South Korea Election Bbc

South koreans are voting in a presidential election called early after a huge corruption scandal brought down their former leader.

South korea election bbc. South korea has never postponed an election including the presidential election of 1952 which went ahead despite the country being in the middle of the korean war. South korea has never postponed an election. The two largest parties the liberal democratic party and the conservative united future party set up new satellite parties.

All 300 members of the national assembly were elected 253 from first past the post constituencies and 47 from proportional party lists they were the first elections held under a new electoral system. The challenge for officials was how to avoid the risk of infection. The governing party in south korea has lost the parliamentary majority it has held for 16 years partial results from wednesday s general election show.

We say 490 000 candidates but there are also 23 000 test supervisors and tens of. Prof kim woo joo of the division of infectious diseases at korea university s guro hospital told bbc korean. South korea s 21st legislative elections were held on 15 april 2020.

South korea has been holding an election unlike any other. Voters wore masks and stood at least 1m apart. Related topics south korea.

In south korea elections are about bread and butter but also about life and death peace and war. With a divided opposition in south korea the ruling centre right grouping is expected to continue in power. Even during the korean war in 1952 the presidential elections went ahead.

But the election will indicate the general feeling about the government as a whole. There is a bigger global picture with consequences far beyond the divided peninsula. South korea held its parliamentary elections on wednesday which saw a record turnout of 66 2 despite voting taking place in the middle of a virus outbreak.