South Korea
○ Presidential Election
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
- Seats: 300
- Term of office: 4 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 14,464 (2022 Presidential Election)
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 6 am and 6 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters:44,197,692 (2022 Election)
· Voter turnout: 77.1% (2022 Presidential Election)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: Directly elected by majority popular vote in a single-round system.
- Parliamentary:
1. 253 members (2020 parliamentary elections) are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies
2. 47 members (2020 parliamentary elections) are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system
3. Parties must obtain either three percent of the national vote or at least five seats in the nominal tier
· Voting process: Voter ID Check => Receive Ballots => Mark the Ballots => Cast Ballots
· Counting process:
1. Opening the ballot box and organizing the ballots
2. Sorting the ballots according to political parties and candidates
3. Putting them on the ballot classification equipment
4. Reviewing, verifying, and tabulating ballots
5. Verifying the status of counting
6. Examining, accounting, and reporting the votes obtained by the parties and candidates
7. Arranging and storing the ballots
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: 1 Day