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SEOUL, March 9 (Xinhua\/APP): Polls began early Wednesday nationwide to pick South Korea’s new president amid a neck-and-neck race between candidates of the ruling Democratic Party and the main conservative opposition People Power Party.<\/p>\n

The election to select the next president will last from 6:00 a.m. local time (2100 GMT Tuesday) to 6:00 p.m. (0900 GMT Wednesday) at 14,464 polling stations across the country.<\/p>\n

The voting was extended by one and a half hours to allow COVID-19 patients and those in self-quarantine to cast ballots separately.<\/p>\n

The presidential race has been neck-and-neck as voters are obviously divided over the transfer of power.<\/p>\n

Recent opinion polls showed approval ratings within a margin of error between Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party and Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party.<\/p>\n

The Democratic Party supporters wished Lee inherit the current government of President Moon Jae-in.<\/p>\n

Conservative voters supported Yoon for the transfer of the presidential power to the conservative bloc.<\/p>\n

An early voting, which was adopted in 2013 and first applied to the 2014 local election, was carried out from March 4 to March 5.<\/p>\n

Out of the 44,197,692 eligible voters, 16,323,602 people, or 36.93 percent of the total, cast preliminary votes.<\/p>\n

The early voting rate hit a record high, topping the previous presidential election’s 26.06 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SEOUL, March 9 (Xinhua\/APP): Polls began early Wednesday nationwide to pick South Korea’s new president amid a neck-and-neck race between candidates of the ruling Democratic Party and the main conservative opposition People Power Party. The election to select the next president will last from 6:00 […]<\/p>\n

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