[21st General Election] Voter Turnout at 8 AM Stands at 5.1%... 1%p Higher Than Last Election (Update)

On the 15th, the day of the 21st National Assembly election, citizens are lining up to vote at the first polling station in Guui 3-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Minji Lee] The National Election Commission announced on the 15th at 8 a.m. that the voter turnout for the 21st general election was 5.1%.

As of 6 a.m. on the same day, 2,256,596 out of a total of 43,994,247 eligible voters participated in the voting.

This figure does not include early voting conducted on the 10th and 11th (turnout rate 26.69%). Early voting, along with absentee (mail-in) voting, shipboard voting, and overseas voting, will be included in the turnout rate released from 1 p.m.

This turnout rate is 1 percentage point higher than the 4.10% recorded at the same time during the 20th general election in 2016.