2pm Turnout Reaches 43.59%, with Increases Across All Districts
- South Koreans headed to the polls Saturday for the final day of early voting ahead of the June 3 nationwide local elections and parliamentary by-elections, viewed as a referendum on President Lee Jae Myung's first year.
- These elections are the first major vote for the Lee administration since taking office last June, following the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid.
- More than 5.95 million people, or 13.35 percent of registered voters, cast ballots as of 9 a.m. Saturday, exceeding the 11.81 percent recorded at the same time during the 2022 local elections.
- In the city of Daegu, a conservative stronghold, People Power Party candidate Choo Kyung-ho leads Democratic Party candidate Kim Boo-kyum with 47.1 percent to 45.7 percent in a tight race.
- Both major parties are mobilizing voters, with the Democratic Party urging judgment on the "remnants" of Yoon's forces, while President Lee described voting as the "lifeline" of democracy.
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2pm turnout reaches 43.59%, with increases across all districts
Updated 4.20pmMore than 43% of eligible voters had cast their vote by 2pm on Saturday, official Electoral Commission figures indicated.The 43.59% approximate turnout figure does not factor in voters who cast their vote in early voting sessions held earlier in the week. More than 22,000 people voted in those sessions. The 2pm figure of 43.59%...
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Seoul also recorded 22.22%... Jeonnam highest at 37.42%, Daegu lowest at 17.52%. The National Election Commission announced that the voter turnout stood at 22.16% as of 5 p.m. on the 30th, the second day of early voting for the 9th Nationwide Local Elections. The previous day, 6 a.m.
Early voting turnout for local elections recorded 15.38% as of 11:00 AM, up 1.73 percentage points from four years ago and 1.73 percentage points higher than the 2022 local elections. As of 11:00 AM on the 30th, the second day of early voting for the 9th Nationwide Simultaneous Local Elections and National Assembly By-elections, nationwide figures were recorded as follows: Jeonnam 28.38%, Jeonbuk 24.96%, and Daegu 12.05%.
Koreans hit polls on last day of early voting for June 3 local elections
Voters across the country headed to the polls Saturday on the second and last day of early voting for next week's nationwide local elections, which will decide the next mayors and governors of major local governments, including Seoul and Busan. More than 6.86 million people, or 15.38 percent, out of 44.6 million registered voters cast their ballots as of 11 a.m. after early voting began at 6 a.m. the previous day, according to the NEC. The voter…
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