According to the National Electoral Commission (NEC), as of 1pm, 10,365,722 out of 44,280,011 eligible voters had cast their votes. Yonhap news agency reported that 23.41 percent voting took place on Saturday.
At the same point for the last parliamentary elections in 2020, turnout was 19.08 percent.
Voters will have time till 6 pm. Will cast their votes at 3,565 polling stations on Saturday. Those who missed the opportunity this weekend will have to vote on Election Day on Wednesday.
On Friday, about 6.9 million voters, or 15.61 percent, went to the polls, a record for the first day of early voting for parliamentary elections.
South Korea introduced an early voting system in 2014.
On the first day of early voting, turnout exceeded 10 percent in all 17 major cities and provinces across the country, led by South Jeolla Province with 23.6 percent. Voting in Seoul was 15.83 percent.
South Jeolla led with 32.96 percent on Saturday. The southeastern city of Daegu followed at 18.79 percent.
The quadrangular race is considered crucial for the ruling People's Power Party, with failure to win a majority potentially rendering President Yoon Suk Yeol useless for the remaining three years of his single five-year term.
The main opposition Democratic Party, which won a landslide victory in the last elections, aims to retain its parliamentary majority.
According to a survey conducted jointly by Yonhap News Agency and Yonhap News T earlier this week, 80 percent of respondents expressed definite intention to cast their vote.
Of those who intended to vote, 39 percent planned to go to a polling station during the early voting period, while 58 percent intended to vote on Election Day.
- int/svn
At the same point for the last parliamentary elections in 2020, turnout was 19.08 percent.
Voters will have time till 6 pm. Will cast their votes at 3,565 polling stations on Saturday. Those who missed the opportunity this weekend will have to vote on Election Day on Wednesday.
On Friday, about 6.9 million voters, or 15.61 percent, went to the polls, a record for the first day of early voting for parliamentary elections.
South Korea introduced an early voting system in 2014.
On the first day of early voting, turnout exceeded 10 percent in all 17 major cities and provinces across the country, led by South Jeolla Province with 23.6 percent. Voting in Seoul was 15.83 percent.
South Jeolla led with 32.96 percent on Saturday. The southeastern city of Daegu followed at 18.79 percent.
The quadrangular race is considered crucial for the ruling People's Power Party, with failure to win a majority potentially rendering President Yoon Suk Yeol useless for the remaining three years of his single five-year term.
The main opposition Democratic Party, which won a landslide victory in the last elections, aims to retain its parliamentary majority.
According to a survey conducted jointly by Yonhap News Agency and Yonhap News T earlier this week, 80 percent of respondents expressed definite intention to cast their vote.
Of those who intended to vote, 39 percent planned to go to a polling station during the early voting period, while 58 percent intended to vote on Election Day.
- int/svn
