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| Former presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea, left, and Yoon Hyung-sun of the ruling People Power Party / Yonhap |
Former presidential candidates Lee Jae-myung and Ahn Cheol-soo are leading their rivals in the upcoming National Assembly by-elections, polls showed Wednesday.
Lee of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) was ahead of Yoon Hyung-sun of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) 50.8 percent to 40.9 percent in the race for an Assembly seat in the Gyeyang-B district in Incheon, west of Seoul, according to a Realmeter survey of 806 adults conducted Monday and Tuesday.
The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.
Lee, who lost to President Yoon Suk-yeol by only 0.73 of a percentage point in the March 9 election, is looking for his first term at the National Assembly.
In another Realmeter survey, Ahn of the PPP led Kim Byoung-gwan of the DPK with support of 60.8 percent against Kim's 32.1 percent in the race for the seat representing the Bundang-A district of Seongnam, just south of Seoul.
Ahn, who withdrew from the presidential race to endorse Yoon, is seeking his first Assembly membership since 2017. After the presidential election, Ahn's People's Party merged with Yoon's PPP.
By-elections will take place in seven constituencies concurrently with the local elections, June 1. (Yonhap)
