Early Voting Combined Turnout Surpasses 60%... 1 PM at 61.2% (Summary)

19th Presidential Election Concurrent Turnout Up 5.7%P
Highest in Jeonnam, Lowest in Busan

On the 9th, the 20th presidential election day, voters are lining up 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 Park Jun-yi] The voter turnout for the 20th presidential election surpassed 60% on the 9th. As of 1 p.m. that day, the combined early voting rate was tentatively calculated at 61.2%.

According to the National Election Commission, out of a total of 44,197,692 registered voters, 27,028,241 had cast their ballots. This figure includes early voting participation of 16,323,602 people (36.93%) on the 4th and 5th, as well as votes from overseas Koreans, shipboard, and absentee voting.

This is 5.7 percentage points higher than the 55.5% turnout at the same time during the 19th presidential election in 2017.

The region with the highest voter turnout is Jeonnam (70.7%), followed by Jeonbuk (69.0%), Gwangju (68.2%), and Gyeongbuk (65.2%).

The region with the lowest turnout is Busan (58.2%), followed by Incheon (58.4%), Daejeon (58.7%), and Jeju (58.8%).

In early voting, Jeonnam (51.45%), Jeonbuk (48.63%), and Gwangju (48.27%) had the highest turnout rates, while Daegu (33.91%), Jeju (33.78%), and Gyeonggi (33.65%) were below average, showing a similar trend.

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