As of 11 a.m. on the 30th, the second day of early voting for the 21st presidential election, the cumulative turnout was recorded at 24.55%. This is the highest figure for the same time period in a national election since the introduction of early voting in 2014.

On the second day of early voting for the 21st presidential election, on the morning of the 30th, voters are casting their votes at the Sinchon early voting station set up at the former Sinchon-dong Community Center in the Seodaemun District of Seoul. /Courtesy of News1

According to the National Election Commission, a total of 10,899,306 voters out of 44,391,871 eligible voters had completed their ballots during the second day of early voting, which began at 6 a.m. that day.

The current turnout is 1.19 percentage points higher than the early voting turnout at the same time during the 2022 presidential election, which recorded the highest early voting rate in history at 23.36%, and is also 4.04 percentage points higher than the early voting turnout during last year's 22nd general election at the same time, which was 20.51%.

The region with the highest turnout so far is Jeollanam-do at 43.04%. It is followed by Jeollbuk-do at 40.14% and Gwangju at 38.91%.

The lowest turnout was recorded in Daegu at 17.20%, followed by Busan at 21.25% and Gyeongsangbuk-do at 21.68%.

The turnout in the metropolitan area was recorded at 24.03% in Seoul, 23.03% in Gyeonggi, and 23.09% in Incheon.

Early voting, which started on the 29th, will conclude today. Voting hours are from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and to participate in early voting, it is mandatory to bring an identification card and visit the early voting site.

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