2024-04-11 03:55:42
Voting for the 22nd National Assembly general election ended at 6 p.m. on the 10th. The counting of votes began from the early voting boxes after 6 o’clock, and on the afternoon of the exit poll results, there were ‘exclamations’ from the Democratic Party of Korea and the Fatherland Innovation Party, and ‘sighs’ from the People Power Party. In the third zone, there was cheering only for the Fatherland Reform Party, calmness for the New Reform Party, and silence for the New Future and Green Justice Party.
The exit poll results of the three terrestrial broadcasters announced at the same time as the main vote ended at 6 PM, showed that the Democratic Party, including the proportional satellite party, won a landslide victory with 183 to 197 seats, and the expected number of seats for the People Power Party was 85 to 100. . Next, the expected numbers were 12 to 14 seats for the Fatherland Innovation Party, 1 to 4 seats for the New Reform Party, 1 seat for New Future, and 0 seats for the Green Justice Party.
The vote counting process itself is expected to be completely completed around 4 a.m. on the 11th, and the district winners are expected to be outlined around 1 to 2 a.m. and the proportional figures will be outlined around 6 a.m. Due to the reintroduction of the checklist process, results are expected to be 2 to 3 hours later than before. In the metropolitan area, Seoul was the only city with a higher voter turnout rate than the national average at 69.3%, and it appears that voters were very enthusiastic in Seoul, which has many battlegrounds.
The National Election Commission expects that the outline of the district winners will be announced around 1-2 am on the 11th when the vote counting rate is expected to be 70-80%, and the district winners are expected to be announced from around 8 pm when the vote counting rate exceeds 10%. There is a possibility that some close combat areas, such as Seoul Yongsan and Gangseo-eul, will be pushed back further.
The final voter turnout (provisional) for the 22nd National Assembly general election recorded 67%, exceeding the final voter turnout for the last general election (66.2%). It is the highest record in 32 years since the 14th general election in 1992 (71.9%), and is also the highest among general elections held in the 2000s.
According to the National Election Commission’s final count of voter turnout, 29,661,953 out of 44,280,011 voters nationwide participated in the vote, including early voting (voter turnout of 31.28%) held over the past two days on the 5th and 6th, overseas voting, residence voting, This figure includes votes on board.
By city and province, Sejong had the highest voter turnout at 70.2%, followed by Seoul at 69.3%, Jeonnam at 69%, and Gwangju at 68.2%. The lowest voter turnout in the country was Jeju, with 62.2%. Daegu 64%, Incheon 65.3%, Chungnam 65%.
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2024-04-11 03:55:42