South Korean general election “The ruling party wins a majority and wins over” Korean KBS Apr 16 6:26
In Korea, a general election was held once every four years on the 15th. KBS, a public broadcaster, reports that the ruling party “Both Democratic Party” and others supporting the Moon Jae-in administration won the majority by gaining a majority of seats.
The general election to select Korean parliamentarians was contested for a total of 300 seats in the unicameral parliament, including the single-member constituency and proportional representation, and was voted on the 15th.
At 6 am on the 16th, the balloting work was almost completed in the single-member district, and KBS, a public broadcaster, won a majority of the seats with 167 seats of the innovative ruling party, “the Democratic Party”, which supported the Moon Jane administration. It is said that they won the victory.
On the other hand, the largest conservative opposition party, the Future Integration Party, has 96 seats.
In response to the election results, “Future Integration Party” representative Gwang-An (Huang Ying-an) held a press conference late on the night of the 15th, stating that “I will bear all the responsibility” and took responsibility for the defeat. Expressed the idea of retiring.
According to the South Korean Election Commission, the provisional voter turnout was 66.2%, 8.2 points higher than the previous four years and the highest general election since 1992.
In this election, with more than 10,000 people infected with the new coronavirus, voters' focus was on virus protection rather than economic and security issues.
Under such circumstances, the reputation that the infection is being contained due to the thorough PCR test by the Mun administration has spread, and it is believed that this has helped the ruling party.