On the afternoon of March 3, after the voting for the 21st presidential election ended, ballot counters are performing the sorting of ballots at the counting station set up in the gymnasium of Pukyong National University in Nam-gu, Busan. /Courtesy of News1

The National Election Commission announced that as of 10:46 p.m. on the day of the 21st presidential election, the nationwide ballot count was recorded at 20.05%.

The voting rates for the candidates are as follows: Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea received 47.6%, Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party received 44.2%, and Lee Jun-seok of the Reform Party received 7.17%.

The ballot count rates in the metropolitan area were reported as 19.96% in Gyeonggi, 9.38% in Incheon, and 14.37% in Seoul.

On that day, the exit poll results from the three major terrestrial broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS) predicted the nationwide voting rates to be 51.7% for Lee Jae-myung, 39.3% for Kim Moon-soo, and 7.7% for Lee Jun-seok.

The official voting for the 21st presidential election ended at 8 p.m. that day. The nationwide voter turnout was recorded at 79.4%.

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