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Strict measures have been introduced, because the Corona Virus outbreak

The Party of The South Korean President , Moon Jae-in has won a Decisive Victory in the parliamentary elections, with the voters the government's response to the Corona Virus pandemic is back up.

South Korea was one of The First countries to have a national vote since the pandemic began.

for Strict security and social-distancing measures in place for the vote.

With nearly all votes counted, Mr Moon , the Democratic Party won 163 seats in the 300-seat National Assembly .

The Party , The sister-group, The Platform party, was the forecast, a further 17 seats, giving the government a total of 180 seats.

the winning candidate for the United future was a high-profile North Korean defectors, Thae Yong-ho. Mr Thae, a former senior diplomat in the North Korean Embassy in London, won a seat for the Gangnam district in Seoul .

Mr Thae - a former North Korean diplomat, is The First defector to win a seat in South Korea

Although 35 parties put forward candidates, The Race was between the left wing of the Democratic Party and The Conservative opposition United Future Party. United Future and its parliamentary Partner, is expected to win 103 seats.

It is the First Time in 16 years that the left-oriented parties have a secure majority.

The prospects for President Moon party looked good in January. The South Korean economy has slowed, the talks with North Korea are stalled and headlines were dominated by a series of political scandals.

But the country has managed to combat coronavirus with aggressive tracing and testing measures. It is The Number of daily infections is down from a high of 900 A Day by the end of February to less than 30. grew up

The Democratic Party put this effective response in the center of their campaign.

He led to win the President of moon's government, the largest majority in Parliament, This Country has seen since it held its first democratic elections in 1987.

As people were able to choose?

throw In order to your ballot, voters had to clean their hands with chlorine or bromine, wear a face gloves and masks rubber, stand at least a Meter (3 ft) away from each other, and took their temperatures.

Anyone with a temperature over 37. 5C had to cast their votes in separate cabins, which were then disinfected after each use.

One voter, a Young Woman , said The Bbc 's Seoul correspondent Laura Bicker: "I thought, maybe the election should be postponed, because the people would not turn on. But now I am here and see so many others, I am concerned. "

There are currently around 60,000 people in quarantine because of the coronavirus in South Korea .

in Spite of this, a total turnout of More Than 66%, the highest in 18 years, supported by the fact that it was the First Time that 18-was allowed to years old to vote.

President of moon's Democratic Party won 163 seats in the 300-seat National Assembly ,

About 26% of the population cast their votes in advance, either by post or in the early polling stations established for quarantine stations on Friday and Saturday.

the people who tested positive for coronavirus under strict instructions to only vote at certain times and in specially designated polling stations. They were also forbidden to use Public Transport and were only allowed to walk or take your own car.

"recognized of Each the seriousness of The Situation and showed maturity citizenship through the promotion of the elector's officials, instead of complaining," The Mayor of Seoul Yongsan district, Sung Jang-hyun, told The Bbc .

South Korea briefly The World 's second-largest outbreak of the coronavirus, but it was largely brought under control through a policy of widespread testing, a thorough contact tracing, and General social distancing is observed.

South Korea has shifted never, the an election, including the presidential election of 1952, which preceded it, although the country is in The Middle of the Korean War .

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Source of news: bbc.com