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Voters throughout the nation continued to solid ballots on the second day of early voting for the October 16 by-elections.
In line with the Nationwide Election Fee(NEC), the common voter turnout at 5 districts, set to elect new officers, stood at five-point-95 p.c as of 1 p.m on Saturday.
The by-elections will fill the publish of superintendent on the Seoul Metropolitan Workplace of Training, in addition to mayoral posts in Busan’s Geumjeong District, Incheon’s Ganghwa County, and the counties of Yeonggwang and Gokseong in South Jeolla Province.
At 1 p.m on Saturday, the best turnout of 35-point-21 p.c was reported in South Jeolla’s Yeonggwang County, adopted by 34-point-five p.c in Gokseong County. The turnout was 22-point-46 p.c in Ganghwa, 14-point-96 p.c in Geumjeong, and five-point-37 p.c in Seoul.
In the meantime, liberal candidate for Seoul’s superintendent Choi Bo-sun withdrew his bid in assist of fellow candidate Jung Keun-sik, turning the election right into a three-way race between Jung and two conservative candidates, Cho Jeon-hyeok and Yoon Ho-sang.
Whereas the two-day early voting might be held between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. till Saturday, voting on election day will run from 6 a.m. to eight p.m.Â
