China News Service, March 9th. On the 9th local time, the voting for the 20th presidential election in South Korea officially opened.
According to the latest election exit poll by the three major TV stations in South Korea, Yoon Seok-yue, the candidate of the National Power Party, the largest opposition party in South Korea, has a narrow lead with 48.4% of the support rate, and Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the ruling party's Common Democratic Party, has a support rate of 47.8%.
On February 18, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea, the staff of the Election Administration Commission put up campaign posters of Lee Jae-myung and Yoon Sek-yue.
Previous polls showed that the two were in close quarters in their support ratings, and the situation in which the election was stalemate was rare in the history of South Korea's general election.
At 6:00 on the 9th local time, voting for the 20th presidential election in South Korea officially opened.
More than 44.19 million registered voters will cast their ballots at more than 14,400 polling stations across South Korea to elect the new president.