After Exit Poll Reversal, 'Kim Eun-hye and Ahn Cheol-soo' Confirmed Elected... Ruling Party Sweeps Bundang

Kim Eun-hye, People Power Party candidate [Image source=Yonhap News]

The election of Kim Eun-hye, the People Power Party candidate, in the National Assembly election for Seongnam Bundang, Gyeonggi Province, which was called a 'proxy war' between President Yoon Suk-yeol and Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, has been confirmed.

According to the Central Election Commission on the 11th, as of 2:18 a.m., with 87.79% of the votes counted in the Seongnam Bundang district, Kim secured 52.52% (62,720 votes), confirming her victory.

The second-place candidate, Kim Byung-wook of the Democratic Party of Korea, recorded 47.47% (56,688 votes).

Earlier, exit polls released at 6 p.m. by the three broadcasters KBS, MBC, and SBS showed Kim Byung-wook at 51.7% and Kim Eun-hye at 48.3%, but during the counting process, the lead changed hands multiple times before Kim Eun-hye's victory was finally confirmed.

Kim is classified as pro-Lee Jae-myung (친명), and since she previously served as the presidential office's chief public relations secretary, the Bundang district was referred to as a proxy battleground between Lee and President Yoon.

On the first day of early voting for the April 10 general election, on the 5th, Ahn Cheol-soo, the People Power Party candidate running in Seongnam Bundang-gu Gap, is casting his vote at the early voting station set up at Yatap 2-dong Administrative Welfare Center in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province.
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With Kim's victory confirmed, the ruling party is expected to sweep the Seongnam Bundang area.

In Seongnam Bundang-gap district, with 88.89% of votes counted, Ahn Cheol-soo of the People Power Party secured 54% (78,673 votes), defeating Lee Kwang-jae of the Democratic Party (45.99%, 67,009 votes), effectively confirming his election.

Exit polls had shown Ahn Cheol-soo trailing Lee Kwang-jae with 47.2% to 52.8%.