Presidential Election Vote Counting Begins in Gyeongbuk, Jeonbuk, etc... Provisional Voter Turnout 77.1%

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The vote counting for the 20th presidential election has officially begun.

According to the Central Election Commission's election statistics system on the 9th, vote counting started around 8:10 PM at some counting centers in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Jeollabuk-do, and Gangwon-do.

In the exit polls conducted by the three terrestrial broadcasters KBS, MBC, and SBS, the presidential candidates Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party and Yoon Seok-youl of the People Power Party are in a neck-and-neck race. Candidate Lee recorded 47.8%, while candidate Yoon recorded 48.4%, a gap of 0.6 percentage points. Meanwhile, the JTBC exit poll showed candidate Lee at 48.4% and candidate Yoon at 47.7%, a difference of 0.7 percentage points. As a result, the time when the election outcome becomes clear is expected to be significantly delayed.

Meanwhile, the provisional voter turnout for this 20th presidential election was tallied at 77.1%, which is 0.1 percentage points lower than the 19th presidential election.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.