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Candidates for next year’s presidential election, from left to right: Sim Sang-jung of the Justice Party, Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party, Yoon Seok-youl of the People Power Party, and Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party.

Polls published by all three of Korea’s terrestrial broadcasters on Monday show that People Power Party candidate Yoon Seok-yeol and Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung are running a close race for president, within the margin of error.

When Hankook Research surveyed 1,000 Koreans on Friday through Sunday at the request of KBS, Yoon and Lee were both supported by 35.5% of respondents. The same poll had Justice Party presidential candidate Sim Sang-jung at 4.4% and People’s Party candidate Ahn Cheol-soo at 3.5%.

A poll of 1,007 Koreans carried out by Next Research for SBS over Saturday and Sunday found Yoon at 34.4% and Lee at 32.7%, with Sim (4.2%) and Ahn (2.8%) trailing behind.

After polling 1,008 people on Saturday and Sunday on behalf of MBC, Korea Research International reported that Yoon earned 35.7% of support, Lee 32.7%, Sim 4.1% and Ahn 6%. All three polls had a confidence level of 95% and a sampling error of plus or minus 3.1 points.

More details about the polls can be found on the websites of KBS, MBC, SBS and the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.

By Lee Wan, staff reporter

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