Overview

• Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party leads the polls with 46.6% support, followed by Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party at 37.6%, and Lee Jun-seok of the New Reform Party at 10.4%.
• Efforts to unify the conservative bloc have stalled, with Lee Jun-seok rejecting calls to merge his candidacy with Kim Moon-soo's before early voting begins on May 30.
• Ballots for the June 3 election have been finalized with both conservative candidates listed, complicating any last-minute unification efforts.
• Kim Moon-soo continues to campaign on pledges of party reform, including preventing presidential interference in party affairs, while seeking to consolidate conservative support.
• The election follows the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, with voters deeply divided over issues like democratic governance, economic recovery, and foreign policy.