Lee Jae-myung of South Korea's majority liberal Democratic Party waves to the public during the presidential election campaign in Seoul, South Korea, June 2, 2025. /VCG
Lee Jae-myung of South Korea's majority liberal Democratic Party took a commanding lead in exit polls from Tuesday's snap presidential election.
According to a joint exit poll conducted by three terrestrial broadcasters, Lee secured 51.7 percent of the vote, ahead of Kim Moon-soo of the conservative People Power Party, who garnered 39.3 percent.
Lee Jun-seok of the minor conservative New Reform Party received 7.7 percent support.
Separate projections by local broadcasters JTBC, Channel A and MBN also showed Lee leading Kim by roughly 10 percentage points.
Source: CGTN
