After 35-hour delay, Songpa District vote count completed and Seoul Metropolitan Council finalized

Officials count ballots from the Jamsil 7-dong second polling station in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on June 5, 2026. [NEWS1]

The vote count for the 2026 local elections, which took place on Wednesday, finally finished on Friday afternoon after voting was severely delayed at a polling station in Songpa District due to a shortage of ballot papers on Wednesday evening.

The counting of two ballot boxes from the polling station, containing votes cast by about 2,000 Songpa District residents, began around 10 a.m. and was completed later in the afternoon.

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