Police received 17 calls from polling stations across Gyeonggi Province in the four hours after voting for the 2026 local elections opened Wednesday morning, including reports of disturbances, suspected election fraud and unauthorized photography.

Gyeonggi police referred 33 election crime suspects to prosecutors and are investigating 476 others ahead of South Korea's June 3 vote.

Seoul police are investigating 304 election crime cases and arrested three suspects accused of assaulting campaign workers before the vote.

Polling for the 2026 local elections began simultaneously across 14,288 voting stations nationwide at 6 a.m. on Wednesday — with some voters already lining up before the doors…

High turnout, ballot confusion and a string of polling station incidents marked Election Day across Korea on Wednesday as voters cast ballots in the 2026 local elections.