news, westminster. polls have opened in south korea s presidential election, after a tightly contested race that s been dominated by smear campaigns between the two main candidates. it s a neck and neck race between the governing democratic party s candidate lee jae myung and his conservative opposition rival, yoon suk yeol of the people power party both vying to succeed the incumbent president moonjae in, who is constitutionally unable to seek re election. i m joined now by laura bicker our correspondent in seoul. joining us from right outside a polling station. there she is. great to have you on the programme. what has the voter turnout been out like today? good morning. welcome to the polling station, voter turnout has been busy. i ve heard by nine o clock, already a present of the population have voted, and that comes also in line with around 40% had voted just
the first was mandated by law, but this election is really aboutjustin trudeau trying to gain this majority. but if you look at the polling, he is now in a statistical tie with his main opposition rival, which means that this political gamble may actually backfire, and he could even lose his seat as prime minister. the voting across canada s time zones continues for a few hours yet but samira will be up all night, with the results as they emerge so do stay with bbc news for that. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. from olympic gold medallist to environmental campaigner australian swimmer bronte campbell tells us about the impact climate change is having on sport.
mr trudeau handled the pandemic. 0ur correspondent samira hussain is following developments from montreal. canada s prime minister said he called this election because the pandemic change to the country and canadians should have a say in what happens to canada going forward. the opposition says that this is actually nothing more than an expensive political ploy by mr trudeau to try and get a firmer hold on power and gain a majority in parliament. and the voting public? well, they are just suffering from election fatigue. this is the second time canadians are going to the polls in less than two years. the first was mandated by law, but this election is really aboutjustin trudeau trying to gain this majority. but if you look at the polling, he is now in a statistical tie with his main opposition rival, which means that this political gamble may actually backfire, and he could even lose his
have a say in what happens to canada going forward. the opposition says that this is actually nothing more than an expensive political ploy by mr trudeau to try and get a firmer hold on power and gain a majority in parliament. and the voting public? well, they are just suffering from election fatigue. this is the second time canadians are going to the polls in less than two years. the first was mandated by law, but this election is really aboutjustin trudeau trying to gain this majority. but if you look at the polling, he is now in a statistical tie with his main opposition rival, which means that this political gamble may actually backfire, and he could even lose his seat as prime minister. the voting across canada s time zones continues for a few hours yet, but samira will be up all night, with the results as they emerge, so do stay with bbc news for that.
canada s prime minister, justin trudeau, has said he called this election because the pandemic changed the country, and that canadians should have a say in what happens to canada going forward. the opposition, however, says that this is actually nothing more than an expensive political ploy by mr trudeau to try and get a firmer hold on power and gain a majority in parliament. and the voting public? well, they re just suffering from election fatigue. remember, this is the second time canadians are going to the polls in less then two years. the first was mandated by law, but this election is really aboutjustin trudeau trying to gain this big majority. but if you look at the polling, he is now in a statistical tie with his main opposition rival, which means that this political gamble may actually backfire may actually backfire and he could even lose his seat as prime minister.