Democratic Labor Union Chairman Election Goes to Runoff... Yang Kyung-soo and Kim Sang-gu Candidates Rank 1st and 2nd

From the left, candidate number 1 Kim Sang-gu, number 2 Lee Young-joo, number 3 Yang Kyung-soo, and number 4 Lee Ho-dong.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] In the executive election to select the next chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), no candidate received a majority of the votes, leading to a runoff election.

On the 5th, the KCTU announced the final tally of votes from the chairman election held from the 28th of last month to the 4th of this month, stating that none of the four candidates secured a majority.

According to the vote count, candidate number 3, Yang Kyung-soo, led with 189,309 votes, but his vote share was only 31.3%. He was followed by candidate number 1, Kim Sang-gu (159,464 votes, 26.3%), candidate number 2, Lee Young-joo (156,067 votes, 25.8%), and candidate number 4, Lee Ho-dong (21,603 votes, 3.6%). Out of 957,098 union members eligible to vote, 605,651 participated in this election.

The KCTU bylaws stipulate that if no candidate receives a majority in the executive election, the top two candidates proceed to a runoff vote. Accordingly, candidates Yang Kyung-soo and Kim Sang-gu will advance to the runoff, which will be held from the 17th to the 23rd of this month.

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