The Democratic Party of Korea said the final primary for the Jeonnam-Gwangju integrated special mayor candidate will go to a runoff between preliminary candidates Kim Yung-rok and Min Hyung-bae (in alphabetical order).
The party's Central Election Management Committee said on the 5th that, as a result of the main primary held from the 3rd to the 5th using a method of "50% dues-paying party members, 50% public opinion poll," preliminary candidates Kim Yung-rok and Min Hyung-bae were named as the runoff candidates.
A runoff vote means a method in which, when no one wins a majority, a vote is held between the top two vote-getters. The primary for the Jeonnam-Gwangju integrated special mayor candidate was a three-way race among preliminary candidates Kim Yung-rok, Min Hyung-bae, and Shin Jung-hoon.
The runoff is scheduled to be held from the 12th to the 14th. Under party rules, each candidate's ranking and vote share were not disclosed.