Joint exit poll shows liberal candidate Lee forecast to win S Korean presidential poll

LIBERAL candidate Lee Jae-myung is forecast to win South Korea's snap presidential election, a joint exit poll on Tuesday showed, two months after his archrival and then conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over his short-lived imposition of martial law.

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The exit poll by South Korea's three major TV stations - KBS, MBC and SBS — showed Lee projected to obtain 51.7% of the total votes cast, beating conservative candidate Kim Moon Soo on 39.3%.

Pre-election surveys also suggested Lee appeared headed for an easy win, riding on deep public frustration over the conservatives in the wake of Yoon's martial law debacle. Kim has struggled to win over moderate, swing voters as his People Power Party remains in a quagmire of internal feuding over how to view Yoon’s actions.