SEOUL, April 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korean presidential archrivals had a close race in recent opinion polls with just a month left before the election.
According to a Gallup Korea survey released Friday, Moon Jae-in of the biggest Minjoo Party gained 38 percent of support, narrowly beating Ahn Cheol-soo of the center-right People's Party who garnered 35 percent.
It was based on a poll of 1,005 voters conducted between Tuesday and Thursday. The results have 3.1 percentage points in a margin of error.
Much of support for Moon's rivals in the primaries of the Minjoo Party moved to Ahn, the founder of the People's Party composed of defectors from the Minjoo Party.
Ahn's support jumped 6 percentage points compared with the previous week, while Moon's approval rating shed 2 percentage points.
Ahn, the software tycoon-turned-politician, threw his support behind Moon in the 2017 presidential election after abandoning his run for presidency. Moon was the runner-up to impeached President Park Geun-hye in 2017.
The primaries of five major political parties were wrapped up earlier this week. The presidential by-election, which was caused by Park's impeachment on March 10, is scheduled for May 9.
Hong Joon-pyo of the former ruling Liberty Korea Party gained 7 percent of support, trailed by Yoo Seong-min of its splinter Righteous Party who won 4 percent in approval scores.
Sim Sang-jung of the minor progressive Justice Party recorded 3 percent in her approval rating.
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