The National Election Commission reported that the voter turnout on the first day of early voting for the 21st presidential election, as of 5 p.m. on the 29th, was 17.51%.

On the afternoon of the first day of early voting for the 21st presidential election on the 29th, a voter is casting their precious ballot at the early voting station set up at the Gangnam Sports and Culture Center in Suseo-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul. /Courtesy of News1

In the early voting that started at 6 a.m. that day, 7,771,218 out of 44,391,871 eligible voters cast their ballots.

This is 1.67 percentage points higher than the early voting turnout (15.84%) during the same time frame of the 20th presidential election in 2022, and 3.43 percentage points higher than the early voting turnout (14.08%) in the same time frame during last year's 22nd general election.

The region with the highest turnout so far is South Jeolla (32.02%), followed by North Jeolla (29.64%), Gwangju (28.89%), and Sejong (19.76%).

The region with the lowest turnout was Daegu, which recorded 11.95%. It was followed by North Gyeongsang (15.24%), Busan (15.34%), and Ulsan (15.52%).

The voter turnout in the metropolitan area was 17.04% in Seoul, 16.19% in Gyeonggi Province, and 16.35% in Incheon.

Early voting will take place over two days until the 30th. Voting hours are until 6 p.m., and voters must bring identification and visit the early voting station.

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