Park Geun-hye’s arrest has caused a shakeup in opinion polling ahead of South Korea’s presidential election, a Gallup Korea survey showed on Friday.
Ahn Hee-jung of the conservative Minjoo Party saw his support retreat from 17 percent last week to 14 percent, ranking third in the opinion poll.
Moon Jae-in, former head of the party, garnered 31 percent of support. That was unchanged from the previous week.
But Ahn Cheol-soo, former head of the minor opposition People's Party, enjoyed a dramatic surge in popularity, up nine points to an approval rating of 19 percent.
