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On the first day of early voting for the 20th presidential election, the national turnout was 17.57%.
This is the highest level in national early voting history.
Advance voting is also possible today (the 5th), and corona confirmed and quarantined persons can vote at the temporary voting booth for one hour from 5 pm today.
This is reporter Eom Min-jae.
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On the first day at 6 pm yesterday, the national turnout was 17.57%, with a total of 7.76 million people voting.
Early voting nationwide has been held since the 2014 local elections, and this is the highest turnout ever for the first day.
This is 5.87%p higher than the early voting turnout on the first day of the 2017 19th presidential election and 5.43%p higher than the 2020 21st general election.
By region, the turnout was high in Honam, including Jeonbuk and Gwangju, followed by Jeonnam 28.1%, and Gyeonggi, Daegu, and Incheon were low.
You can vote today at 3,552 advance polling places nationwide from 6 am to 6 pm.
Pre-voting is possible today even for those who have been confirmed with COVID-19 and who have been quarantined.
Confirmed and quarantined persons must receive a text message from the quarantine authorities, etc., and arrive at the polling place between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. today.
You can then vote at a temporary voting booth that is separated from the general electorate.
The National Election Commission predicted that as the fever of early voting continues today, the final early voting turnout will exceed 26.06% in the last presidential election.