Jeongseon Lee (left in photo), Hyeja Park (right in photo), candidates for Superintendent of Education of Gwangju Metropolitan City.

Jeongseon Lee (left in photo), Hyeja Park (right in photo), candidates for Superintendent of Education of Gwangju Metropolitan City.

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[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] In the 8th nationwide simultaneous local elections for the Gwangju Metropolitan City Superintendent of Education, candidate Lee Jeong-seon is leading.


According to the exit poll announced at 7:30 PM on the voting day, the 1st of the month, by the three terrestrial broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS), candidate Lee Jeong-seon was predicted to be in first place with 35.9%.


Candidate Park Hye-ja was predicted to be in second place with 22.8%. The gap between the two candidates is 13.1 percentage points.



In this local election, five candidates ran for Gwangju City Superintendent of Education: Kang Dong-wan, Park Hye-ja, Lee Jeong-jae, Lee Jeong-seon, and Jeong Seong-hong.


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