South Korea's Ruling Party Secures Landslide Victory in Local Elections
South Korea's ruling party achieved a significant victory in the local and by-elections, with exit polls indicating a near-nationwide sweep and wins in major mayoral contests like Seoul and Busan. This outcome is expected to bolster the Lee administration.
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South Korea’s ruling party set for local election gains, exit poll shows
South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party is projected to make sweeping gains in local elections on Wednesday, an exit poll showed, but a close race in the key city of Busan left it unclear whether President Lee Jae-myung’s party could claim a landslide victory. Voting had largely closed in the first nationwide ballot since Lee’s snap presidential election victory last year. Voters were choosing mayors and governors in 16 cities and provinces in a contest widely seen as an assessment of Lee’s fi...
By Reuters
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South Korean voters handed the ruling Democratic Party of Korea a decisive victory in the local elections, but kept Seoul and much of the conservative southeast out of its reach, tempering the triumph while giving the battered People Power Party a political lifeline. The Democratic Party won 12 of the country’s 16 mayoral and gubernatorial races, while the main opposition People Power Party secured four — Seoul, Daegu and North and South Gyeongsang provinces, the latter three in its traditional
By The Korea Herald
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