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Ex-ruling party chief Hong selected as candidate for South Gyeongsang Province governor

Nov. 4, 2012 - 21:38 By 송상호


(Yonhap) -- The ruling Saenuri Party selected former party chief Hong Joon-pyo as its candidate for governor of South Gyeongsang Province in a primary election on Sunday, officials said.

   Hong, who served as party chief last year, clinched the nomination, as he won 3,024 votes in a primary held at an indoor stadium in Changwon, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, Rep. Suh Byung-soo announced.

   Changwon Mayor Park Wan-soo came in second with 2,788 votes.

   The governor post has been vacant after Kim Doo-gwan left in July to run for president. Kim of the main opposition Democratic United Party, however, failed to win the party's presidential nomination.

   The by-election will be held on the same day as the Dec. 19 presidential vote.