Jongno (constituency)

Jongno
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)Jongno District
RegionSeoul
Electorate134,516 (2020)
Current constituency
Created1988
Seats1
PartyDemocratic Party
Member of ParliamentKwak Sang-eon
Council
constituency		Jongno 1st district
Jongno 2nd district
Created fromJongno–Jung

Jongno (Korean: 종로구) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency only consists of the Jongno District, Seoul. As of 2020, 134,516 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. In the course of the Democratic Party of Korea's primary election, Lee Nak-yeon, a member of the district's National Assembly, resigned.

Located at the heart of the Downtown Seoul, Jongno is home to Korea's major government offices and foreign embassies, and is often described as 'Korea's No. 1 political district' (정치 1번지).[1][2] Including the current Jongno constituency and its historic A and B constituencies, three presidents were elected after being elected in Jongno.

List of members of the National Assembly

Election Member Party Dates Notes
1988 Lee Jong-chan Democratic Justice 1988–1996
1992 Democratic Liberal
1996 Lee Myung-bak New Korea 1996–1998 Mayor of Seoul (2002–2006)
President of South Korea (2008–2013)
1998 Roh Moo-hyun National Congress 1998–2000 Minister of Oceans and Fisheries (2000-2001)
President of South Korea (2003–2008)
2000 Jeong In-bong Grand National 2000–2002 Due to severe violation of electoral law, the entire electoral result was cancelled.
2002 Park Jin Grand National 2002–2012 Minister of Foreign Affairs (2022-2024)
2004
2008
2012 Chung Sye-kyun Democratic United 2012–2020 Speaker of the National Assembly (2016–2018)[3]
Prime Minister of South Korea (2020-2021)
2016 Democratic
2020 Lee Nak-yeon Democratic 2020–2021 Prime Minister of South Korea (2017-2021)
March 2022 by-elections Choi Jae-hyung People Power 2022–2024
2024 Kwak Sang-eon Democratic 2024–present

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Jongno
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kwak Sang-eon 44,713 50.92 new
People Power Choi Jae-hyung 38,752 44.13 Decrease7.96
New Reform Keum Tae-sup 2,835 3.22 new
New Future Jin Ye-chan 1,080 1.22 new
People's Democracy Cha Eun-jeong 290 0.33 new
Korea People’s Kim Jong-gap 85 0.09 new
Privilege Abolition Kim Joon-soo 54 0.06 new
Rejected ballots 970 –
Turnout 88,779 70.43 Decrease5.98
Registered electors 126,041
Democratic gain from People Power Swing

March 2022 by-elections

March 2022 by-elections: Jongno
Party Candidate Votes %
People Power Choi Jae-hyung 49,637 52.09
Independent Kim Yeong-jong 27,078 28.41
Justice Bae Bok-joo 14,602 15.32
Independent Seo Joo-won 552 1.20
Transition Korea Kim Do-yeon 844 0.88
Independent Park Jong-koo 552 0.57
New Wave Song Moon-hee 535 0.56
Liberty Unification Koo Bon-cheol 483 0.50
Dokdo Korea Party Kim Doo-hwan 295 0.30
Unified Korea Party Yoon Dae-kwan 113 0.11
Rejected ballots 3,679 –
Turnout 98,967 76.41
Registered electors 129,514
People Power gain from Democratic

2020

Legislative Election 2020: Jongno[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lee Nak-yon 54,902 58.38
United Future Hwang Kyo-ahn 37,594 39.97
Our Republican Han Min-ho 417 0.44
Minjung Oh In-hwan 276 0.29
Independent Kim Yong-deok 260 0.27
NRDP Park Jun-yeong 194 0.20
Peace and Human Rights Lee Jeong-hui 139 0.14
Hannara Kim Hyeong-suk 71 0.07
New Politics Paik Byeong-chan 65 0.06
People's Democratic Park So-hyeon 63 0.06
Republican Kim Han-wool 57 0.06
Rejected ballots 1,201 –
Turnout 95,239 70.8
Registered electors 134,516
Democratic hold

2016

Legislative Election 2016: Jongno
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Chung Sye-kyun 44,342 52.6 +0.3
Saenuri Oh Se-hoon 33,490 39.7 −6.2
People's Park Tae-soon 4,725 5.6 new
Green Ha Seung-soo 590 0.7 new
Justice Yun Gong-kyu 458 0.5 new
Labor Kim Han-wool 353 0.4 new
Independent Kim Dae-han 123 0.1 new
Independent Lee Won-ok 100 0.1 new
Truth Korea Lee Seok-in 62 0.1 new
Hannara Park Jong-gu 56 0.1 new
Rejected ballots 594 – –
Turnout 84,893 63.1 +6.0
Registered electors 134,507
Democratic hold Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Jongno
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic United Chung Sye-kyun 41,732 52.3 +7.5
Saenuri Hong Sa-duk 36,641 45.9 −2.5
New Progressive Choi Baek-soon 687 0.9 −0.7
Independent Ryu Seung-gu 209 0.3 new
Nations’ Happiness Hong Sung-hoon 177 0.2 new
Independent Seo Maeng-jong 173 0.2 new
People's Power Kim Joon-soo 153 0.2 new
Buddhist Union Jeong Jae-bok 68 0.1 new
Rejected ballots 1,141 – –
Turnout 80,981 57.1 +4.9
Registered electors 141,697
Democratic United gain from Saenuri Swing

