Local Election Voter Turnout at 5 PM Stands at 47.6%... 8.5%p Lower Than 4 Years Ago

On the 1st, the day of the 8th nationwide 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 Kim Bo-kyung] As of 5 PM on the 1st, the voter turnout for the 8th Nationwide Simultaneous Local Elections was recorded at 47.6%.

The National Election Commission announced the local election turnout as of 5 PM on this day. Voting began at 6 AM nationwide, with 21,085,429 voters participating out of a total of 44,303,449 eligible voters.

This figure is 8.5 percentage points lower than the turnout at the same time during the 7th local elections in 2018 (56.1%). With less than an hour remaining until the general voter turnout deadline, the final turnout is expected to drop significantly compared to the last local elections (final turnout 60.2%).

The region with the highest turnout so far is Jeonnam (56.0%), followed by Gangwon (55.1%), Jeju (50.3%), Gyeongbuk and Gyeongnam (50.1%), and Seoul (49.2%).

The lowest turnout was recorded in Gwangju at 35.1%, followed by Daegu (39.8%), Busan (45.7%), Incheon (45.9%), and Jeonbuk (46.1%).

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