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Thousands and thousands of South Koreans turned out to vote in essential parliamentary elections on Wednesday, with an intense contest anticipated between the ruling occasion and the principle opposition occasion, which at the moment controls the legislature, native media reported.
Voting started at 6 a.m. native time (2100GMT Tuesday) and can finish at 6 p.m. (0900GMT) in 14,259 polling stations throughout the nation, Seoul-based Yonhap Information reported, citing the Nationwide Election Fee.
Following final week’s early voting, over 30 million individuals are actually eligible to vote within the normal election. Greater than 31% of eligible voters -13.84 million out of over 44.28 million – voted in the course of the two-day early voting interval, which ended final Saturday.
It was the primary time within the nation’s electoral historical past that early voting turnout exceeded 30%. Within the 2020 election, the early voting turnout was 24.95%.
President Yoon Suk Yeol, the ruling Folks Energy Occasion (PPP) chief Han Dong-hoon, the principle opposition Democratic Occasion (DP) chairman Lee Jae-myung, and former President Moon Jae-in had all voted early on Wednesday.
The vote is seen as a check of the Yoon administration, because the ruling occasion seeks to extend its illustration within the 300-member parliament, the place the opposition at the moment holds a majority.
Based on the election watchdog, roughly 3.07 million voters, or 6.9%, had solid ballots as of 9 a.m.
Based on a number of polls, the opposition DP would win extra seats than the PPP, with some suggesting that the complete opposition bloc may win greater than 200 seats.
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