Park Young-sun Finalized as Unified Candidate for Broad Ruling Coalition, Surpassing Kim Jin-ae

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party of Korea's candidate for Seoul mayor, has been confirmed as the final unified candidate for the ruling coalition.

Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party of Korea's Seoul mayoral candidate, and Kim Jin-ae, the Open Democratic Party's candidate, pose before holding a press conference to announce the unification plan at the National Assembly Communication Hall on the 9th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

On the 17th, Kim Jong-min, co-chairman of the Democratic Party's joint election countermeasures committee, and Kang Min-jung, floor leader of the Open Democratic Party, held a joint briefing at the National Assembly in the afternoon and announced that candidate Park was selected as the unified candidate for the ruling coalition, defeating Kim Jin-ae of the Open Democratic Party.

The Democratic Party and the Open Democratic Party conducted a unification vote over two days from the 16th to the 17th, targeting Seoul citizens and party members of both parties.

The final result was calculated by equally reflecting a virtual number survey of 60,000 citizens and an automated response system (ARS) survey of all Democratic Party eligible voters in Seoul and Open Democratic Party decision-making members, each weighted 50-50.

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