Candidate registration for June 3 local elections to begin this week

“Candidate registration for the upcoming local elections and parliamentary by-elections will open this week, the election watchdog said Tuesday, about three weeks before the polls widely seen as a gauge of the public's view on President Lee Jae Myung's first year in office. The National Election Commission (NEC) will receive candidacy registrations on Thursday and Friday. Official campaigning will kick off May 21 and last 13 days until the eve of the June 3 elections, with only limited forms of electioneering permitted before the official campaign period begins. Up for grabs in the local elections are mayor and governor seats in 16 metropolitan cities and provinces, along with superintendents of education and chiefs of smaller administrative units. Key contests include the mayoral races in Seoul and the traditional conservative strongholds of Daegu and Busan. The race for Seoul mayor will be mainly between incumbent Mayor Oh Se-hoon of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) and candidate Chong Won-o of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), while in Busan, Park Heong-joon, the

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