12 AM Presidential Election Voter Turnout at 20.3%... 4.2%p Decrease from the 19th Election

High Voter Turnout in Daegu, Ulsan, and Gyeonggi

On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, voters are casting their precious votes at Yeomni-dong 2nd Polling Station set up at Hanseo Elementary School in Mapo-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] The voter turnout for the 20th presidential election was tentatively tallied at 20.3% as of midnight on the 9th.

According to the National Election Commission, out of a total of 44,197,692 registered voters, 8,962,418 had cast their ballots.

This figure is 4.2 percentage points lower than the 24.5% turnout at the same time during the 19th presidential election in 2017.

The region with the highest turnout was Daegu (23.5%), followed by Ulsan (21.4%), Gyeonggi (21.3%), Chungbuk (21.3%), Chungnam (21.2%), Jeju (21.1%), Daejeon (20.8%), and Gyeongnam (20.7%).

The lowest turnout was in Jeonnam (16.4%), followed by Gwangju (16.6%) and Jeonbuk (17.1%).

In early voting, Jeonnam (51.45%), Jeonbuk (48.63%), and Gwangju (48.27%) had the highest turnout rates, contrasting with Daegu (33.91%), Jeju (33.78%), and Gyeonggi (33.65%), which were below average.

The early voting turnout will be included in the total turnout figures released from 1 p.m. today.

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