Both Democratic Party ``Final turnout of Seoul Gangseo District by-election is expected to be around 45%''... Emphasis on government judgment = South Korea

The by-election for the mayor of Gangseo District in Seoul, which is just three days away, has recorded the highest pre-vote turnout in history, and the Democratic Party (opposition) has set out to gather public opinion, calling it an opportunity to judge the government.
. The Democratic Party of Japan interpreted the fact that the advance voting rate for this by-election, which ended the day before, was the highest (22.64%) in all local elections and re-elections (22.64%), as a signal for public opinion to judge the administration.
On the afternoon of the 8th, Hong Ik-pyo, the House of Representatives representative of the Democratic Party of Japan, appeared on MBN in a broadcast interview and said about the pre-election turnout, ``It's not just a ward mayor election, it's connected to the government judgment theory.''
I think this is the reason for the high election turnout." Furthermore, ``Generally, the average by-election turnout is in the mid-to-high 30% range, but in this election it exceeded 40%.''
"We had predicted that the final turnout would be over 45%, and based on current trends, it looks like the final turnout will be higher than originally expected."
Spokesperson Park SungJun also told reporters this afternoon, ``In advance,
High voter turnout means that people are highly interested. "This election has the meaning of judging the Yoon Seo-gyul (Yun Seok-yeoul) government, and it is a by-election in which all the people are interested."
On this day, candidate Jin Gyo-hoon departed from Tungchon intersection and campaigned around Hwagok-dong.
Candidate Jin, who aspires to be ``Chief of Minsheng-gu,'' announced the ``Gayang Transformation Plan,'' which aims to solve the problem of dilapidated housing complexes and transform Gayang-dong into a prestigious residential complex.
Candidate Chen said in a press release, ``We will transform the dilapidated housing complex along the Hangang River into a prestigious residential complex that embraces the Han River.We will ease altitude restrictions, designate the dilapidated city as a planned city, and transform the dilapidated housing complex into a prestigious housing complex that embraces the Han River.''
We will gradually and systematically reorganize it." Candidate Chen will be on a 48-hour ``True Heart Campaign'' from midnight on the 9th to midnight on the 10th, the last two days of the election campaign, throughout Gangseo District.
On the evening of the 9th, representative Hongwon will be at the campaign site to provide support. After completing his fast, Lee Jae-myung (Lee Jae-myung) is currently admitted to Noksaek (green) hospital for recovery treatment.
There is talk that there is a possibility that Abe (Jaimei) may also appear in the support campaign in the final stage. Representative Lee had planned to participate in an intensive campaign in Gangseo-gu the day before, but due to medical staff restraining him, his scheduled schedule had to be postponed.
Canceled 2 hours ago. Additionally, the Democratic Party continued its offensive against People's Power (ruling party) candidate Kim Tae Woo by announcing that he had received a final judgment on charges of leaking secrets in the course of official duties.
. In a written briefing, Democratic Party spokesperson Kang Sun-woo and Kang Seon-woo commented, ``Candidate Kim's camp commented on the by-election as ``an election to judge the Supreme Court's decision to retaliate against public interest informants.''
Even if he is labeled as an informant, as the court has ruled, it cannot be deceived that his previous employment was a corrupt public official."