Votes cast their ballots at an early voting station at North Jeolla Provincial Government's building in the city of Jeonju, Saturday, the second and last day of early voting for next week's nationwide local elections and parliamentary by-elections. Yonhap
South Koreans headed to the polls Saturday on the second and last day of early voting for next week's nationwide local elections and parliamentary by-elections, widely seen as a referendum on President Lee Jae Myung's first year in office.
More than 5.95 million people, or 13.35 percent, out of 44.6 million registered voters cast their ballots as of 9 a.m. after early voting began at 6 a.m. the previous day, according to the NEC.
The voter turnout was higher than the 11.81 percent recorded at the same time on the second day of early voting for the 2022 local elections.
Up for grabs are 16 mayoral and gubernatorial posts, along with 227 heads of local governments and some 4,000 members of local councils.
