Early Voting Turnout for Local Elections at 16.48% as of Noon on Second Day... Seoul at 16.09%

Turnout in Jeonnam and Jeonbuk Exceeds 20 Percent

As of noon on the second day of early voting for the 9th nationwide simultaneous local elections, the turnout rate was recorded at 16.48%, up 1.87 percentage points from the previous local elections.

On the first day of early voting for the 9th Nationwide Local Elections on the 29th, travelers visiting the early voting booth set up at Incheon International Airport Terminal 2 are casting their votes.

According to the National Election Commission on May 30, from 6 a.m. the previous day until today, 7,360,143 out of a total of 44,649,908 eligible voters had completed early voting, resulting in a turnout rate of 16.48%. This figure is 1.87 percentage points higher than the early voting turnout rate (14.61%) during the same period for the 8th local elections four years ago. It is also 1.10 percentage points higher than the turnout rate (15.38%) recorded one hour earlier.

By region, Jeonnam registered the highest turnout rate at 29.86%, followed by Jeonbuk at 26.36%. Next were Gangwon (19.93%), Gwangju (19.80%), Sejong (18.39%), Gyeongnam (17.48%), and Chungbuk (16.91%). Daegu recorded the lowest turnout rate at 12.97%. Seoul's turnout rate stood at 16.09%.

This early voting for the local elections is being held from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. today as well, following the previous day. To participate in early voting, voters must bring a valid ID to the polling station. The final early voting turnout rate for the 8th local elections was 20.62%.

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