6月3日の地方選挙および国会議員補欠選挙を控え、金曜から2日間の日程で期日前投票が始まり、多くの韓国有権者が投票所を訪れた。今回の選挙は、李在明大統領の就任1年目に対する中間評価と位置付けられている。
投票は午前6時から午後6時まで、全国3,571カ所の投票所で行われた。午後6時時点の投票率は11.6％で、2022年の同時点の10.18％を上回った。李在明大統領と金恵京夫人は、青瓦台近くの三清洞住民センターで投票を済ませた。金民錫首相はソウル西部で投票を行った。今回の選挙では、16の市長・道知事ポスト、227の地方自治体首長職、約4,000の地方議会議席、14の国会議席が選出される。ソウル市長選と釜山の補欠選挙が特に注目を集めている。
X（旧Twitter）での初期の反応は、李在明大統領夫妻による期日前投票や、初日の投票率が11.6％という過去最高を記録した点に注目が集まった。一方で、不正投票の疑惑を主張する声や、追加の投票機に対する懐疑的な意見、外国の監視団による不正論などが混在している。
President Lee Jae Myung and first lady Kim Hea Kyung visited a neighborhood community center near Cheong Wa Dae on Friday to cast their ballots in early voting for the upcoming local elections.https://t.co/0j6t1iGT38
— The Korea Times (@koreatimescokr) 2026年5月29日
Voter turnout reached 11.6 percent on Friday, the first day of early voting for the June 3 local elections, marking a record high for the opening day.https://t.co/dSYVSMzKI3
— The Korea JoongAng Daily (@JoongAngDaily) 2026年5月29日
🚨🇰🇷 (Breaking) Expose the Fraudulent Election of South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung Regime!
— Accusation (@accusation7777) 2026年5月29日
■ Case #1 of Suspected Election Fraud in the June 3 Local Elections: Godeok-dong, Pyeongtaek
An additional setup of the early voting ballot issuing machine, which was absent during the mock… https://t.co/sNC96xtuuw
Why was early voting introduced when Election Day itself is already a public holiday in South Korea?
— Ellen J (@EllenJ_SK) 2026年5月29日
The first day of early voting for the June 3, 2026 local elections recorded an 11.6% turnout, setting a new all-time high for local elections.
This surpassed the 10.18% turnout… pic.twitter.com/8g8B7U7sa5
Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Morse Tan arrived in South Korea on May 28 — just one day before early voting for the June 3 local elections.
— YetAgain (@UnbrokenKR) 2026年5月29日
At a press conference last year in Washington D.C., he stated:
"Lee Jae-myung was involved in the murder of… pic.twitter.com/Wi4v3zLyv8
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Early voting for South Korea's June 3 local elections and by-elections opened Friday across 3,571 stations nationwide. The vote is widely seen as a referendum on President Lee Jae Myung's first year.
Early voting for South Korea's June 3 local elections ended Saturday with a record turnout of 23.51 percent. More than 10.4 million voters cast ballots out of 44.6 million registered. The main vote takes place Wednesday.
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Official campaigning for South Korea's June 3 local elections and parliamentary by-elections started on Thursday, May 21, with nearly 7,830 candidates competing nationwide. The two-week period runs until June 2 and is seen as an early test for the Lee Jae Myung administration.
South Korea's judicial reform laws were proclaimed on March 12, allowing constitutional appeals against Supreme Court rulings and punishment for legal distortion. This marks the first major overhaul since the 1987 constitutional amendment, including an expansion of Supreme Court justices. The measures passed under the ruling Democratic Party despite opposition from the opposition and judiciary.
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Lee Jin-sook, former Korea Communications Commission chief, announced Saturday she is stepping down as a preliminary candidate for Daegu mayor. Excluded from the People Power Party's primary, she opted to support the party's nominee rather than run independently amid fears of a Democratic Party win. The primary concludes Sunday ahead of the June 3 local elections.
President Lee Jae-myung stressed the importance of defending democracy at the 66th anniversary of the April 19 Revolution. Speaking at the April 19th National Cemetery in northern Seoul, he compared the 1960 people's resistance to former President Yoon Suk-yeol's 2024 martial law attempt, saying the public's outcry toppled an arrogant regime. He urged safeguarding democracy against anti-democratic forces.
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