In the internal election, the party received 92.43% of the votes as a result of online voting by party members. Candidate Kim Du-kwan received 6.27% and candidate Kim Ji-soo received 1.30%.
Candidate Lee maintained a vote share of 80-90% in the 17th regional primary elections, which began on the 20th of last month in Jeju and ended in Seoul on the same day, virtually securing his victory.
In an online poll of overseas Korean Rights Party members that was also made public that day, Lee received 99.18% of the votes, while Kim Du-kwan received 0.82%. Kim Ji-soo received 0% of the votes.
Meanwhile, the results of the Seoul primary election for the Supreme Committee, which selects five of the eight candidates, were as follows: Kim Min-Seok received 20.88% of the votes, Jung Hyun-Hee 17.40%, and Kim Byung-Won 17.36%.
Candidate Kim Byung-ju received 15.34%, followed by candidate Han Jun-ho with 14.25%, candidate Lee Eon-ju with 10.90%, candidate Jeong Bong-ju with 8.61%, and candidate Min Hee-ju with 10.74%.
Candidate Min Hyung-bae received 7.48% and candidate Kang Sun-woo received 5.13%. Candidate Chung Bong-ju, who was leading the early race, recently made derogatory remarks about the party's candidate Lee Jae-myung.
On the 18th, the Democratic Party of Korea held a party convention at the KSPO Dome in Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul, and announced that it would hold a special election to decide whether to accept the Democratic Party of Korea or not.
The next leadership will be finally selected based on the results of 56% of the Right Party members, 14% of the delegates, and 30% of the general public opinion polls.
The results of the system vote, delegate vote and general opinion poll will be made public at the same time at the party conference.
2024/08/17 20:52 KST
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