Lee Jae-myung to win South Korean presidential election with 51.7% of votes, exit polls show

Odaily News Voting for the 21st presidential election in South Korea has officially ended, and exit polls have been released one after another. After the voting ended, the exit polls released by the three major mainstream TV stations, Korean Broadcasting Corporation (KBS), Korean Cultural Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), and Seoul Broadcasting Corporation (SBS), showed that Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, will win the election with an overwhelming advantage that exceeds the margin of error. According to the exit polls of the Korean Cultural Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, won 51.7% of the votes, Kim Moon-soo, the candidate of the People's Power Party, won 39.3% of the votes, and Lee Jun-seok, the candidate of the Reform Party, won 7.7% of the votes. (Kim Shi)