6·1 Local Election Voter Turnout at 1.7% as of 7 AM

On the 1st, the day of the 8th nationwide local elections, voters are casting their precious votes at the Hong Eun 2-dong 5th polling station set up at the Hong Eun 2-dong Community Center in Seoul. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hyowon] The National Election Commission announced on the 1st that as of 7 a.m., the voter turnout for the 8th simultaneous nationwide local elections was recorded at 1.7%.

Voting began simultaneously at polling stations nationwide at 6 a.m. on the same day, with 764,853 participants out of a total of 44,303,449 eligible voters.

The region with the highest voter turnout so far was Gangwon (2.3%), followed by Gyeongbuk (2.1%), and Jeju, Gyeongnam, Daejeon, Chungnam, and Chungbuk (2.0%) all recording turnout rates in the 2% range.

Jeonnam and Ulsan (1.8%), Gyeonggi (1.7%), Seoul, Busan, Incheon, and Daegu (1.6%), Sejong and Jeonbuk (1.4%) followed, with the lowest turnout recorded in Gwangju (1.0%).

The early voting turnout rate (20.62%) from the two-day period of the 27th and 28th will be reflected starting from the 1 p.m. tally.

General voter elections on the day will proceed until 6 p.m., while elections for COVID-19 confirmed patients will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voters must bring their ID and vote at the polling station in their registered residential district.

The time-based voter turnout officially announced by the National Election Commission is based on voting data collected from 250 city, county, and district election commissions.

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