2 PM Presidential Election Turnout at 64.8%... Busan, Incheon, and Jeju Lowest

Voter Turnout at the Same Time as the 19th Presidential Election 4.9%p Higher at 59.9%

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 Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Geum Boryeong] As of 2 PM on the 9th, the voter turnout for the 20th presidential election was 64.8%.

The National Election Commission announced that the presidential election turnout at 2 PM was tentatively counted at 64.8%. Out of the total 44,197,692 registered voters for this election, about 28.64 million had cast their votes.

Compared to the 19th presidential election turnout of 59.9% at the same time, this is 4.9 percentage points higher.

By region, the highest turnout was in Jeonnam (73.0%), followed by Jeonbuk (71.6%) and Gwangju (71.3%). Although the turnout in these three Honam regions was relatively low on the day, the early voting rates were very high at 51.45% in Jeonnam, 48.63% in Jeonbuk, and 48.27% in Gwangju, which is considered to have influenced the overall turnout. Early voting rates were included starting from the 1 PM announcement.

Daegu, which recorded a high turnout throughout the morning, was confirmed at 65.6%. Gyeongbuk was 68.2%, and Gyeongnam was 64.5%.

The region with the lowest turnout was Busan (61.6%), followed by Incheon (61.9%), Jeju (61.9%), and Chungnam (62.8%).

Gyeonggi and Seoul recorded 63.4% and 64.7%, respectively, both below the national average.

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