Jung Chung-rae Wins Southeast Primary in DP Leadership Race After Central Region Loss
L'essentiel
- Former Democratic Party leader Jung Chung-rae won a party-member primary in the country's southeast, bouncing back after a narrow loss to rival Kim Min-seok in the central region.
- The wins mark a competitive start to the party's leadership race, with the national convention scheduled for August 17 to elect a new leader.
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Pourquoi c'est important
The Democratic Party (DP) is holding a leadership race to elect a new leader who will oversee candidate nominations for the April 2028 parliamentary elections.
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- Former Democratic Party (DP) leader Jung Chung-rae won the party-member primary in the country's southeast Sunday, a day after his narrow loss to rival Kim Min-seok in the central region, as the party leadership race gets into full swing.
Jung beat Kim 46.65 percent to 43.85 percent in the primary vote cast by dues-paying party members in Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang Province, according to party officials.
Their rival and third candidate Song Young-gil garnered 9.5 percent.
With Sunday's win, Jung bounced back from his narrow defeat to Kim in the central Chungcheong region from a day earlier, where Kim edged out Jung 45.05 percent to 44.61 percent.
Jung's Saturday loss was seen as a setback as the Chungcheong region is considered his home turf.
The DP's leadership race has primarily been a competition between Jung, who has long aligned with the DP's hard-line wing rather than fully backing President Lee Jae Myung, and Kim, a key political ally of the president.
The DP is set to hold the national convention Aug. 17 to elect its new leader, who will play a key role in overseeing the nomination of candidates for the April 2028 parliamentary elections.
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Questions ouvertes
- Who will be elected as the new leader at the national convention?
- How will the remaining primaries unfold?
