Park Chantae, the Democratic Party of Korea Incheon mayoral candidate, watches the exit poll results at his campaign office in Michuhol District, Incheon, on the 3rd./Courtesy of Yonhap News

Park Chan-dae of the Democratic Party of Korea is widely expected to win the Incheon mayoral race in the 9th nationwide local elections.

According to the National Election Commission on the 3rd, as of 11:40 p.m., with 23.89% of ballots counted, Park's vote share is 62.71%, placing first.

Yoo Jeong-bok, the People Power Party candidate, recorded 36.26%, trailing far behind the leading candidate. Lee Gi-bung of the Reform Party managed only 1.02%.

The gap between the first- and second-place candidates is 26.45 percentage points (p).

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