As of 5 p.m. on May 29, the first day of early voting for the 9th nationwide local elections, the national voter turnout reached 10.39%. This marks the highest early voting rate recorded since the June 4, 2014 local elections.
According to the National Election Commission, from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. on this day, 463,981 voters out of a total of 44,649,908 registered voters participated in early voting. This turnout is 1.19 percentage points higher than the same time during the early voting for the 2022 local elections, which recorded a 9.2% turnout.
The region with the highest turnout so far is Jeonnam, with 20.5%. It is followed by Jeonbuk at 17.63% and Gangwon at 13.05%. Seoul's turnout was recorded at 9.93%, while Daegu had the lowest turnout at 8.09%.
Early voting will continue for two days at 3,571 polling stations nationwide, operating from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voters must bring identification to participate, and polling station locations can be confirmed on the election commission's website or by calling the representative hotline at 1390.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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