The National Election Commission announced that the voter turnout for the first day of early voting for the 21st presidential election, as of noon on the 29th, was recorded at 8.70%.
In the early voting that started at 6 a.m. that day, 3,861,415 out of a total of 44,391,871 eligible voters completed their ballots.
This is 1.59 percentage points higher compared to the voter turnout of 7.11% during the same period of the 20th presidential election in 2022, and 2.14 percentage points higher than the voter turnout of 6.56% during the early voting for last year's 22nd general election.
The region with the highest turnout so far is Jeonnam (17.33%), followed by Jeonbuk (15.75%), Gwangju (14.64%), and Sejong (9.60%).
The lowest was Daegu, which recorded 5.63%. It was followed by Busan (7.32%), Ulsan (7.45%), and Gyeongbuk (7.54%).
The voter turnout in the metropolitan area was recorded at 8.34% in Seoul, 7.97% in Gyeonggi, and 8.03% in Incheon.
Early voting will take place over two days until the 30th. Voting hours are until 6 p.m., and individuals must bring identification and visit the early voting locations.