Next Seoul Mayor, Park Young-sun 19.9% · Na Kyung-won 15.5% [Realmeter]

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] A poll shows that Park Young-sun, Minister of SMEs and Startups, is leading as the most suitable candidate for the next Seoul mayor. However, regarding the frame of the by-election, support for the opposition party, which calls for judging the ruling party and government, exceeded half, surpassing support for the ruling party.

According to a poll conducted by Realmeter on June 5-6 commissioned by OhmyNews, when asked who among the figures mentioned as candidates for the Seoul mayoral by-election is the most suitable, Minister Park received 19.9% support, ranking first.

Following her were former lawmaker Na Kyung-won with 15.5% and former Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon with 14.9%, both within the margin of error (±3.5 percentage points at a 95% confidence level).

Next were Park Joo-min of the Democratic Party with 10.5%, former lawmaker Geum Tae-seop with 7.1%, and Democratic Party lawmaker Woo Sang-ho with 6.1%.

When the support for the 12 candidates presented as options was divided into pro-government and opposition camps and summed respectively, the total support for the eight opposition candidates (including former lawmaker Geum) was 51.3%, ahead of the pro-government camp’s 37.1%.

Regarding the frame of next year’s by-election, support for the opposition party, which calls for judging the government and ruling party, was 50.6%, exceeding half. Opinions supporting the ruling party for stable national governance were 38.7%.

Party support showed the Democratic Party at 34.4% and the People Power Party at 32.1%, closely matched within the margin of error. This was followed by the People’s Party at 6.5%, the Justice Party at 5.2%, and the Open Democratic Party at 4.9%.

For more details, refer to the Realmeter website or the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.

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