Cho Sang-ho, the Democratic Party candidate, is leading the Sejong mayoral race in the June 3 local elections, according to exit poll results released Tuesday.
Cho was projected to win 62.9% of the vote, according to exit poll results from the three terrestrial broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS) released at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, when polls closed. Choi Min-ho, the People Power Party candidate, was projected to receive 32.9%.
Original reporting by Roh Hae-cheol for Seoul Economic Daily.
AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.
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