21 총선 오후 18시 기준 63% 웃돌아<br /><br />And now we head over to the National Election Commission which has been keeping track of voter turnout throughout the day.<br />The NEC will confirm the final voter turnout a little later than usual because of the one-hour extended poll openings for those in self-quarantine.<br />But already, we are already seeing a record-breaking number.<br />Kyung-eun, what's the latest?<br />Hi Conn-young, it's been hectic here all day.<br />We are still in the process of getting the final voter turnout.<br />But as of 6 PM, the figure has surpassed 63 percent.<br />That's more than 5 percentage points HIGHER than at the same time from the previous election.<br />But what makes it more significant is that it's well above the FINAL turnout of all previous five elections that were held since the year 2000.<br />Plus, among those elections, only once, in TWO-THOUSAND-AND-FOUR, has the country seen a turnout of over 60 percent.<br />Now, such a high figure is mainly attributed to the early voter turnout, which reached a record high of 26.7 percent.<br />So far, Jeollanam-do Province has the highest turnout with over SIXTY SIX percent,....while Incheon is seeing the lowest at 59-point-five percent.<br />But much attention is also on the southeastern city of Daegu the city hit hardest by COVID-19 in South Korea.<br />Traditionally, Daegu's turnouts are among the country's lowest.<br />But this year, the city is seeing some unprecedented developments, including clinching top spot briefly this morning.<br />It seems like COVID-19 has drawn people closer to politics, not pushed them away.<br />Now we are inching closer to when the polls wrap up, but the official final voter turnout will be not be announced until late at night.<br />Conn-young.<br />
