SEOUL - Park Geun-hye of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party is poised to win
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Park Geun-hye gestures during her election campaign rally in Seoul Dec 18, 2012.[Photo/Agencies] |
Park, the 60-year-old daughter of South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee, is sure to beat her liberal rival, Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Democratic United Party, according to broadcasters KBS and SBS.
With a little less than 36.1 percent of the votes counted as of 9:11 pm local time, Park won 52.8 percent of the votes, compared to Moon with 46.9 percent.
Voter turnout was estimated at 75.8 percent, the highest in a decade.