Candidates of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) raise their hands during a national convention at Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, July 23. They are, from left, Rep. Yoon Sang-hyun, former PPP interim leader Han Dong-hoon, Rep.
Na Kyung-won and former Land Minister Won Hee-ryong. Yonhap Han Dong-hoon, a former interim leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), was elected as new head of the embattled party without a runoff Tuesday as he won a majority of votes in the heated race. Han won a whopping 62.
8 percent of the vote against runner-up former Land Minister Won Hee-ryong's 18.8 percent. Five-term lawmakers Rep.
Na Kyung-won and Rep. Yoon Sang-hyun won 14.6 percent and 3.
7 percent, respectively. Han's win with a majority of the vote makes a runoff unnecessary. President Yoon Suk Yeol showed up at the national convention held at the KINTEX exhibition center in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, for the second consecutive year.
Last year marked the first time in seven years that the president had attended a national convention of the ruling party since former President Park Geun-hye did so in 2016. The party convention comes nearly three months after Han resigned following the party's crushing defeat in April's parliamentary elections to take responsibility for the defeat. His election raises questions about how the party's relations with President Yoon will go.
Han, a former justice minister who had been considered a close ally of .