South Korea’s liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung was expected to win an early presidential election on Tuesday.

SEOUL, South Korea — (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea's leading liberal politician vowing to fight inequality and corruption, was elected president Wednesday in an election that closed one of the most turbulent chapters in the nation's young democracy.

South Korea’s liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung was elected president early Wednesday, a victory that would cap months of political turmoil triggered by the stunning but brief imposition of martial law by now-ousted conservative leader Yoon Suk Yeol.