Heo Tae-jung, the Democratic Party candidate, is leading the Daejeon mayoral race in the June 3 local elections, according to exit poll results released Tuesday.
Heo is projected to win 55.9% of the vote, according to the joint exit poll conducted by the three major broadcasters — KBS, MBC and SBS — released at 6 p.m. when polling stations closed. Lee Jang-woo, the People Power Party candidate, is forecast to receive 42.9%.
Original reporting by Roh Hae-chul 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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