Jeong Jeong-sik, Song Eon-seok, Im I-ja and 13 People Power Party Candidates Confirmed Elected

As of 10:31 PM on the 10th, the voting day of the 22nd general election, 13 candidates from the People Power Party have been confirmed elected.

According to KBS, based on a 46.51% vote count rate, the vote count rate in Gangwon's Donghae-si, Taebaek-si, Samcheok-si, and Jeongseon-gun is 95.39%, with Lee Cheol-gyu, the People Power Party candidate, securing 61.86% and confirming his election.

The vote counting is underway at the counting center set up at Shingwang Girls' High School in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, after the voting for the 22nd National Assembly election ended on the 10th. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

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Among the People Power Party candidates running in their stronghold of Gyeongbuk, some have confirmed their election. Song Eon-seok, People Power Party candidate for Gimcheon-si, Gyeongbuk (66.47%), Kim Hyeong-dong, candidate for Andong-si and Yecheon-gun, Gyeongbuk (69.16%), Lim Jong-deuk, candidate for Yeongju-si, Yeongyang-gun, Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongbuk (75.06%), Lee Man-hee, candidate for Yeongcheon-si and Cheongdo-gun, Gyeongbuk (63.23%), Lim I-ja, candidate for Sangju-si and Mungyeong-si, Gyeongbuk (78.37%), Park Hyeong-su, candidate for Uiseong-gun, Cheongsong-gun, Yeongdeok-gun, and Uljin-gun, Gyeongbuk (83.58%), and Jeong Hee-yong, candidate for Goryeong-gun, Seongju-gun, and Chilgok-gun, Gyeongbuk (76.93%) have all been named among the elected candidates.

In Gyeongnam, results also showed that People Power Party candidates were elected. In Tongyeong-si and Goseong-gun, Gyeongnam, where 99.22% of votes have been counted, Jeong Jeom-sik, People Power Party candidate, received 61.48%, while Kang Seok-ju, Democratic Party candidate, received 38.51%, confirming Jeong's election. Following this, Kim Jong-yang, People Power Party candidate for Uichang-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongnam, received 58.24%, Seo Cheon-ho, candidate for Sacheon-si, Namhae-gun, Hadong-gun, Gyeongnam, received 72.22%, Park Sang-ung, candidate for Miryang-si, Uiryeong-gun, Ham-an-gun, Changnyeong-gun, Gyeongnam, received 66.46%, and Shin Seong-beom, candidate for Sancheong-gun, Hamyang-gun, Geochang-gun, Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam, received 72.22%, all securing their election.

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