On the 27th, the early voting day for the 8th nationwide local elections, citizens are casting their votes at the early voting station set up in Terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

On the 27th, the early voting day for the 8th nationwide local elections, citizens are casting their votes at the early voting station set up in Terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

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[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The National Election Commission announced on the 28th at 1 PM that the early voting rate for the 8th Nationwide Simultaneous Local Elections was recorded at 15.44%.


On the second day of voting, voting began simultaneously at polling stations nationwide from 6 AM, and out of a total of 44,303,449 eligible voters, 6,842,133 had completed voting.



The region with the highest voting rate so far is Jeonnam (24.55%). This is followed by Gangwon (19.58%), Jeonbuk (19.06%), Gyeongbuk (18.07%), and Chungbuk (16.31%). The lowest region was Daegu, with 10.97%, followed by Gwangju (12.87%), Gyeonggi (14.04%), Daejeon (14.54%), and Ulsan (14.61%). The voting rates in the metropolitan area were Seoul 15.46% and Incheon 14.92%.


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