PHOTOS Election Day gets underway

A 90-year-old voter leaves a polling station in southeastern Seoul's Songpa District after voting in Korea's general election on Wednesday. Yonhap

A dog stands behind its owner who is filling out a ballot at a polling station for Korea's general elections in central Seoul's Yongsan District, Wednesday. Yonhap

Former President Park Geun-hye casts her ballot in the general elections at a polling station near her residence in Daegu, Wednesday. Yonhap

A child on a kickboard waits for her parent to vote at a polling station in Busan, Wednesday. Yonhap

Voters in Hwacheon County, Gangwon Province, disembark from a small boat to go to a polling station, Wednesday. Yonhap

Former first lady Kwon Yang-sook, widow of Roh Moo-hyun, deposits her vote in a ballot box at a polling station near her residence in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, Wednesday. Yonhap

A 108-year-old voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Gwangju, Wednesday. Newsis

A voter participates in a public opinion survey as she leaves a polling station in central Seoul's Yongsan District, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Voters cast their ballots for the general elections at a polling station set up at a gymnasium in Samkwang Elementary School in central Seoul's Yongsan District, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Family members of a village school teacher, or "hunjang" in Korean, from Yangji School, pose after casting their ballots at Yeonsan Elementary School in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, Wednesday. Yonhap

People cast their votes at a polling station in an indoor baseball training facility at Cheonggu Elementary School in eastern Seoul, Wednesday. Newsis

An elderly voter walks into a polling station at Samkwang Elementary School in central Seoul's Yongsan District, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Voters in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province, ride a boat to a polling station, Wednesday. Yonhap

Election officials sort ballots for the general elections to tabulate votes at a badminton stadium in southern Seoul's Yeongdeungpo District after polls closed, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

People sort out votes for the general elections at a ballot-counting station in a gymnasium of Seoul National University in southern Seoul's Gwanak District, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

National Election Commission workers tally votes at a ballot-counting station installed at a gymnasium in southern Seoul's Gwanak District, Wednesday, after polls for the general elections to choose 300 lawmakers closed at 6 p.m. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk