PHOTOS Voting for new mayors, governors

People wait in line for a polling station to open in Seoul's Gangnam District, early in the morning on June 1. The voting started at 6 a.m. at 14,465 polling stations nationwide. Yonhap

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo greets officials and monitors the progress of local elections at the Ministry of Interior and Safety office in the Government Complex in Sejong, June 1. Yonhap

A voter with his daughter confirms his identity before receiving ballot slips at a polling station in Busan, June 1. Yonhap

A voter wearing plastic gloves holds ballot slips in Seoul's Gangnam District, June 1. Overall, 17 metropolitan mayors and provincial governors, 226 lower-level administrative leadership positions, 872 seats in provincial and metropolitan councils and 2,988 in lower-level local councils will be elected though local elections.

A voter enters a booth at a polling station in Ulsan, June 1. Yonhap

People vote in polling booths at a polling station in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, June 1. Yonhap

A voter wearing plastic gloves stuffs an envelope containing ballots into a ballot box at a polling station in Ulsan, June 1. Yonhap

Yoo Bok-yeop, second from left, a senior teacher at Yangji Village School dressed in a "dopo," a traditional men's outer garment, and his family drop off their ballots together at a polling station in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, June 1. Yonhap

A voter responds to an exit poll after voting in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, June 1. Yonhap

Voters show voting stamps on their hands after having voted in Seoul's Seocho District, June 1. Yonhap