Towards strong participation given 34.74% of early votes
The turnout rises to the South Korean presidential elections: 5 hours after the opening of the seats, at 11 rooms (4 in Italy), about 8.1 million voters exercised their voting rights, equal to 18.3% of the 44.3 million of having the right, according to the latest data of the national electroal commission.
Including early votes at 34.74%, part of a system introduced in 2014, a very consistent participation is loomed in the electrical round called to close, in the expectations, six months of political chaos following the clumsy declaration of martial law last December by Yoon Suk-Yeol,.
Lee Jae -myung, the candidate of the Democratic Party, is considered the favorite in all the latest polls with a approval close to 50%. Behind him Kim Moon-Soo, conservative candidate of the People Power Party (which Yoon left last month), about 36%.
The votes will take place until 20 rooms (13 in Italy) in the 14,295 electoral seats throughout the country: immediately after the first exit polls and the ballot of the votes. The winner is expected to emerge around midnight, even if all counting operations should close in the middle of the night.
Once the ballot is finished, the National Electoral Commission will summon a plenary meeting to formally approve the electoral results tomorrow morning (between 7 and 9). The new president will always be in office tomorrow.
