A voter casts a ballot at Seonhak-dong Polling Station No. 2, set up at Seonhak Elementary School in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, on Wednesday, the day of the 9th nationwide simultaneous local elections. [Yonhap]
A voter casts a ballot at Seonhak-dong Polling Station No. 2, set up at Seonhak Elementary School in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, on Wednesday, the day of the 9th nationwide simultaneous local elections. [Yonhap]

Voter turnout in the local elections stood at 4.5 percent as of 8 a.m., up 0.7 percentage points from the same time four years ago.


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