Democratic Party candidate Wi Seong-gon held a commanding lead in the Jeju gubernatorial race in the June 3 local elections, according to exit polls released Tuesday.
The exit poll conducted by the three major terrestrial broadcasters — KBS, MBC and SBS — and released at 6 p.m., when voting closed, projected Wi to win 62.2% of the vote. Moon Sung-yu of the People Power Party was forecast to receive 34.9%.
Original reporting by Won Tae-seong 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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