▲ Democratic Party Rep. Lee Jae-myung raises his hands during a joint speech session for party leadership voting held in the city of Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on Aug. 27, 2022. (Yonhap)

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Ex-presidential candidate Lee wins Seoul, Gyeonggi Province in DP leadership race

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Lee Jae-myung, former presidential candidate of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), won Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province in the latest rounds of voting for the new party leadership Saturday.

Whether he will finally take the helm of the party will be decided at the national convention set to be held Sunday.

During Saturday's polls, Lee secured 75.61 percent of the vote carried out in Seoul and 80.21 percent of the vote in Gyeonggi Province, according to the party.

The latest results brought Lee's accumulated total to 78.22 percent of all votes cast, followed by Rep. Park Yong-jin with 21.78 percent.

The tally was from voting by DP members who pay party dues.

During Sunday's convention, the votes of party members and the results of opinion surveys will be combined to determine the next leader.

Lee, who lost to Yoon Suk-yeol in the presidential election in March, bounced back to win a parliamentary seat in Incheon in June's local elections.

The DP chair position has been vacant since March after the previous leadership resigned en masse following its loss in the presidential election.

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