Local Election Turnout at 15.0% as of 11 a.m., Up 3.0%p from Four Years Ago

The National Election Commission announced that as of 11:00 a.m. on June 3, the voter turnout for the 9th nationwide local elections stood at 15%. This figure is 3 percentage points higher than the turnout at the same time during the 8th local elections in 2022, which was 12.0%.

On the 3rd, the day of the 9th nationwide local elections, a citizen is casting a vote at a polling station set up at the Kia Grand Park dealership in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

By 11:00 a.m. on this day, 6,713,316 out of a total of 44,649,908 eligible voters had cast their ballots.

So far, Daegu recorded the highest voter turnout at 18.9%, followed by Gangwon at 17.7%, North Gyeongsang at 17.6%, and South Gyeongsang at 17.0%.

The region with the lowest turnout was Gwangju, at 10.3%.

The turnout in Seoul was recorded at 14.3%, while Busan stood at 15.5%.

Voting will continue until 6:00 p.m. on this day.

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