South Korea Local Election Turnout at 51.9% by 3 p.m., Slightly Above 2022 Final
Voter participation in Wednesday's nationwide local elections exceeded the 2022 final turnout by early afternoon, with 23.16 million ballots cast out of 44.64 million eligible voters.
nbcnews.comM. on June 3, 2026, already surpassing the final turnout recorded in the previous local elections four years ago. 64 million eligible voters had cast their ballots by that time.
51 percent turnout from the two-day early voting period held the previous week, which marked the highest early-voting participation on record. m. South Jeolla Province recorded the highest regional turnout at over 60 percent.
3 percent. 5 percent. 7 percent participation.
A woman cast her ballot at a polling station located in an elementary school in Jeju during the June 3 voting. Yonhap reported the turnout figures from Seoul.
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