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Democratic candidates Park Young-seon and Kim Young-chun, who lost the elections for the mayor of Seoul and Busan, admitted their defeat early in the early counting of the votes.

Both candidates said they would humbly accept the results.



Reporter Jung Kyung-yoon on the report.



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Democratic Mayor Park Young-seon, who said he watched the exit investigation at his home.



I visited the election office right after the counting began last night (7th).



Candidate Park made a fistful greeting with the staff, and supporters encouraged it with applause.



[Thank you.]



Candidate Park initially planned to visit the office when the outlines of the controversy were revealed, but when the exit survey forecast showed a greater gap than expected, he visited early immediately after the counting began, and later, he humbled the citizens' decision to visit the Democratic Party. He admitted defeat, saying he would accept it with one heart.



[Park Young-seon/Democratic Party Mayor of Seoul Candidate: To all the citizens who have listened to Hoecho-ri, I think I should go with all of that.]



Park, who served as the 4th National Assembly Member and Minister of Small and Medium Venture Businesses, was elected by the Mayor of Seoul. It was my first time as a candidate for the Democratic Party, but in the end I was hungry.



Democratic Party candidate Kim Young-chun, who was on the sidelines of the Busan mayor, left immediately after the announcement of the exit investigation and stood in front of the reporters at the beginning of the count.



After being unable to connect for a while, he declared that he would conquer defeat.



[Kim Young-chun/Democratic Party candidate Busan Mayor: I humbly accept the results in front of a big wave of public sentiment.

I and the Democratic Party will never give up on Busan's dream in the future.]



Kim, who served as a third-tier parliamentary and minister of maritime affairs and fisheries, served as the ruling party candidate by shouting as the mayor of Busan, but was completely defeated by the public sentiment of Busan that turned his back on the ruling party. It.