[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] As of 7 minutes past 8 a.m., the vote counting rate for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election was recorded at 46.01%.
According to the Central Election Commission's election statistics system, at this time, Oh Se-hoon, the candidate from the People Power Party, received 56.24% of the votes, while Park Young-sun, the candidate from the Democratic Party of Korea, received 40.68%.
Out of 2,256,187 votes counted, candidate Oh received 1,260,614 votes, and candidate Park received 911,814 votes.
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