출구조사 및 선거결과 예상 구도 2

South Korea became the first country in the world to hold a nationwide election in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. What are some implications?
Another point to note is that the electoral bill has been revised last year, leading to many firsts in this elections. Tell us more on that?
Sure, with the passage of the electoral reform bill in last December, for the first time in Korean history, the legal voting age in the country was lowered from 19 to 18.
18 year-olds make up just over 1 percent of the total eligible voters, and some 548-thousand additional voters, mostly high-school students will be able to cast their ballots in this election.
Also, the way in which the 47 proportional representation seats are distributed will differ.
A 50 percent mixed-member proportional representation system has been introduced, with aims to diversify Korea's National Assembly, which has been dominated by the two largest parties.
It's a bit complicated, but just to give you a recap, the previous system reflected a party's voter turnout in relation to the 47 PR seats.
But with the new system, only 17 out of the 47 seats will follow the existing system.
The remaining 30 seats will be distributed by taking the percentage of the PR vote won, then subtracting the number of local seats won. That remaining number is then divided by two.
This new system prompted the larger parties to create the so-called 'satellite parties' that only put forward candidates for the PR seats, allowing them to grab even more seats in the assembly.
It also led to the launch of other parties so that a total of 35 parties competed for the PR seats, making this years' ballot paper more than 48 centimeters long the longest proportional representation ballot in Korean history.