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He ran as the opposition's United Future Party-the main candidates in Gangnam -

Thae Yong-ho is The First to ever win a North Korean defector, a constituency with headquarters in South Korea .

Mr Thae was once North Korea 's Deputy Ambassador to the UK, but delivery in 2016, with His Family , becoming the highest-ranking North Korean official to ever do so.

He was running as the opposition United Future Party's main candidates in the wealthy Gangnam district of Seoul have.

He won with 58. 4% and was seen crying, it was announced after his victory.

He Said before his victory that he hoped his run would The Regime send a message to The Elite in North Korea about what might happen when your back on the.

"I want to tell you that it is a new path for their future," He Said .

South Korea held parliamentary elections on Wednesday, a record turnout of 66 saw. To prevent 2%, although the vote will take place in the center of the virus.

The President's party, Moon Jae-in the Democratic Party - won a landslide victory, with 163 seats in the 300-seat National Assembly .

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Laura Bicker, Bbc News , Seoul

Thae Yong-ho, lived a quiet life in South Korea . Instead, he has his platform to publicly denounce Kim Jong-un regime and highlight the various challenges faced by the 33,000 drop-outs who have managed, in The South .

Lord, that was seen in tears after his victory,

has been announced It has even changed its name to Ku-min, which means "to save people".

He threw a colorful figure during The Campaign and proposed in his own campaign song is wearing a pink Baseball Cap . If not, hit the pavement of Gangnam, he held chats on Social Media .

It was a safe place. However, that victory in The Heart of South Korea is the richest district is still remarkable.

whatever the politics of this win, it's a positive signal for other dropouts who have risked their lives in The South .

you also have to ask, what do you think is in Pyongyang now, as someone who was once part of The Regime steps in to The South National Assembly .

Mr, that defects in The South in August 2016, said he had Korea is increasingly aware of the "cruel reality" of life in The North .

Talk to a South Korean parliamentary Committee, He Said , North Koreans lived in conditions amounting to slavery.

After his betrayal of The North Korean human scum called him"".

to The North , its state-run media said the envoy was accused of leaking secrets, infidelity and rape of a child.

About 1,000 people from a lack of North Korea every year, on the run from a repressive government, faced with numerous accusations of Human Rights violations.

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Source of news: bbc.com