At around 10 p.m. on the 3rd, as Lee Cheol-woo of the People Power Party is projected to win the North Gyeongsang governor race, supporters at the campaign headquarters present bouquets and cheer./Courtesy of News1

Lee Cheol-woo of the People Power Party is seen as the likely winner in the North Gyeongsang governor race in the 9th nationwide local elections.

According to the National Election Commission on the 3rd, as of 10 p.m. on the 3rd with 18.41% of votes counted, Lee's vote share was 64.52%, putting him in first place.

Oh Jung-gi of the Democratic Party of Korea posted 35.47%, trailing Lee by a wide margin. The gap between the two candidates is 29.05 percentage points (p).

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