Voter Turnout for June 3 Local Elections Reaches 2.0% as of 7 a.m.

0.3 Percentage Points Higher Than Four Years Ago

The National Election Commission announced that as of 7:00 a.m. on June 3, the voter turnout for the 9th simultaneous local elections was recorded at 2.0%. This figure is 0.3 percentage points higher than the 1.7% turnout at the same time during the 8th local elections in 2022.

On the 3rd, the main voting day of the 9th simultaneous local elections, a voter is casting a ballot at a polling station set up at Jinchon-dong Administrative Welfare Center in Dalseo-gu, Daegu. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

Voting began simultaneously at 14,288 polling stations nationwide on the morning of June 3. Out of a total of 44,649,908 eligible voters, 881,375 had already cast their ballots.

By region, North Gyeongsang Province (Gyeongbuk) recorded the highest turnout so far at 2.6%, followed by Daegu, Gangwon, and South Gyeongsang Province (Gyeongnam) at 2.5%, Daejeon at 2.4%, and South Chungcheong Province (Chungnam) and Ulsan at 2.2%.

The lowest turnout was recorded in Gwangju at 1.3%, followed by Sejong at 1.4%, North Jeolla Province (Jeonbuk) at 1.6%, and Seoul and South Jeolla Province (Jeonnam) at 1.7%.

In the Seoul metropolitan area, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon both recorded a turnout of 1.9%.

Voting for these elections will continue until 6:00 p.m. on June 3.

Meanwhile, the turnout from early voting, which took place on May 29 and 30 and stood at 23.51%, will be reflected in the overall turnout figures starting from 1:00 p.m.

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