Lee Jae-myung wins second DP regional primary with 90% of vote

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Published: 20 Apr. 2025, 17:35 Updated: 20 Apr. 2025, 20:25

YOON SO-YEON
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Lee Jae-myung, the front-runner in the Democratic Party primary, gives a speech to his supporters during a regional primary on April 20 in Ulsan. [NEWS1]

Lee Jae-myung scored a crushing victory in the Democratic Party's (DP) second regional primary with 90.81 percent of the vote in the Gyeongsang region.

Former South Gyeongsang Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo came in second with 5.93 percent, followed by Gyeonggi Gov. Kim Dong-yeon, who won 3.26 percent.

Added with the votes from the earlier Chungcheong regional primary, Lee has won 89.56 percent of the DP's votes, followed by Kim Dong-yeon with 5.27 percent and Kim Kyoung-soo with 5.17 percent.

The Jeolla regional primary is set to take place on April 26, followed by greater Seoul, Gangwon and Jeju on April 27. The final results of the primary will also be announced on April 27.

BY YOON SO-YEON [[email protected]]