Expansion of 'Hwakdaemyeong' in Gyeonggi and Seoul.. Lee's cumulative vote rate 78.22% landslide victory, Jeong Cheong-rae ranks 1st for Supreme Council member (Update)

Lee Jae-myung, Landslide Victory in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province... Cumulative Vote Share 78.22%

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[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] Lee Jae-myung, the candidate for the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, took a step closer to party leadership by winning a landslide victory in the Seoul and Gyeonggi primaries.

On the 27th, Do Jong-hwan, chairman of the Democratic Party Central Election Commission, announced the combined results of the nationwide and overseas Korean party members' votes at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, revealing that candidate Lee Jae-myung secured 78.22% of the votes, ranking first, while candidate Park Yong-jin came in second with 21.78%.

Candidate Lee recorded 80.21% of the votes from party members in Gyeonggi, his political stronghold, and received 75.61% in Seoul, continuing the trend of "Hwaktamyeong" (Definitely Lee Jae-myung as leader).

In the Supreme Council member primary, candidate Jeong Cheong-rae ranked first with 27.65%, followed by candidate Ko Min-jung with 22.02%. Next were candidate Park Chan-dae (13.10%), candidate Jang Kyung-tae (12.39%), and candidate Seo Young-kyo (11.57%). Before the Gyeonggi and Seoul party members' votes, candidate Song Gap-seok, who unified with candidate Yoon Young-chan, ranked seventh with 9.08%, and candidate Go Young-in was eighth with 4.18%.

In this Democratic Party leadership and Supreme Council member primary, delegate votes account for 30%, party members' votes 40%, the first and second national opinion polls 25%, and general party members' opinion polls 5%. In the first national opinion poll announced on the 14th, candidate Lee received 82.45%, and candidate Park received 17.55%.

Candidate Park Chan-dae, who was ranked fifth in the cumulative vote percentage before the combined Gyeonggi, Seoul, and overseas Korean party members' votes, jumped to third place, while candidate Seo Young-kyo dropped to fifth. In Gyeonggi, candidate Park received 18.42%, placing third ahead of candidate Ko Min-jung (17.39%), indicating the effect of enthusiastic party members concentrating their votes on the "pro-Lee Jae-myung faction" candidates.

On the 28th, the party convention will be held at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Songpa-gu, Seoul, where delegate voting will take place. The results of the second national opinion poll and the general party members' opinion poll will also be announced.

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