7,767,735 cast their votes during early voting.

The final turnout rate was 17.57%. This is 5.87% higher than the 11.7% turnout rate on the first day of early voting in the 19th presidential election in 2017. At that time, a total of 4,970,902 people exercised their voting rights on the first day of early voting.

Additionally, the turnout rate recorded on this day is also the highest for the first day since early voting was applied to nationwide elections. The NEC predicted that if the current trend continues, the final early voting turnout rate will exceed 30%.

By region, Honam showed a high turnout rate. Jeonnam had the highest turnout rate at 28.11%, followed by Jeonbuk (25.54%), Gwangju (24.09%), Gyeongbuk (20.99%), Gangwon (19.9%), Sejong (19.39%), Chungbuk (17.61%), Seoul (17.31%), Gyeongnam (17.09%), Daejeon (16.91%), Jeju (16.75%), Chungnam (16.73%), Busan (16.51%), Ulsan (16.31%), Incheon (15.56%), Daegu (15.43%), and Gyeonggi (15.12%).

Within Seoul, Jongno, where a by-election for the National Assembly is also being held, had the highest turnout at 19.39%, followed by Dongjak (19.14%) and Seongbuk (18.49%). The lowest early voting turnout was recorded in Gangnam at 15.37%.

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