6.1 Local Election Voter Turnout at 12.0% as of 11 AM... Down 3.7%p from 4 Years Ago

On the 1st, the day of the 8th nationwide simultaneous local elections, voters are casting their precious votes at the 5th polling station of Bukgajwa 2-dong, set up at the coffee shop SANMEAG in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hyowon] The National Election Commission announced on the 1st at 11 a.m. that the voter turnout for the 8th nationwide simultaneous local elections was recorded at 12.0%. This is 3.7 percentage points lower than the turnout at the same time during the 7th local elections in 2018 (15.7%).

Voting began at 6 a.m. nationwide at polling stations, with 5,312,743 voters participating out of a total of 44,303,449 eligible voters.

The region with the highest turnout so far is Gangwon (15.2%). It is followed by Jeju (13.6%), Gyeongbuk and Gyeongnam (13.3%), Chungbuk and Chungnam (13.2%), and Ulsan (12.7%).

The lowest turnout was recorded in Gwangju at 7.8%, followed by Jeonbuk (10.3%), Sejong (10.4%), Incheon (11.0%), and Seoul (11.4%).

The early voting turnout of 20.62% from the two days of the 27th and 28th will be reflected starting from the 1 p.m. tally.

General voter elections will be held until 6 p.m. today, and elections for COVID-19 confirmed patients will take place 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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