The Democratic Party of Korea won 89.77% of the votes in the metropolitan area primary elections held at Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province that afternoon.
The final primary election results, which combined the results of the public opinion polls and the 50% results, were announced. Candidate Lee Jae-myung came in first with 89.77%, followed by candidate Kim Dong-yeon with 6.87%, and candidate Kim Kyung-soo with 3.
Candidate Lee Jae-myung won an overwhelming victory, receiving 90.32% of the votes from Party members, delegates, and overseas citizens, and 89.21% of the votes from the national opinion poll (National Electoral College).
In the vote by Right Party members and delegates in the capital, Gangwon and Jeju areas, candidate Lee Jae-myung received 91.54% of the votes, the highest percentage of votes in the regional primary elections.
Candidate Kim Dong-yeon, who is currently the governor of Gyeonggi Province, received 5.46% of the votes, while candidate Kim Kyung-soo received 3.01%.
The final turnout rate for Party members, delegates, and overseas citizens, including votes in the metropolitan area, was 60.
The turnout rate was 47%. Perhaps because the victory of Lee Jae-myung was already considered certain, the turnout rate was lower than in the Democratic Party of Korea's presidential primary election (67.3%).
At the joint speech, Lee Jae-myung emphasized that the capital region is his political hometown.
He also promised a "peace economy." Candidate Lee Jae-myung said, "Gyeonggi Province, where Lee Jae-myung grew up as a politician, and Gangwon Province, which made special sacrifices for national security, have long suffered from war threats and border restrictions."
"Now we must make this the center of the inter-Korean peace economy," he said. "We will provide special compensation to the people of northern Gyeonggi and Gangwon Province who have endured special sacrifices in accordance with their sacrifices."
He also said, "The intensification of the confrontation between the North and the South due to the confrontation of the strong against the strong will only exacerbate the Korea Discount," and "If we create a peaceful Korean Peninsula where the threat of war has disappeared, the stock price index will definitely reach 5,000.
"It's not a dream," he said. Candidate Lee Jae-myung expressed his gratitude to the region, which has a history of democracy, and vowed to build a new democracy. Candidate Lee Jae-myung said, "The illegal martial law of December 3
"The statute of limitations should be abolished so that criminals who commit crimes of state violence can be punished at any time as long as they are alive, and their descendants should be held responsible within the limits of their inheritances.
"The Republic of Korea and the democracy of this land must be honoured by the victims of the Jeju April 3 Incident, the heroes of the May 18 Incident in Gwangju, and today.
"We owe a great debt to the people of Japan," he said, expressing his gratitude.
2025/04/27 18:52 KST
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