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election for superintendent was tense.

It seems that 9 progressive superintendents and 7 conservative superintendents will be elected. Compared to the election four years ago, the number of progressive superintendents has decreased significantly.



Reporter Jung Gu-hee reports.



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Among 17 cities and provinces across the country, the liberal education superintendent is most likely to win the election in nine, conservative seven, and centrist one.



In the last election in 2018, progressive education superintendents were elected from 14 places, but this time, the number has been reduced to nine including Seoul, Incheon, Gwangju, Jeonbuk, Jeonnam, Gyeongnam, Ulsan, Chungnam, and Sejong.



Four years ago, there were only two districts that were elected as the conservative superintendent of education, Daegu and Gyeongbuk, but the number has increased to seven.



Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungbuk, Jeju, and Busan, where the progressive superintendent was elected in the last election, this time sided with the conservative superintendent.



Among them, a conservative candidate was elected for the first time in Gyeonggi Province.



Candidate Tae-hee Lim secured the election ahead of progressive candidate Seong Ki-seon by more than 9 percentage points.



In Jeju Island, where candidates Kim Kwang-soo and Lee Seok-moon rematched, the result was reversed.



In the last election, the winner was the progressive candidate Lee Seok-moon, but this time the conservative candidate Kim Kwang-soo won.



Candidate Dong-ho Seol, the only midway candidate among the elected candidates, took charge of education in Daejeon



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This is the first time that a three-term superintendent has been born in Seoul since the direct system of superintendents was implemented.



Conservative voters seem to have dispersed as conservative candidates Jo Jeon-hyeok, Park Seon-young, and Cho Young-dal failed to unify at the last minute.



Progressive superintendents, including Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon, are implementing a policy to abolish autonomous private high schools, which is predicted to lead to conflict with the Yoon Seok-yeol government, which aims to diversify high schools.