Turning Point in the Ruling Party Primary... Lee Jae-myung Maintains Majority with 54.90% Accumulated Votes, Increasing Chances of 'Direct Advancement to the General Election' (Update)

[Asia Economy Reporters Oh Ju-yeon and Jeon Jin-young] Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate and Governor of Gyeonggi Province, continued his overwhelming majority victory in the 2nd Super Week held on the 3rd, increasing the possibility of "direct advancement to the final election without a runoff."

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Lee secured first place with 58.17% of the vote in the announced results of the "2nd National and General Party Member Electorate" vote. Former leader Lee Nak-yeon received 33.48%. Following them were former Minister Chu Mi-ae with 5.82% and Representative Park Yong-jin with 2.53%.

With an electorate size of approximately 490,000, the largest in the remaining Democratic Party presidential primary schedule, attention was focused on whether Lee and former leader Lee could narrow the gap. However, the gap widened further in the 2nd electorate vote, and Lee's cumulative vote share, including this election result, comfortably exceeded the majority at 54.90%.

Former leader Lee received 34.33%, with the vote difference between the two candidates at 20.57 percentage points, amounting to about 200,000 votes. This is an increase from the previous difference of about 120,000 votes.

Former Minister Chu received 9.14%, and Representative Park received 6.63%.

The remaining primary schedule includes Gyeonggi on the 9th (164,000 voters) and Seoul on the 10th (144,000 voters).

In particular, the Seoul primary will also reveal the results of the 3rd electorate vote, involving about 305,000 voters, and the final Super Week will be held. These three votes total approximately 610,000 votes, accounting for about one-third of the entire electorate.

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