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South Korean opposition chief Lee Jae-myung is about to win the nation’s presidential election, in accordance with an exit ballot launched after the shut of voting on Tuesday night.
The exit ballot by three main South Korean broadcasters put Lee, candidate of the leftwing Democratic social gathering, in first place with 51.7 per cent of the vote, properly forward of rival Kim Moon-soo, of the conservative Individuals Energy social gathering, on 39.3 per cent within the first-past-the-post election.
The exit ballot solely contains residents who voted on polling day, with greater than a 3rd of the voters having beforehand voted.
Tuesday’s election adopted six months of political turmoil triggered by then-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s try to impose martial regulation in December final yr. The ensuing disaster led to Yoon’s impeachment by the opposition-controlled nationwide meeting and his removing in April by South Korea’s constitutional court docket.
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