'Early Voting Included' Nationwide Voter Turnout at 1 p.m. Reaches 46.0%...Up 7.7%p from Four Years Ago

Early Voting Turnout of 23.51% Included

The National Election Commission announced that as of 1 p.m. on June 3, the day of the 9th nationwide simultaneous local elections, the voter turnout across the country stood at 46%. This figure is 7.7 percentage points higher than the turnout at the same time during the 8th local elections in 2022, which was 38.3%.

From this election onward, the turnout rate includes the early voting turnout of 23.51%, which was recorded over two days from May 29.

On the 3rd, the day of the 9th nationwide simultaneous local elections, voters are casting their ballots at Jamsilbondong Precincts 4, 5, and 6, set up in the gymnasium of Jamjeon Elementary School in Seoul. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

The commission stated that from 6 a.m. on June 3, when voting began simultaneously at 14,288 polling stations nationwide, a total of 20,518,553 people had cast their ballots by 1 p.m.

The region with the highest turnout was Jeonnam at 56.1%, while the lowest turnout was recorded in Gyeonggi Province at 43%.

The turnout rates in major swing regions were 46.1% in Seoul, 45.1% in Busan, 46.9% in Ulsan, and 45.6% in Chungnam. Gyeongnam recorded a turnout rate of 49.4%.

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