As of noon on the 30th, the second day of the early voting for the 21st presidential election, the cumulative voter turnout was recorded at 25.79%. This is the highest figure for the same time period since the introduction of early voting in 2014 for nationwide elections, but unlike the previous day, the gap with the 20th presidential election is narrowing as time goes on.
According to the National Election Commission, as of 6 a.m. on this day, a total of 1,145,121 voters out of 44,391,871 eligible voters had completed their voting during the second day of early voting.
This is 0.61 percentage points higher than the early voting rate at the same time during the 2022 20th presidential election, which recorded the highest early voting rate in history (25.19%). This gap was around 2 percentage points on the first day of early voting. However, it has now dropped to 1 percentage point and has entered the 0 percentage point range.
It is 3.78 percentage points higher than the voter turnout during the same time in last year's 22nd general election (22.01%).
As of now, the region with the highest voter turnout is Jeonnam (44.80%), followed by Jeonbuk (41.79%) and Gwangju (40.56%).
The lowest turnout was recorded in Daegu at 18.20%, followed by Busan (22.37%) and Gyeongbuk (22.89%).
In the metropolitan area, the voting rates were recorded at 25.26% in Seoul, 24.24% in Gyeonggi, and 24.29% in Incheon.
The 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 necessary to bring an identification card and visit the early voting site.