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Opposition leader Li Jamn should win the South Korean presidential election, the outlet poll said after the vote on Tuesday night.
The outgoing survey of three leading South Korean broadcasts OrDemocratic candidate Leving, first of all with 51.7 percent of the vote, significantly ahead of Kim Moon’s competitor, from the party conservative power, by 39.3 percent in the first post-post election.
The output survey generally corresponded to the polls conducted in the late stages of the campaign, but included only citizens who voted on election day. More than a third of the electorate had previously been throwing ballots.
The election on Tuesday followed the six months of political upheaval caused by the president’s attempt by Juno Yeol to make martial law in December last year. As a result, the crisis led to the impeachment of the Juno, which is controlled by the opposition National Assembly and its removal in April According to the Constitutional Court of South Korea.
The South Koreans presented a “fiery opinion against the regime of the uprising,” he said that he was acting as leader of the Democratic Party Park Chan-de, after the poll.
Lee, 61, lost in Yoon at the border less than 1 percent in the previous South Korean presidential election in 2022. It assumes the leadership of the fourth -largest economy in Asia during the slowdown, trading tensions from the US and increased competition from Chinese companies.
A Former factory worker He promised to expand public expenses and invest in advanced South Korea production opportunities. It is expected that he will also try to improve his country’s connection with China and Russia, as well as continues interaction with North Korea.
Voter turnout on Tuesday 77.9 percent was higher than 77.1 percent, recorded in 2022.
Sangsin Lee, a research associate and polls expert at the Korean Institute of National Association (Kinu), said that if a predicted voting is confirmed, it will be the largest, the presidential candidate has since been South KoreaDemocratization in 1987.
“While 51.7 percent can only appear just above the threshold of the majority, in the context of Korean politics, it is a decisive victory,” he said.
Lee, which agitated in 2022 as a left firefighters, but came to the center after the Conservatives left the Declaration of Martial States Yun, it turned out that it made significant success in the southeastern conservative hearts.
“This election can be regarded not only as a personal victory of Lee Jo-Mun, but also as a historical fracture in South Korea’s politics,” Lee said.
