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140  INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS DURING COVID-19


                      4. A Success Story for Electoral Democracy:

                      The NEC devoted all its efforts to successfully manage the 21st National Assembly elections and prevent the
                      spread of COVID-19 during the period when pandemic was rapidly raging across the world.  The NEC prepared and
                      implemented systematic and specific voting procedures to block and prevent the spread of COVID-19 through
                      close mutual cooperation with related agencies such as the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
                      the Ministry of Interior and Safety. The NEC  also referred to the guidelines on COVID-19 prevention measures.

                      In these elections, early voting turnout reached 26.69 per cent (around 11.74 million ballots cast), the highest-
                      ever early voting turnout since the introduction of the early voting system. The overall turnout (including the early
                      voting turnout) stood at 62.2 per cent (around 29.12 million ballots cast), the highest in 28 years since the 14th
                      National Assembly elections held in 1992.
                      Data and Statistics
                      Trends in  Home Voting Use



























                       •   364 confirmed COVID-19 patients registered as home voters
                       •   11,151 cast their ballot out of the 13,789 voters who registered (turnout 80.9%)
                       •   Total number of 59,918 were in quarantine (as of April 15)
                      Trends in Turnout for Early Voting and Election Day
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