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Seoul, Apr 8 (EFE/EPA).- The candidate of South Korea's main opposition party has won a landslide victory over his opponent from the ruling Democratic Party (DP) in Seoul's mayoral elections, seen as a barometer of the South Korean presidential election next year.Oh Se-hoon, from the conservative People Power Party (PPP), won 57.5 percent of the votes compared to 39 percent secured by the second-most voted candidate, Park Young-sun, of the DP, in the elections held on Wednesday in the South Korean capital, according to the final data released by the National Electoral Commission on Thursday. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE VOTING IN A MAYORAL BY-ELECTION IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
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Members and supporters of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) cheer as they watch a broadcast of an exit poll after Wednesday's parliamentary election. The DP and a small allied party were forecast to win up to 197 seats in the 300-member parliament, the poll shows, with the ruling People Power Party and its satellite set to secure between 85 and 99 seats -- down from the 114 they held in the last parliament. IMAGES
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Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) holds its closing rally for presidential candidate and current Vice-President Lai Ching-te, on the eve of an election that China has warned could take the island of 23 million people closer to war. Tens of thousands of people have flocked to noisy rallies of the main candidates as they make a last push for votes. IMAGES
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