South Korea Election Coverage

South korea votes in first national election of coronavirus era this article is more than 7 months old widespread approval of president moon jae in s handling of crisis could boost his party s.

South korea election coverage. South korean president moon jae in s ruling party won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections results on thursday showed a landslide victory propelled by successes in the country s. Government response to coronavirus sees surge in support and high turnout they made the best of the virus says one voter as country holds world s first election. The president is directly elected for a single five year term by plurality vote.

Elections in south korea are held on a national level to select the president and the national assembly. The election was held during the covid 19 pandemic which had both practical impacts on the conduct of the poll and political impacts on voters choice of parties to support. By election day south korea had recorded over 10 000 cases and 200 deaths.

Charges of cheating in the south korea assembly elections gained steam with the publication in may of a lengthy study anomalies and frauds in the korea 2020 parliamentary election by a. A presidential election is scheduled to be held in south korea in 2022 it will be the eighth presidential election since democratization and the establishment of the sixth republic under the south korean constitution the president is restricted to a single five year term in office meaning the incumbent president moon jae in is ineligible to run for a second term. And of course the full video of the harry potter themed election results is truly a masterpiece.

Local elections are held every four years to elect governors metropolitan mayors municipal mayors and provincial and municipal legislatures. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverage see our hub. South korea s ruling party has won by a landslide in a parliamentary election that attracted the highest voter turn out in 28 years despite being held during the coronavirus pandemic.