Voter turnout comes to second-highest for local election at 61%

South Korea’s voter turnout in Wednesday’s local elections was provisionally tallied at 61 percent, marking the second-highest turnout in the country’s local election history, according to the National Election Commission.

The NEC said around 27.25 million out of around 44.65 million eligible voters cast ballots in the elections held from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. nationwide.

The figure includes ballots cast during the two-day early voting period held May 29-30, which recorded a turnout of 23.51 percent,