South Korean lawmaker Joo Jin-woo claims election commission falsified vote counts

People Power Party lawmaker Joo Jin-woo held a press conference in the National Assembly, alleging that the National Election Commission deliberately manipulated voter‑turnout data in the 2022 presidential election. He said that in five precincts – including three in Seoul’s Seodaemun‑Hong‑eun‑2‑dong and one in Changwon’s Uichang‑gu – the reported number of voters increased in exact 100‑person increments hour by hour, with some periods showing no increase at all. Joo claimed similar patterns were found in a total of 109 precincts nationwide, describing the practice as an organized, repeatable crime. He called for a joint investigation by the prosecution and police, a forensic audit of the election commission’s servers, and warned that the ongoing re‑count at Olympic Park could constitute evidence tampering.