Democratic Party Gwangju Gwangsan-gap Primary Confirmed: 'Lee Yong-bin vs Park Gyun-taek'

Seogu Gap and Eul districts have not been announced yet

Ahead of the 22nd National Assembly election to be held on April 10, the Democratic Party primary in the Gwangsan-gu (Gap) electoral district of Gwangju Metropolitan City will be held as a one-on-one contest.

On the 21st, the Democratic Party Central Committee's Public Office Candidate Recommendation Management Committee announced the results of the fourth round of screening for 18 electoral districts. Among them, the Gwangju Gwangsan-gu (Gap) primary was confirmed to be a contest between incumbent lawmaker Lee Yong-bin and Democratic Party legal special advisor Park Gyun-taek.

Gwangju Gwangsan-gap has long been a one-on-one race with only two preliminary candidates throwing their hats in the ring, leading to an overheated atmosphere during the election campaign. The announcement of the screening results was also delayed, causing various suspicions and speculations.

In various opinion polls conducted earlier, Representative Lee and Special Advisor Park showed a back-and-forth pattern, making it a difficult district for premature predictions.

With the confirmation of Gwangsan-gap, only two districts in Gwangju remain among the eight electoral districts: Seo-gu (Gap) and (Eul). The announcement of screening results for both has been delayed, fueling rumors of strategic nominations and other speculations.

In Jeonnam, no districts have been announced yet. The Democratic Party has stated that it will announce results starting with regions without controversies such as electoral district delimitation, but areas like Damyang, Hampyeong, Yeonggwang, Jangseong, and Goheung, Boseong, Jangheung, Gangjin, which were not mentioned in the delimitation plan, have not been announced either.

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