Stakes are high for Yoon as his People Power Party ( PPP ) is aiming to win a majority in the single- chamber, 300- seat assembly, though polls show the elections too close to call.
A failure may undermine Yoon’s vital efforts to boost the economy, fiscal health, birthrates, and strengthen multilateral protection cooperation with the United States and Japan.
With a 167- seat majority, the main opposition Democratic Party ( DP ) had passed dozens of contentious bills, including a nursing law vetoed by Yoon and his party.
In early election, the liberals had long been perceived as having a lead. Han Dong-hoon, the liberal PPP leader, was determined to win young voters over corruption scandals involving opposition leaders, which dissented many people and ultimately led to Yoon winning the 2022 presidential election.
After casting his own voting in a Seoul university town, Han said,” Through the highest- always participation in early voting history, let us show those who ignore the law and the people the tremendous power of good citizens who have lived and obeyed the law.” ” Our party does n’t have criminals to protect”.
The elections have been referred to as” judgment day” by the democrats and other opposition parties in an effort to hold Yoon’s government accountable for what they called a “prosecutor dictatorship.” Both Yoon and Han formerly served as top lawyers.
Four major experts released a joint study on Thursday that found that 39 % of people would support the PPP and 37 % the DP.
43 percent of respondents said they planned to voting for the DP, and 39 % the PPP, according to another poll released on Thursday by Ipsos.