After concluding the election on the 3rd, Kwon Young-guk, the Justice Party candidate for Seoul mayor, stated that he would “carry on the dream of progressive politics toward a more equal society.”

On this day, he wrote on Facebook, “I wanted to build Seoul into a city where working people do not become poor, where life does not fall apart due to worries over housing prices and rent, where persons with disabilities, women, sexual minorities, immigrants, young people, and older people are not pushed out, and where not a single person dislikes getting up the next morning because life is too hard.”

He wrote, “During the campaign, I met very many citizens,” and, “There were also people who gave words of support, shared their heartrending stories, and offered scolding words about progressive politics. All of them were citizens of a city where people live diligently day by day, not a city of massive buildings and flashy development.”

He said, “The responsibility for failing to win the choice of more people lies entirely with my own shortcomings,” and added, “Please consider everything that was lacking in this election as my fault, and I earnestly ask that you do not let the embers of hope for progressive politics be extinguished.”

He wrote, “We will have to watch the vote count, but I earnestly ask that the candidate who is elected make Seoul an equal city,” and, “I will remember the faces of everyone I met at workplaces, in market alleys, in front of subway stations, and on the streets. I know that the voices of all citizens who hope for a better life are the calling of progressive politics.”

He stated, “The election has ended, but the dream of progressive politics toward a more equal society has not ended,” and, “I will not stop pursuing a society where people can live on labor income alone, where public responsibility is strengthened, and where solidarity and equality, rather than discrimination and exclusion, become everyday life.” He added, “I am deeply grateful for the support you have given. I will restart the journey of progressive politics tomorrow.”

According to the results of exit polls for the 9th nationwide local elections released at 6 p.m. that day by the three terrestrial broadcasters (KBS·MBC·SBS), in the Seoul mayoral race, Jung Won-oh of the Democratic Party of Korea was projected to receive 51.4% of the vote, and Oh Se-hoon of the People Power Party 46.0%. The exit poll was conducted from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. that day, targeting 108,727 voters at 615 polling stations nationwide. The margin of error was 95% confidence level, by city and province ±1.7~4.1 percentage points.