[Summary] Exit Polls Neck and Neck... Three Major Broadcasters: "Yoon 48.4% Lee 47.8%" · JTBC: "Lee 48.4% Yoon 47.7%"

Channel A "Lee 46.6% vs Yoon 47.6%"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] In the exit polls of the March 9 presidential election, Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Yoon Seok-youl, the candidate of the People Power Party, were shown to be in an ultra-close race.

According to surveys by the three terrestrial broadcasters KBS, MBC, and SBS, Yoon received 48.4% and Lee 47.8%, leading by 0.6 percentage points. Because of this, it is expected that the vote count will see the two candidates exchanging leads, and the confirmation of the winner will likely be possible only by the early morning of the 10th. Sim Sang-jung, the Justice Party candidate, recorded 2.5%.

In the exit polls by the three broadcasters, by region, the results were ▲ Seoul: Lee Jae-myung 45.4%, Yoon Seok-youl 50.9% ▲ Gyeonggi: Lee 50.8%, Yoon 45.9% ▲ Incheon: Lee 49.6%, Yoon 45.6% ▲ Busan: Lee 38.5%, Yoon 57.8%.

Also, ▲ Gyeongnam: Lee 39.0%, Yoon 57.1% ▲ Ulsan: Lee 39.1%, Yoon 56.5% ▲ Daegu: Lee 24.0%, Yoon 72.7% ▲ Gyeongbuk: Lee 24.6%, Yoon 72.1% ▲ Gwangju: Lee 83.3%, Yoon 13.7% ▲ Jeonnam: Lee 83.7%, Yoon 13.3% ▲ Jeonbuk: Lee 82.6%, Yoon 14.4%.

Following that, ▲ Daejeon: Lee 47.3%, Yoon 48.2% ▲ Sejong·Chungnam: Lee 47.2%, Yoon 48.2% ▲ Chungbuk: Lee 45.0%, Yoon 50.3% ▲ Gangwon: Lee 41.2%, Yoon 54.3% ▲ Jeju: Lee 52.2%, Yoon 42.5%.

By gender, males recorded Lee Jae-myung 46.5%, Yoon Seok-youl 50.1%, and females recorded Lee 49.1%, Yoon 46.4%.

By generation, ▲ under 20s: Lee 47.8%, Yoon 45.5% ▲ 30s: Lee 46.3%, Yoon 48.1% ▲ 40s: Lee 60.5%, Yoon 35.4% ▲ 50s: Lee 52.4%, Yoon 43.9% ▲ 60 and older: Lee 30.8%, Yoon 67.1%.

On the other hand, JTBC announced at 7:30 PM on the same day that in its own exit poll, Lee received 48.4% and Yoon 47.7%. The vote difference in JTBC's exit poll was 0.7 percentage points. Sim Sang-jung also recorded 2.5% in JTBC's poll.

In JTBC's survey by region, the results were ▲ Gangwon·Jeju: Lee 45.9%, Yoon 49.8% ▲ Gwangju·Jeolla: Lee 86.5%, Yoon 11.7% ▲ Sejong·Chungcheong: Lee 47.0%, Yoon 48.2% ▲ Daegu·Gyeongbuk: Lee 23.8%, Yoon 71.8% ▲ Busan·Ulsan·Gyeongnam: Lee 37.6%, Yoon 58.2%.

Also, ▲ Incheon: Lee 49.6%, Yoon 45.7% ▲ Gyeonggi: Lee 51.9%, Yoon 44.2% ▲ Seoul: Lee 45.2%, Yoon 51.2%.

The exit polls by the three broadcasters surveyed 73,297 people at 330 polling stations, with a 95% confidence level and a margin of error of ±0.8 percentage points.

JTBC's exit poll was conducted by selecting samples from 14,464 polling stations nationwide and compiling statistics. The margin of error was ±1.2 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.

Channel A reported a forecast survey predicting that Lee Jae-myung would receive 46.6% and Yoon Seok-youl 47.6% of the votes.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.