6.0% Voter Turnout as of 9 AM in June 1 Local Elections... Down 1.7%p from 4 Years Ago

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 Service Center in Seoul. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hyowon] According to the National Election Commission, as of 9 a.m. on the 1st, the voter turnout for the 8th nationwide simultaneous local elections was recorded at 6.0%. This is 1.7 percentage points lower than the turnout at the same time during the 7th local elections in 2018 (7.7%).

Voting began simultaneously at polling stations nationwide at 6 a.m. on the day, with 2,653,507 voters participating out of a total of 44,303,449 eligible voters.

The region with the highest turnout so far is Gangwon (7.7%), followed by Jeju (7.1%), Chungbuk and Chungnam (6.9%), Gyeongbuk (6.7%), Gyeongnam (6.6%), and Gyeonggi (6.0%).

The lowest turnout was recorded in Gwangju at 3.4%, followed by Sejong (5.0%), Jeonbuk (5.2%), Incheon and Seoul (5.6%), and Busan (5.7%).

The early voting turnout of 20.62%, which took place over two days from the 27th to the 28th, will be reflected starting from the 1 p.m. tally.

General voter elections on the day will continue until 6 p.m., and 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 hourly voter turnout officially announced by the National Election Commission is based on the voting status collected from 250 city, county, and district election commissions.

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