Democratic Party Leadership Race in Gangwon... Lee Jae-myung 90% · Kim Doo-kwan 8% (Update)

In the Gangwon regional primary held on the 21st to elect the next leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, candidate Lee Jae-myung secured first place with over 90% of the votes.

Candidate Lee received 90.02% of the votes from party members in the Gangwon regional primary held at the Hongcheon Sports Complex in Hongcheon County, Gangwon.

Candidate Kim Doo-kwan followed with 8.90%, and candidate Kim Ji-soo with 1.08%.

Candidate Lee Jae-myung delivering a policy speech
(Hongcheon=Yonhap News) Photo by Park Young-seo = On the morning of the second day of the regional primary election tour to elect the new leadership of the Democratic Party of Korea, candidate Lee Jae-myung is delivering a policy speech at the joint speech meeting held at Hongcheon Sports Complex in Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon Province. 2024.7.21
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Having recorded a cumulative vote share of 90.75% in the Jeju and Incheon primaries the previous day, candidate Lee continued his dominant trend with a landslide victory in Gangwon as well.

The results of the Supreme Council member primary were tallied as follows: Jeong Bong-ju (20.33%), Kim Byung-joo (18.14%), Jeon Hyun-hee (14.88%), Kim Min-seok (12.48%), Lee Eon-ju (12.14%), Han Jun-ho (10.30%), Kang Seon-woo (6.40%), and Min Hyung-bae (5.34%).