Dongdaemun A

Dongdaemun A
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)Dongdaemun District (part)
RegionSeoul
Electorate160,115 (2016)
Current constituency
Created1988
Seats1
PartyDemocratic Party
MemberAhn Gyu-baek
Council
constituency		Dongdaemun 1st district
Dongdaemun 2nd district
Created fromDongdaemun

Dongdaemun A (Korean: 동대문구 갑) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of part of Dongdaemun District, Seoul. As of 2016, 160,115 eligible voters were registered in the constituency.

List of members of the National Assembly

Election Member Party Dates Notes
1988 Choi Hoon [ko] Peace Democratic 1988–1992
1992 Roh Seung-woo [ko] Democratic Liberal 1992–2000
1996 New Korea
2000 Kim Hee-sun [ko] Millennium Democratic 2000–2008
2004 Uri
2008 Chang Kwang-geun [ko] Grand National 2008–2012
2012 Ahn Gyu-back Democratic United 2012–present
2016 Democratic
2020
2024

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Dongdaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ahn Gyu-back 53,978 52.89 Increase0.17
People Power Kim Young-woo 45,377 44.46 Increase2.66
New Reform Han Seung-min 2,689 2.63 new
Rejected ballots 1,488 –
Turnout 103,532 68.17 Increase1.68
Registered electors 151,861
Democratic hold Swing

2020

Legislative Election 2020: Dongdaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ahn Gyu-back 51,551 52.7 +9.9
United Future Heo Yong-beom 40,874 41.8 +3.5
Independent Lee Ga-hyeon 2,009 2.1 new
Minsaeng Baek Geum-san 1,679 1.7 new
Minjung Oh Jun-seok 1,264 1.3 new
National Revolutionary Dividends Jeong Gong-myeong 393 0.4 new
Rejected ballots 1,257 – –
Turnout 99,027 66.5 +7.8
Registered electors 148,942
Democratic hold

2016

Legislative Election 2016: Dongdaemun A[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ahn Gyu-baek 39,728 42.8 −5.6
Saenuri Heo Yong-beom 35,593 38.3 −7.2
People Kim Yoon 14,674 15.8 new
Justice Oh Jeong-bin 2,911 3.1 new
Rejected ballots 1,148 – –
Turnout 94,054 58.7 +5.6
Registered electors 160,115
Democratic hold Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Dongdaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic United Ahn Gyu-baek 41,993 48.4 +15.5
Saenuri Heo Yong-beom 39,473 45.5 −8.0
Independent Cho Kwang-han 4,039 4.7 new
National Thought Yoon Ji-hyun 1,242 1.4 new
Rejected ballots 601 – –
Turnout 87,348 53.1 +7.0
Registered electors 164,396
Democratic United gain from Saenuri Swing

2008

Legislative Election 2008: Dongdaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Chang Kwang-geun 39,127 53.5 +12.5
Democratic Kim Hee-sun 24,014 32.9 new
Pro-Park Coalition Kim Jeong-seok 4,735 6.5 new
Democratic Labor Bang Jong-ok 3,716 5.1 +0.7
Independent Chang Ho-gwon 1,011 1.4 new
Family Federation Park Sang-sun 475 0.6 new
Rejected ballots – – –
Turnout 73,078 46.1 −15.6
Registered electors 159,626
Grand National gain from Democratic Swing

2004

Legislative Election 2004: Dongdaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Uri Kim Hee-sun 43,228 44.1 +0.6
Grand National Chang Kwang-geun 40,210 41.0 +5.1
Millennium Democratic Ji Yong-ho 6,136 6.3 −37.2
Democratic Labor Kim Young-joon 4,310 4.4 new
Independent Han Seung-min 2,444 2.5 −33.4
Independent Lee Kyung-hee 934 1.0 new
United Liberal Democrats Kim Young-hwan 804 0.8 −10.7
Rejected ballots 840 – –
Turnout 98,906 61.7 +7.4
Registered electors 160,431
Uri gain from Millennium Democratic Swing

2000

Legislative Election 2000: Dongdaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Millennium Democratic Kim Hee-sun 32,971 43.5 +9.6
Grand National Han Seung-min 27,213 35.9 −2.2
United Liberal Democrats Roh Seung-woo 8,751 11.5 +0.1
Democratic People's Sim Yang-seop 4,131 5.5 new
Youth Progressive Kim Sook-yi 2,794 3.7 new
Rejected ballots 762 – –
Turnout 76,622 54.3 −4.7
Registered electors 143,649
Millennium Democratic gain from Grand National Swing

1996

Legislative Election 1996: Dongdaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Korea Roh Seung-woo 34,120 38.1 +6.7
National Congress Kim Hee-sun 30,392 33.9 new
United Liberal Democrats Son Yoon-joon 10,207 11.4 new
Democratic Chang Kwang-geun 10,065 11.2 −19.4
Independent Lee Geun-gyu 4,794 5.4 new
Rejected ballots 1,695 – –
Turnout 91,273 59.0 −8.8
Registered electors 154,807
New Korea hold Swing

1992

Legislative Election 1992: Dongdaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Liberal Roh Seung-woo 35,587 31.4 +7.7
Democratic Choi Hoon 34,710 30.6 +5.5
Reunification National Yoo Jong-yeol 25,486 22.5 new
Independent Yun Yong 12,489 11.0 new
New Political Reform Song Cha-gap 2,188 1.9 new
Independent Moon Seung-gook 1,564 1.4 new
Independent Kwak Byeong-gi 1,002 0.9 new
Gongmyeong Democratic Jeong Jae-bok 301 0.3 new
Rejected ballots 1,187 – –
Turnout 114,514 67.8 −3.0
Registered electors 168,961
Democratic Liberal gain from Democratic Swing

1988

Legislative Election 1988: Dongdaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peace Democratic Choi Hoon 28,475 25.1 new
Democratic Justice Yoo Jong-yeol 26,900 23.7 new
Reunification Democratic Roh Seung-woo 26,716 23.6 new
New Democratic Republican Lee In-geun 24,442 21.6 new
One National Democratic Chang Kwang-geun 4,348 3.8 new
Independent Kang Doo-won 1,878 1.7 new
Our Justice Jeon Myung-hwan 594 0.5 new
Rejected ballots 1,052 – –
Turnout 114,405 70.8 –
Registered electors 161,528

See also

References

  1. ^ "<후보 득표현황> 서울(14일 1시30분 현재)" (in Korean). Yonhap. 14 April 2016.

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