In Buk-gap, Busan, where a National Assembly by-election is being held along with the June 3 local elections, the gap between Democratic Party of Korea candidate Ha Jung-woo and independent candidate Han Dong-hoon is narrowing to within 5 percentage points.
According to the National Election Commission, as of 12:38 a.m. on the 4th, the vote shares stood at 45.73% for candidate Ha Jung-woo and 40.98% for candidate Han Dong-hoon. With 59.49% of the ballots counted, the difference between the two candidates is 2,307 votes.
The vote-share gap between candidate Ha Jung-woo and candidate Han Dong-hoon was more than 16 percentage points until late on the 3rd, but it has been narrowing over time. As of 10:40 p.m. on the 3rd, Ha had 54.2% and Han had 38.0%. Then, as of 11:06 p.m. on the 3rd, Ha had 51.4% and Han had 39.1%, respectively. The gap shrank from the 16-percentage-point range to the 12-percentage-point range.
After midnight that day, Ha's vote share fell to 45.73% and Han's rose to 40.98%, narrowing the gap between the two further.