The ruling Democratic Party (DP) of President Moon Jae-in won a landslide in Wednesday’ general election, securing a solid majority in the 300-member National Assembly.
Voters elected 253 lawmakers for constituencies and 47 proportional representatives by voting for political parties. As of 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, 99.9 percent of the ballots for the 253 districts were counted and the DP won 163 seats.