21 총선 투표율 오전 11시 현재 15.3% , 지난 총선보다 0.8%p 낮아<br /><br />And now we head over to the National Election Commission.<br />Our Lee Kyung-eun is standing by there to tell us more about the voting process and the voter turnout so far.<br />Kyung-eun, what's the latest?<br />Now, the voter turnout has reached double digits for all parts of the country.<br />The national election commission has been busy keeping track of the numbers in real time.<br />As of 11 am, the figure was 15-POINT-THREE percent.<br />That's about POINT-EIGHT percentage points lower than at the same time from the 2016 election.<br />It's a reverse from earlier in the morning when the turnout was higher than the previous records.<br />The southeastern city of Daegu is a key area of attention because it was hit hardest by COVID-19 in South Korea.<br />It's showing the second highest participation rate with 16-point-eight percent,...running neck-in-neck with Gangwon-do Province which has 16-point-nine percent.<br />This is somewhat unprecedented because, traditionally, Daegu's turnout has been low, and its figure was the country's lowest in the previous election.<br />But it seems like COVID-19 has further drawn people closer to politics, not away from it.<br />The polling stations will close at 6 PM, but the official final results will not be announced until very late at night.<br />And the total number of voters is expected to see a notable jump at 1 PM as early voter turnout will be incorporated in these figures.<br />In all five previous general elections, only once, in 2002, has the country seen a turnout of over 60 percent.<br />And this year, despite concerns over the outbreak, the early voter turnout hit a record high of 26.7 percent.<br />I will keep you updated on how the numbers develop throughout the day.<br />
