Exit poll shows liberal candidate Lee forecast to win South Korean presidential election World Jun 3, 2025 10:52 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung is forecast to win South Korea’s snap presidential election, a joint exit poll on Tuesday showed, two months after his archrival and then conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over his short-lived imposition of martial law.

The exit poll by South Korea’s three major TV stations -– KBS, MBC and SBS -– showed Lee projected to obtain 51.7% of the total votes cast, beating main conservative candidate Kim Moon Soo on 39.3%.

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Pre-election surveys also suggested Lee, the Democratic Party candidate, appeared headed for an easy wi

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