"181-Vote Margin" Will Recount Change Ansan Mayor Election Outcome? ... Results Expected Around 6 PM on the 14th

[Asia Economy (Ansan) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The ballot box for the Ansan mayoral election in Gyeonggi Province, which was decided by a margin of 181 votes in the nationwide local elections held on June 1, will be reopened.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Election Commission began the recount of Ansan mayoral ballots at 10 a.m. on the 14th at the Suwon Veterans Rehabilitation Sports Center. The verification results are expected to be announced around 6 p.m. that day.

This recount was requested by Je Jong-gil, the Democratic Party candidate who lost by 181 votes.

In the Ansan area election held on the 1st of last month, among a total of 260,586 votes cast, Lee Min-geun of the People Power Party received 119,776 votes, narrowly defeating Je Jong-gil, who received 119,595 votes, by a margin of 181 votes to win the mayoral seat.

Je's camp claimed, "During the initial counting, the vote counting machine showed that our candidate was winning, but after manually recounting the provisional invalid votes, the result reversed with Lee leading by 181 votes," and filed for a recount.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Election Commission accepted the recount request, judging that the conditions were met according to Article 219 of the Public Official Election Act concerning election complaints.

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