President Park Geun-hye's job approval rating edged up as factional infighting subsided over how to select those who will run for parliamentary elections next year, a poll showed Monday.

A poll released by polling agency Realmeter showed 48.3 percent of people approved of the job Park is doing, up 1.7 percentage points from a week earlier.

Those who disapproved of Park's job performance came to 45 percent, down 2.7 percentage points from a week earlier.

Park's ruling Saenuri Party is embroiled in factional strife over how to select candidates for parliamentary elections in April.

The infighting subsided last week as the party's embattled chief, Kim Moo-sung, and Hyun Ki-hwan, the senior presidential secretary for political affairs, spoke over the telephone and agreed not to escalate the situation.

The ruling party has agreed to set up a special task force to discuss the system for nomination.

Separately, 21 percent supported Kim in a potential presidential race. Moon Jae-in, head of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, and Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon received 17.5 percent and 12.8 percent of support, respectively.

The survey was conducted on 2,000 adults on Oct. 2-4 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points. (Yonhap)