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The Liberty Korea Party held a leadership election on 27 February 2019 to elect the next leader of the Liberty Korea Party for a new 2-year term. [1] It was an election to succeed an interim leader Kim Byong-joon, who has been in office for about seven months since the defeat of the Liberty Korea Party in the local elections held on 13 June 2018.
The ratio of the results by sector was 70% for delegates, 30% for opinion poll.
| Candidate | Delegates | Opinion poll | Total points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hwang Kyo-ahn | 53,185 (55.3%) | 37.7% (15,527 pts) | 68,713 (50.1%) |
| Oh Se-hoon | 21,963 (22.9%) | 50.2% (20,689 pts) | 42,653 (31.1%) |
| Kim Jin-tae | 20,955 (21.8%) | 12.1% (4,969 pts) | 25,924 (18.8%) |
| Total | 96,103 | 41,185 pts | 137,290 |
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