A person looks at the turnout rate of the June 3 local elections at National Election Comission headquarters in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, July 31. Yonhap
Discrepancies have been found between final voter figures and on-site tallies from the June 3 local elections, data acquired by a lawmaker showed Monday, amid a widening probe into irregularities surrounding the elections.
The discrepancies were found in 1,971 neighborhoods out of the total 3,558 across the nation for the local elections, according to the National Election Commission (NEC) data submitted to Rep. Chung Choon-saeng of the minor Rebuilding Korea Party.
The NEC data indicated that discrepancies of at least 100 people were reported in 29 neighborhoods, including in Seoul, the southeastern port city of Busan and Gyeonggi Province that surrounds the capital.
In light of the latest discrepancies, investigators are looking into the possibility whether election officials manipulated data even after voting ended.
