(9 Mar 2022) South Korean election officials began counting votes late on Wednesday after the country held its presidential election.
Exit polls released after the hard-fought vote indicated that results for the two main candidates -- an outspoken liberal governing party candidate and a conservative former top prosecutor -- were too close to call.
The election has boiled down to a two-way showdown between liberal Lee Jae-myung, the former governor of Gyeonggi province, and his main conservative challenger, Yoon Suk Yeol.
Election officials earlier said vote counting may take longer than usual because of an extended voting time for COVID-19 patients, and that the winner may not be clear until early Thursday.
About 44 million South Koreans aged 18 or order were eligible to vote, out of the country’s 52 million people.
About 16 million cast ballots during early voting last week.
The tentative turnout was 77.1% after polls closed Wednesday, the fifth highest ever since the country restored direct presidential elections in 1987 following decades of military dictatorship, according to the National Election Commission.
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