A citizen who finished voting at an advance polling place installed in Terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport on the 27th, the first day of the 8th national simultaneous local election, is taking a certification shot. Reporter Kim Chang-gil
On the 27th, the first day of early voting for the 8th local election, the final turnout was 10.18%. This is 1.41 percentage points higher than in the local elections four years ago. The early voting turnout for the parliamentary by-election held in seven constituencies was 10.62%.
According to the National Election Commission, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the same day, 4,508,869 out of 44.3,3,449 electors nationwide had voted. Voter turnout was 10.18%.
As of the first day, the early voting turnout was 1.41 percentage points higher than in the 7th local election in 2018 (8.77%). Compared to the 20th presidential election in March of this year (17.57%), which recorded an all-time high, it was 7.39 percentage points lower.
By 17 cities and provinces, Jeollanam-do had the highest rate of 17.26%. Gangwon (13.32%), Jeonbuk (13.31%), Gyeongbuk (12.21%), Chungbuk (10.89%), Jeju (10.84%), Gyeongnam (10.71%), Chungnam (10.36%), Seoul (10.09%), Sejong ( 10.05%) followed. Incheon (9.64%), Ulsan (9.55%), Daejeon (9.42%), Busan (9.36%), Gyeonggi (9.00%) and Gwangju (8.60%) were below 10%, and Daegu (7.02%) had the lowest.
If the current trend continues until the next day, the second day of early voting, the final early voting rate is expected to exceed 20%. The final early voting turnout for the 2018 local elections was 20.14%. Early voting on the 28th will also be held from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, and voters who are confirmed to have COVID-19 can vote from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
According to the results of a poll conducted by the National Election Commission commissioned by Gallup Korea on the 22nd and 23rd for 1,505 voters aged 18 and over nationwide, 71.5% of the respondents said they would definitely vote. Of those who expressed their intention to participate in voting, 40.0% responded that they would vote on the early voting day, and the percentage was 9.7 percentage points higher than in the 7th local election in 2018 (the sampling error is ±2.5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, the National Election Commission website) Reference).
The most common reason for wanting to vote in advance was ‘to vote in advance and do other business on Election Day’ with 47.9%. ‘Because I had to work on Election Day’ (16.0%), ‘I mightn’t vote on Election Day for personal reasons’ (13.0%), and ‘Because the resident registration address and the actual place of residence were different’ (10.0%).
The final turnout on the first day of the preliminary voting for the National Assembly by-election held in seven constituencies was 10.62%. 127,596 out of 1,210,029 total voters cast early voting. By district, Boryeong and Seocheon in Chungcheongnam-do had the highest rate with 16.38%. Incheon Gyeyang-eul (11.98%), where former Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung ran, ranked second. Jeju Island (11.25%), Seongnam Bundanggap (10.16%), Gangwon Wonjugap (10.04%), and Changwon Uichang (8.30%), where former Nationalist Party presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo ran for president, were followed by Jeju Island (11.25%). Daegu Suseong had the lowest rate at 8.11%.
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