Live from DP Campaign HQ: Party watches vote counts following exit poll results

As the nation awaits the final election results, the candidates and their parties are likely feeling the tension more than anyone.

For a look at the atmosphere inside the major rival camps, we turn to our political correspondents on the ground.

Let's begin with Shin Ha-young, who's standing by at the Democratic Party's headquarters.

Ha-young, what's it like there?

Mok-yeon, I'm currently at the campaign headquarters of the Democratic Party of Korea, where, as you can see behind me, none of the members of the election campaign committee are present.

Unlike a couple of hours ago when the exit poll predicted Lee with 51-point-7percent of the vote, and applause and cheers broke out here at the headquarters, they have all left.

Candidate Lee Jae-myung is also not here.

Separate from the campaign headquarters, the DP has been holding an event for the past two hours at an outdoor stage in Yeouido, near the National Assembly, where party members and supporters are watching the vote count together.

Lee is expected to head there and deliver a speech once his victory becomes more certain.

Meanwhile, regarding the exit poll results, DP Floor Leader and Acting Chairman Park Chan-dae, who also serves as a chair of the campaign committee, told reporters that the people have sent a strong message to the previous administration.

While he noted that the final results still need to be watched, he added that if Lee wins a majority, it will help unite the country and overcome the crisis.

Mok-yeon.