Moon takes sweeping victory in first round of Democratic Party primary

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Presidential frontrunner Moon Jae-in on Monday secured his first victory in a four-round battle to win the liberal Democratic Party's nomination for the upcoming presidential election.

The former chief of the largest political party here won more than 60 percent of votes cast in the first round of primary elections in Gwangju, located some 320 kilometers southwest of Seoul, according to party officials.

The result was the combination of Monday's vote from about 2,100 party members, and previous ballots cast by tens of thousands of citizens and telephone polls in the region.

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