Oh pulls ahead in vote count for Seoul mayor race

“Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon edged in front of his rival Chong Won-o in the vote count for the Seoul mayoral election shortly after 7 a.m. on Thursday morning, having been behind for all of the previous night. Oh of the main opposition People Power Party was ahead of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea’s Chong, 48.88 percent to 48.4 percent, with 97.43 percent of the votes counted as of 9:11 a.m. Polls released after voting closed had projected Chong to win by a margin of between 5.4 and 10.6 percent

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