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S. Korea's opposition party leads parliamentary elections with 62.5 pct votes counted

Seoul, April 10 (UNI) South Korea's main liberal opposition Democratic Party led parliamentary elections, with 62.5 percent of votes counted.

The Democratic Party took the lead in 155 constituencies at about 11:30 p.m. local time (1530 GMT) on Wednesday, while ruling conservative People Power Party went ahead in 95 electoral districts, according to intermediate results released by the National Election Commission. Local media outlets continued to broadcast the results.
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