▲ Kim Min-seok, former Prime Minister and candidate for the Democratic Party of Korea's party leader, greets the crowd from the podium during the 3rd regular national convention of the Democratic Party of Korea held at the Daejeon Convention Center on the 17th.
Representative Kim Min-seok of the Democratic Party of Korea has been elected as the second ruling party leader of the Lee Jae-myung administration.
During the party convention held at the Daejeon Convention Center today (the 17th), the newly elected leader Kim secured a final vote rate of 54.08%, defeating candidate Chung Cheong-rae (45.92%) to claim victory.
Kim captured the party leadership following a runoff vote utilizing a preferential voting system, after failing to secure a majority in the first round of voting.
The preferential voting system requires voters to specify their 1st to 3rd choice candidates in order of preference. If no candidate wins a majority, the votes for the second-choice candidates of voters whose first choice was the lowest-ranked candidate are added up to determine the winner.
This party leader election determined the rankings by combining 70% of votes from delegates and registered party members with 30% of public opinion polls.
In the Supreme Council election, the winners in order of ranking were Representatives Choi Min-hee (two-term), Park Sun-won (first-term), Seo Mi-hwa (first-term), Lee Seong-yoon (first-term), and Han Min-su (first-term).
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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