Democratic Party Honam Region Member Vote: Kim Minseok Achieves Landslide Win with 57.54%, Secures Majority in Total Count

Kim Minseok secured a landslide victory in the Jeonnam-Gwangju and Jeonbuk regional primaries for electing the new leadership of the Democratic Party ahead of the August 17 national convention.

On August 15, the Central Election Commission of the Democratic Party held a joint debate in Jeonnam-Gwangju and Jeonbuk, after which it announced the results of the party member votes in both regions.

Three Democratic Party leadership candidates take the stage at joint debate in Jeonbuk. Yonhap News

Out of 506,204 eligible party member voters in the two regions, 242,089 participated in the vote. This total reflects the combination of online voting that took place on August 11–12 and automated response system (ARS) voting held on August 13–14.

In the Honam region, Kim Minseok received 139,307 votes (57.54%), taking first place. Candidate Jeong Cheongrae received 79,033 votes (32.64%), and Song Younggil received 23,749 votes (9.81%).

In the Supreme Council member primary, which selects the top five out of eight candidates, Park Seonwon took first place with 89,728 votes, followed by Seo Mihwa (81,651 votes), Choi Minhee (71,595 votes), Kim Yong (65,998 votes), and Lee Sungyun (63,173 votes). The remaining candidates, Han Minsoo (54,454 votes), Lim Mi-ae (36,785 votes), and Kim Youngho (20,794 votes), followed in that order.

In terms of cumulative vote percentages, Kim Minseok also secured a majority. So far, Kim leads with a cumulative vote share of 52.21% (235,128 votes), followed by Jeong Cheongrae at 38.14% (171,768 votes), and Song Younggil at 9.65% (43,464 votes).

As a result, the gap between Kim and Jeong has widened to 14.07 percentage points, or 63,360 votes. After the second week of the primary, the difference between the two candidates had been only 1.48 percentage points, or 3,086 votes.

For the Supreme Council cumulative vote percentages, Assemblyman Park Seonwon took the lead with 17.70%, overtaking Assemblywoman Choi Minhee (17.33%). They were followed by Assemblywoman Seo Mihwa, former deputy director of the Democratic Research Institute Kim Yong, and Assemblyman Han Minsoo, with 15.65%, 13.18%, and 12.70% respectively, rounding out the top five.

Meanwhile, the final results—which will combine 70% from delegate and party member votes and 30% from a public opinion poll—will be announced on August 17.

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