Oh Se-hoon Wins Seoul Mayoral Race With 49.22% as Jamsil Ballots Counted

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By Nam Yoon-jung
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Vote counting is underway for the ballot box from the No. 2 polling station in Jamsil 7-dong, which had been delayed due to a ballot shortage, at the Handball Stadium in Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on the 5th. News1 - Seoul Economic Daily Politics News from South Korea
Vote counting is underway for the ballot box from the No. 2 polling station in Jamsil 7-dong, which had been delayed due to a ballot shortage, at the Handball Stadium in Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on the 5th. News1

Oh Se-hoon, the mayor-elect, secured a final 49.22% of the vote in the Seoul mayoral election held in the June 3 local elections, results showed. Jung Won-oh, the Democratic Party candidate, received 48.07%.

According to the National Election Commission, ballot counting in the Seoul mayoral election concluded Thursday afternoon, about 46 hours after counting began. Of 8,319,134 eligible voters, 5,289,383 cast ballots, and Oh won 2,575,819 votes (49.22%).

Jung received 2,515,560 votes, or 48.07%. Oh outpolled Jung by 60,259 votes.

Kwon Young-kook of the Justice Party received 54,315 votes (1.03%), followed by Yoo Ji-hye of the Women's Party with 43,967 votes (0.84%) and Kim Jung-chul of the Reform Party with 43,321 votes (0.82%). There were 56,401 invalid ballots.

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Original reporting by Nam Yoon-jung 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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