Politics · South Korea · 5 hrs ago
Special counsel probes suspected vote tally forgery in Gyeonggi education election
A special counsel is investigating suspected vote tally forgery in the June election for education superintendent in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
Investigators suspect an employee at the Gwangju election commission concealed and altered a tally sheet.
The suspected alteration led to an incorrect final count, according to the special counsel team.
The Gyeonggi provincial election commission had earlier described the problem as an input error.
Investigators searched the Gyeonggi and Gwangju election commission offices to examine the allegations.
The team is also looking into whether the Gwangju commission acted together to conceal the suspected conduct.
The probe aims to establish what happened and prevent a repeat, but no findings or charges are reported yet.
A special prosecutor’s team searched the Gyeonggi provincial election office and the Gwangju city election office in Gyeonggi Province over alleged vote-count record falsification.
The team said it found indications that a Gwangju election office employee concealed and falsified a vote-count summary sheet in the Gyeonggi superintendent of education election.
Investigators are examining whether the alleged concealment and falsification were covered up through organized involvement by the Gwangju office.
The search warrant was issued on suspicion of violating the Public Official Election Act and other offenses.
The provincial election office had described a vote-count input error in a public apology issued after the election.
- Who
- A special prosecutor’s team investigating election administration. It is investigating an employee of the Gwangju election office.
- What
- Investigators searched two election offices while examining alleged concealment and falsification of a vote-count summary sheet.
- When
- The searches were reported on November 10, 2026. The election was held on June 3.
- Where
- The Gyeonggi provincial election office and Gwangju city election office in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
- Why
- The team said it found indications of vote-count record concealment and falsification in the Gyeonggi superintendent of education election.
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South Korea held its ninth nationwide local elections, including the Gyeonggi superintendent of education election.
The Gyeonggi provincial election office issued a public apology and described the problem as an input error during vote counting.
The special prosecutor’s team searched the Gyeonggi provincial and Gwangju city election offices.
- Election
- Ninth nationwide local elections
- Election date
- June 3
- Search locations
- Gyeonggi provincial election office; Gwangju city election office
- Search team
- 11 personnel: one prosecutor, eight investigators and two forensic investigators
- Alleged offense
- Concealment and falsification of a vote-count summary sheet
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What people are saying
While examining the case of an incorrect input of vote-count results at the Gwangju election office in Gyeonggi Province in connection with the Gyeonggi superintendent of education election, we found indications that an employee of the Gwangju election office concealed and falsified a vote-count summary sheet, causing it to differ from the actual count.
Crimes such as the concealment and falsification of vote-count summary sheets by election office employees are serious offenses that can shake the foundations of democracy and fundamentally undermine the fairness of the electoral system.