Counting Rate 80%... Yoon 48.70% - Lee 47.75% Continues Ultra-Close Race
Vote counting is underway at the counting center set up at Mapo-gu Community Sports Center in Seoul on the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Myunghwan Lee] As the vote counting rate for the 20th presidential election surpassed 80%, a neck-and-neck race continues between Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Yoon Seok-youl, the candidate of the People Power Party.
According to the Central Election Commission's election statistics system, as of 1:49 AM on the 10th, with a counting rate of 80.0%, Candidate Lee and Candidate Yoon have vote shares of 47.75% and 48.70%, respectively. The gap between the two candidates' vote shares is 0.95%.
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Candidate Lee, who held the lead immediately after the counting began, was overtaken by Candidate Yoon around 12:30 AM. Since then, Candidate Yoon has maintained a slight lead, continuing the close contest.
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