On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, party leaders including Song Young-gil, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Lee Nak-yeon, the general election committee chairman, are watching the exit poll results at the Democratic Party's vote counting situation room set up in the National Assembly Members' Office Building. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, party leaders including Song Young-gil, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Lee Nak-yeon, the general election committee chairman, are watching the exit poll results at the Democratic Party's vote counting situation room set up in the National Assembly Members' Office Building. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

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On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, at the Democratic Party's vote counting situation room set up in the National Assembly Members' Office Building, party officials including Representative Song Young-gil, General Election Committee Chairman Lee Nak-yeon, and Standing Election Committee Chairwoman Choo Mi-ae are celebrating as candidate Lee Jae-myung announced a narrow lead in the exit poll results. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, at the Democratic Party's vote counting situation room set up in the National Assembly Members' Office Building, party officials including Representative Song Young-gil, General Election Committee Chairman Lee Nak-yeon, and Standing Election Committee Chairwoman Choo Mi-ae are celebrating as candidate Lee Jae-myung announced a narrow lead in the exit poll results. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

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On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, at the Democratic Party's vote counting situation room set up in the National Assembly Members' Office Building, party leaders including Representative Song Young-gil and General Election Committee Chairman Lee Nak-yeon cheered as the exit poll results announced that candidate Lee Jae-myung was winning by a narrow margin. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, at the Democratic Party's vote counting situation room set up in the National Assembly Members' Office Building, party leaders including Representative Song Young-gil and General Election Committee Chairman Lee Nak-yeon cheered as the exit poll results announced that candidate Lee Jae-myung was winning by a narrow margin. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

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On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, party officials at the Democratic Party's vote counting situation room set up in the National Assembly Members' Office Building cheered as it was announced that candidate Lee Jae-myung was winning by a narrow margin. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, party officials at the Democratic Party's vote counting situation room set up in the National Assembly Members' Office Building cheered as it was announced that candidate Lee Jae-myung was winning by a narrow margin. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

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On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, Song Young-gil, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is shedding tears as the exit poll results announced in the party's vote counting situation room at the National Assembly Members' Office Building show candidate Lee Jae-myung winning by a narrow margin. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, Song Young-gil, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is shedding tears as the exit poll results announced in the party's vote counting situation room at the National Assembly Members' Office Building show candidate Lee Jae-myung winning by a narrow margin. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Dong-joo] On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, at the Democratic Party's vote counting situation room set up in the National Assembly Members' Office Building, party leaders including Representative Song Young-gil and General Election Committee Chairman Lee Nak-yeon cheered as the exit poll results announced that candidate Lee Jae-myung was narrowly winning.


The Democratic Party leadership, arriving at the situation room with tense expressions, waited anxiously for the results as exit polls predicted that candidate Yoon Seok-youl would be ahead.



According to exit polls from three broadcasting stations, candidate Lee received 47.8%, candidate Yoon 48.4%, but JTBC showed candidate Lee (48.4%) leading candidate Yoon (47.7%) by 0.7 percentage points. Upon seeing this, Representative Song shouted "Wow" in cheer and exclaimed, "We won."


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