Moon Jae-in wins South Korea election by landslide: Exit poll
AFP
Seoul, South KoreaUpdated: May 09, 2017, 11:21 AM IST
Moon Jae-in and his wife Kim Jung-sook speak to the media after voting at a polling station in Seoul on May 9. Photograph:(Reuters)
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Moon, of the Democratic Party, had 41.4% support, according to the joint survey by three TV stations ||Conservative Hong Joon-Pyo was far behind on 23.3%, with centrist Ahn Cheol-Soo third on 21.8
Left-leaning former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-In won South Korea's presidential election by a landslide, an exit poll predicted when polls closed Tuesday.
Moon, of the Democratic Party, had 41.4 per cent support, according to the joint survey by three television stations. Conservative Hong Joon-Pyo was far behind on 23.3 percent, with centrist Ahn Cheol-Soo third on 21.8.
(AFP)
