Provisional Voter Turnout for 20th Presidential Election at 77.1%... 0.1%p Lower Than 19th Election (Update)

Gwangju, Jeonnam, Jeonbuk Show Highest Voter Turnout in Order

On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, COVID-19 positive 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 Naju-seok] The provisional voter turnout for the 20th presidential election was recorded at 77.1%. Despite the COVID-19 situation, the turnout was 0.1 percentage points lower than the previous presidential election.

On the 9th, the National Election Commission announced that by around 7:30 PM, all votes from COVID-19 confirmed cases and quarantined voters had been counted, with 34,059,714 out of 44,197,692 total registered voters participating in the election.

This turnout is slightly lower compared to the previous presidential election, where 32,807,908 out of 42,479,710 registered voters cast their ballots.

Initially, with early voting reaching a record high of 36.9%, there were expectations that the turnout could exceed 80%. However, it appears that voters preferred early voting over in-person voting due to concerns about COVID-19.

By region, Gwangju Metropolitan City had the highest turnout at 81.5%, followed by Jeollanam-do at 81.1%, Jeollabuk-do at 80.6%, Sejong Special Self-Governing City at 80.3%, and Daegu Metropolitan City at 78.7%.

The lowest turnout was recorded in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province at 72.6%, followed by Chungcheongnam-do at 73.8% and Chungcheongbuk-do at 74.8%.

Gyeonggi-do, home to 7.5 million registered voters, recorded a turnout of 76.7%. Seoul's turnout was 77.9%.

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