Oh Se-hoon becomes first person to secure fifth term as Seoul mayor

People Power Party's Oh Se-hoon campaigns for the Seoul mayoral position at Jung District, central Seoul, on June 2. [KIM KYUNG-ROK]

Incumbent Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon of the People Power Party (PPP) staged a dramatic comeback to defeat Democratic Party (DP) candidate Chong Won-o in the mayoral race.

Oh secured a fifth term as Seoul mayor, becoming the first person in the city's electoral history to do so, after edging out Chong in a race that remained too close to call until the final stages of the vote count.

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Oh received 48.94 percent of the votes as of 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, when 97.7 percent of ballots had been counted, according to the National Election Commission. He led Chong, who had 48.34 percent of the votes, by 0.60 percentage points, or 30,359 votes.