The Central Election Commission said that the turnout was 6.36% as of 3 pm today (2nd), the first day of pre-voting for the 4·7 re-election.
In the pre-voting that started today at 6 am, of the 11,216,624 electors, 77,3,468 voted.
In the election of the mayor of Seoul, 560,870 people voted, recording 6.66%.
17,286 people participated in the election for the mayor of Busan, with a turnout of 6.11%.
At the most recent election, the 21st general election in 2020, the turnout at the same time on the first day was 8.49%.
In the 2018 local election and the 2017 presidential election, they recorded 6.37% and 8.28%, respectively.
This re-election pre-voting rate is similar to that of the 2018 local elections.
At the time, pre-voting ended at 20.14%.
Accordingly, the final two-day pre-voting rate is expected to be around 20%.
The pre-election rate for Seoul and Busan mayors shows signs of surpassing the 2018 local elections.
At the time, the voter turnout for the mayor of Seoul was 5.43% and the turnout for the Busan mayor was 5.32% at the same time on the first day of pre-voting.
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