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S.Korean presidential TV date widens gap between frontrunner, runner-up in opinion poll

Xinhua, April 16, 2017 Adjust font size:

The first TV debate among major South Korean presidential candidates widened a gap between the frontrunner and the runner-up in recent opinion poll.

According to a Realmeter survey released Sunday, Moon Jae-in of the biggest Minjoo Party garnered 45.4 percent of support, broadening a gap with Ahn Cheol-soo of the centrist People's Party who mustered 30.7 percent.

It was based on a survey of 1,011 voters conducted on Friday, a day after the first TV debate was conducted. The result had 3.1 percentage points in margin of error.

An early presidential election is scheduled for May 9 as former President Park Geun-hye was impeached in March. An official election campaign is set to kick off on Monday.

Hong Joon-pyo of the former ruling Liberty Korea Party came in the third place with 8.9 percent in support scores, trailed by Sim Sang-jung of the minor progressive Justice Party with 4.5 percent and Yoo Seong-min of the minor conservative Righteous Party with 3.8 percent. Endit