[Breaking] Cho Kuk leads tight three-way race in Pyeongtaek by-election: exit poll

Cho Kuk, chair of the Rebuilding Korea Party, was projected to narrowly win a National Assembly seat in Pyeongtaek B, edging out rivals from both major parties in a three-way race, a joint exit poll showed Wednesday shortly after polling stations closed at 6 p.m. The poll showed Cho with 31.1 percent support, followed by main opposition People Power Party candidate Yoo Eui-dong at 30.6 percent and ruling Democratic Party of Korea candidate Kim Yong-nam at 30.3 percent.

The exit poll covered 595