Gyeonggi Gov. Lee cements lead in race for DPK presidential nomination
Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung / Yonhap
Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung clinched another sweeping victory Saturday in the penultimate round of the presidential primaries of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), all but formally ensuring his nomination.
After Saturday's primary in his home turf of Gyeonggi Province, support for Lee rose to 55.2 percent of all votes cast since the race began early last month, while that for his rival Lee Nak-yon stood at 33.9 percent.
The month-long primary is scheduled to wind up in Seoul, Sunday, with the Gyeonggi governor widely projected to win the party nomination for president.
The results again showed that the DPK's primaries are being little affected by a snowballing corruption scandal involving a residential area development plan in Seongnam in 2015 when Lee was mayor of the city.
The presidential election is scheduled for March 9, 2022. (Yonhap)