韩国6月3日地方选举及国会议员补选的官方竞选活动于5月21日（周四）正式启动，全国共有近7830名候选人参与角逐。此次竞选期为期两周，直至6月2日结束，被视为对李在明政府的一次早期考验。
韩国国家选举委员会报告称，共有7829名候选人登记参选，目前有7820人仍在竞选中。选民将选出16名市长和道知事、227名区厅长和郡守，以及14名国会议员。
执政党共同民主党将此次投票视为巩固李在明总统支持率的契机。资深党内成员、国会议员赵承来将此次选举称为“完成韩国正常化的黄金时期”，并强调有必要清除与2024年戒严令宣布有关的“无能的叛乱残余”。
近期民调显示选情趋紧。在首尔，共同民主党候选人郑元五以40%对37%的支持率领先于国民力量党籍现任市长吴世勋。在釜山，共同民主党候选人全在洙则以44%对35%的优势领先。
为保障选民及竞选工作人员的安全，韩国政府已将国家恐怖主义预警级别从“关注”提升至“注意”，有效期至6月4日。提前投票定于5月30日及31日进行。
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Candidate registration opened Thursday for South Korea's June 3 local elections and parliamentary by-elections, seen as a key test of public sentiment toward President Lee Jae Myung's first year in office.
Many South Koreans headed to the polls on Friday for two days of early voting ahead of the June 3 local elections and parliamentary by-elections, viewed as a referendum on President Lee Jae Myung's first year in office.
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Early voting for South Korea's June 3 local elections and by-elections opened Friday across 3,571 stations nationwide. The vote is widely seen as a referendum on President Lee Jae Myung's first year.
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President Lee Jae Myung said Sunday he accepts complaints about voting rights infringement due to ballot shortages in the June 3 local elections but rejected claims of election fraud as a distortion of the issue.
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A joint police and prosecution team was set on Thursday to question four more election officials over ballot shortages that disrupted the June 3 local elections.