Woo Sang-ho, the Democratic Party candidate, is leading in the Gangwon gubernatorial race in the June 3 local elections, according to an exit poll released Tuesday.
Woo is projected to win 51.3% of the vote, according to the joint exit poll by the three terrestrial broadcasters KBS, MBC and SBS, which was released at 6 p.m. when polling stations closed. Kim Jin-tae, the People Power Party candidate, was forecast to receive 48.7%.
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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