Officials from the National Election Commission of South Korea count ballots on April 10.
Yonhap news agency reported on April 10 that exit polls showed that the main opposition party in South Korea, the Democratic Party (DP), along with its smaller ally, is expected to win a majority of seats in the country 's parliamentary election.
The Democratic Union Party (DUP) and the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) are expected to win a total of 168-193 of the 300 seats in the National Assembly, according to a survey by JTBC. The ruling People's Power Party (PPP) and the People's Future Party (PFP) are expected to win 87-111 seats.
Of the 300 seats, 254 are elected by direct vote, while the remaining 46 are allocated to parties based on the proportion of the total votes each party receives.
According to another poll conducted by KBS, MBC and SBS, the DP is also expected to win more than half of the parliamentary seats.
Specifically, the DP and DUP are expected to win at least 178 to a maximum of 196 seats, according to this survey. Meanwhile, the PPP and PFP could win between 87 and 105 seats.
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According to KBS, the above results partly reflect the success of the strategy of calling on voters to support the opposition party. In addition, this result is also thanks to the high voter turnout rate.
Specifically, in the Jongno District (Seoul) constituency, candidate Kwak Sang-eon (son-in-law of the late President Roh Moo-hyun) of the DP won 56.1% of the votes. Candidate Choi Jae-hyung of the PPP won 39%.
In the Gyeyang District (Incheon City) constituency, candidate Lee Jae-myung, Chairman of the DP, won 56.1% of the votes, while candidate Won Hee-ryong of the PPP party won 43.8%.
The exit poll was commissioned by three stations KBS, MBC and SBS to polling agencies Hankook Research, Korea Research and Ipsos from 6am to 6pm on April 10, with more than 500,000 voters having finished voting in 254 constituencies nationwide and surveyed 20% of them.
Vote counting is underway, with official results expected to be announced on April 11.
In this parliamentary election, the pressure on the ruling party is usually greater, as not holding a majority of seats can cause the policies of President Yoon Suk Yeol's administration to be deadlocked in parliament.
If opposition parties combined win more than 200 seats, that would give them a two-thirds majority that could override a presidential veto or impeach the president.
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