▲ Former People’s Power General Election Commissioner Kim Jong-in takes off his mask for a lecture at the Youth Forum commemorating the publication of his book ‘Why the President Fails’ held at the Dariso Theater in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the followingnoon of the 10th of last month. 2022. 2. 10 Senior Correspondent Kim Myung-guk
expected rate? “I can’t tell you”
As of 5 p.m., it was 3.5 percentage points higher than the previous election.
Election Commission: Final turnout to be slightly higher than last election
Kim Jong-in, former chairman of the People’s Power General Election Countermeasures Committee, said on the 9th, “Can’t you guess the general election without looking at the exit polls?”
Former Chairman Kim met with reporters following voting at the polling place in Pyeongchang-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the same day and said, “The situation will be like when the voting ends late in the followingnoon depending on the turnout (you can guess).” However, to the question of ‘Is there an expected situation’, he simply replied, “I shouldn’t say that.”
Regarding the record high of 36.93% of early voting in this election, he said, “(The 19th presidential election) turnout was around 75%, but (this time) half of the votes have already been cast. But following seeing the results of the main vote today (you will know),” he said.
As of 5 p.m. that day, the national average turnout was 73.6%. This is a result of 3.5 percentage points higher than the 70.1% turnout in the same time period in the 2017 19th presidential election.
The National Election Commission predicted that “the final turnout in this election will be slightly higher than that of the previous election,” in a notification to reporters on the same day.
Reporter Lee Beom-soo