6·1 Local Election Voter Turnout at 2 PM: 40.7%, Down 6.1%p from 4 Years Ago

On the 1st, the day of the 8th nationwide local elections, voters are casting their precious votes at the Namgajwa 2-dong 2nd polling station set up at Luma Vertex in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. / Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hyowon] The National Election Commission announced on the 1st at 2 p.m. that the voter turnout for the 8th nationwide simultaneous local elections was recorded at 40.7%. This is 6.1 percentage points lower than the turnout at the same time during the 7th local elections in 2018 (46.8%).

Voting began at 6 a.m. nationwide at polling stations, with 18,043,063 voters participating out of a total of 44,303,449 eligible voters.

From 1 p.m., the early voting turnout from the 27th to 28th of last month was added, but as the hourly tallies continued, the gap with the previous local election turnout gradually widened.

The region with the highest turnout so far is Jeonnam (50.0%), followed by Gangwon (48.7%), Gyeongbuk (43.8%), Jeju (43.7%), and Gyeongnam (43.0%).

The lowest turnout was recorded in Gwangju at 30.3%, followed by Daegu (33.7%), Busan (38.8%), and Sejong (39.2%).

The turnout in the metropolitan area was 41.5% in Seoul, 39.7% in Gyeonggi, and 39.1% in Incheon.

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 turnout rates officially announced by the National Election Commission are based on voting data collected from 250 city, county, and district election commissions.

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