2008

Legislative Election 2008: Jongno
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Park Jin 34,113 48.4 +5.4
Democratic Sohn Hak-kyu 31,530 44.8 new
Liberty Forward Jeong In-bong 3,282 4.6 new
New Progressive Choi Hyun-sook 1,138 1.6 new
Family Federation Kim Young-dong 365 0.5 new
Rejected ballots 440 – –
Turnout 70,868 52.2 −11.8
Registered electors 135,727
Grand National hold Swing

2004

Legislative Election 2004: Jongno
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Park Jin 37,431 42.8 −5.9
Uri Kim Hong-shin 36,843 42.1 new
Millennium Democratic Jeong Heung-jin 9,614 11.0 −29.0
Democratic Labor Lee Sun-hee 2,950 3.4 +1.7
United Liberal Democrats Paik Nam-seok 361 0.4 −3.7
Green Social Democrats Yang Sung-ho 129 0.1 new
Senior Rights Protection Yang Sung-ho 101 0.1 new
Rejected ballots 694 – –
Turnout 88,123 64.0 +6.4
Registered electors 137,653
Grand National hold Swing

2002 (by-election)

By-election 2002: Jongno[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Park Jin 20,300 50.3 +1.6
Independent Jeong Heung-jin 9,597 23.8 new
Millennium Democratic Yoo In-tae 8,953 22.2 −17.8
Democratic Labor Yang Yeon-soo 1,500 3.7 +2.0
Rejected ballots 424 – –
Turnout 40,774 28.9
Registered electors 141,008
Grand National hold Swing

2000

Legislative Election 2000: Jongno
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Jeong In-bong 39,478 48.7 +5.5
Millennium Democratic Lee Jong-chan 32,368 40.0 −14.4
United Liberal Democrats Kim Kyoung-hwan 3,341 4.1 −2.6
Korean New Party of Hope Bang Se-hyun 1,430 1.8 new
Democratic Labor Yang Yeon-soo 1,408 1.7 new
Youth Progressive Choi Hyeok 1,141 1.4 new
Democratic People's Yeo Ik-koo 879 1.1 new
Independent Seo Kyung-won 768 0.9 new
Republican Kang Jong-won 176 0.2 new
Rejected ballots 817 – –
Turnout 81,806 57.6 −8.6
Registered electors 142,070
Grand National gain from Millennium Democratic Swing

1998 (by-election)

By-election 1998: Jongno[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Congress Roh Moo-hyun 26,251 54.4 +20.8
Grand National Jeong In-bong 20,993 43.5 +2.5
Independent Han Seok-bong 974 2.0 new
Rejected ballots 475 – –
Turnout 48,693 33.7
Registered electors 144,375
National Congress gain from Grand National Swing

1996

Legislative Election 1996: Jongno
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Korea Lee Myung-bak 40,230 41.0 +5.5
National Congress Lee Jong-chan 32,918 33.6 −1.9
Democratic Roh Moo-hyun 17,330 17.7 new
United Liberal Democrats Kim Eul-dong 6,602 6.7 new
Independent Bang Se-hyun 462 0.5 new
Independent Lee Jeong-nam 253 0.2 new
Independent Kim Yeon-soo 129 0.1 new
21st century Handok Park Jong-gu 118 0.1 new
Korea Democratic Park Jong-gu 63 0.1 new
Rejected ballots 1,260 – –
Turnout 99,365 66.2 −4.6
Registered electors 150,189
New Korea hold Swing

1992

Legislative Election 1992: Jongno
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Liberal Lee Jong-chan 41,208 35.5 −2.5
Democratic Kim Kyung-jae 29,820 25.7 new
Reunification National Party Lee Nae-heun 28,336 24.4 new
Independent Jeong In-bong 15,127 13.0 new
New Political Reform Sim Jae-seop 839 0.7 new
Independent Shin Doo-wan 418 0.4 new
Independent Yun In-shik 409 0.4 new
Rejected ballots 49,720 – –
Turnout 117,403 70.8
Registered electors 165,877
Democratic Liberal hold Swing

1988

Legislative Election 1988: Jongno
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Justice Lee Jong-chan 46,534 38.0 new
Reunification Democratic Kim Myung-yoon 44,488 36.3 new
New Democratic Republican Jeong In-bong 15,139 12.3 new
One National Democratic Je Jeong-gu 15,031 12.3 new
Reunification Korea Kim Kyung-min 683 0.6 new
Social Democratic Han Sang-pil 418 0.3 new
Our Justice Cha Jang-ryang 305 0.2 new
Democratic Justice win (new seat)

See also

References

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