On the afternoon of the 3rd, the election officials are starting the vote counting at the counting station set up at the gymnasium of Seoul National University in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, on the voting day of the 21st presidential election. /News1

The National Election Commission announced that as of 10:20 p.m. on the day of the 21st presidential election, the nationwide vote count was at 10.64%.

The vote percentages by candidate are as follows: Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea 45.98%, Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party 45.85%, and Lee Jun-seok of the Reform Party 7.13%.

The vote counts in the capital region are as follows: Gyeonggi 11.05%, Incheon 4.3%, and Seoul 9.59%.

On that day, exit poll results from the three major broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS) predicted the nationwide vote percentages as follows: Lee Jae-myung 51.7%, Kim Moon-soo 39.3%, and Lee Jun-seok 7.7%.

The official voting for the 21st presidential election ended at 8 p.m. that day, with a nationwide turnout of 79.4%.