Incumbent Ulsan Mayor Song Cheol-ho Surpassed by Kim Doo-gyeom... Major Broadcasters' Exit Polls (Update)

On the morning of the first day of early voting for the 8th nationwide local elections on the 27th, Song Cheol-ho, the Democratic Party candidate for Ulsan mayor (left), and Kim Du-gyeom, the People Power Party candidate, are casting their votes at polling stations set up at the Ujeong-dong Administrative Welfare Center and the Nammok 3-dong Administrative Welfare Center, respectively. 2022.5.27 [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] In the exit polls conducted by the three major terrestrial broadcasters for the 8th nationwide simultaneous local elections held on the 1st, Kim Du-gyeom, the People Power Party candidate for Ulsan mayor, was shown to be ahead of Song Cheol-ho, the Democratic Party candidate, by a margin of 20 percentage points.

According to the exit polls announced that day, Kim received 60.8%, while Song received 39.2%.

Despite being the incumbent mayor of Ulsan, Song appears to have been hindered by the fact that he is currently on trial for violating the Public Official Election Act during the 2018 local elections.

Kim is a former head of Nam-gu District Office in Ulsan.

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