Early Voting Rate for Local Elections at 5 PM Reaches 19.44%... Jeonnam Approaches 30%

On the 27th, the early voting day for the 8th nationwide local elections, citizens are casting their votes at the early voting station set up in Terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] As of 5 p.m. on the second day of early voting for the 8th nationwide local elections on the 28th, the voter turnout rate was recorded at 19.44%.

The National Election Commission announced that by 5 p.m. that day, 8,614,004 out of a total of 44,303,449 eligible voters had cast their ballots. Voting began simultaneously at polling stations nationwide at 6 a.m. that day.

The region with the highest turnout so far was Jeonnam (29.69%), followed by Gangwon (24.01%), Jeonbuk (23.27%), Gyeongbuk (22.13%), and Sejong (20.78%). The lowest turnout was recorded in Daegu at 13.91%, followed by Gwangju (16.27%), Busan (17.61%), Gyeonggi (17.9%), and Ulsan (18.45%).

The turnout rate in the Seoul metropolitan area was 19.81% in Seoul and 18.94% in Incheon.