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DPK's Lee Jae-myung leads PPP's Kim Moon-soo 46.6% to 37.6%: poll

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The presidential candidates of South Korea's major political parties are seen in these combined file photos taken May 16. From left to right are Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea, Kim Moon-soo of the conservative People Power Party and Lee Jun-seok of the minor conservative Reform Party, making stump speeches in the southwestern city of Iksan; Suwon, near Seoul; and the central city of Cheonan, respectively, ahead of the June 3 presidential election. Yonhap

The presidential candidates of South Korea's major political parties are seen in these combined file photos taken May 16. From left to right are Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea, Kim Moon-soo of the conservative People Power Party and Lee Jun-seok of the minor conservative Reform Party, making stump speeches in the southwestern city of Iksan; Suwon, near Seoul; and the central city of Cheonan, respectively, ahead of the June 3 presidential election. Yonhap

Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung maintained a big lead among contenders for the June 3 election, a survey showed Saturday.

In a Realmeter survey conducted on 1,009 adults from Thursday to Friday, Lee led the poll with 46.6 percent, down 1.5 percentage points from the previous poll.

Support for his People Power Party (PPP) rival Kim Moon-soo also dropped 1 percentage point to 37.6 percent, while Lee Jun-seok of the minor New Reform Party came in third with 10.4 percent, up 1 percentage point.

In a hypothetical two-way contest, the DPK's Lee garnered 51.1 percent, trailed by Kim with 43.9 percent. In a similar scenario against Lee Jun-seok, Lee Jae-myung led with 48.9 percent versus 37 percent for the Reform Party candidate.

The margin of error was 3.1 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.