2019 Justice Party (South Korea) leadership election

The Justice Party held a leadership election between 8 and 13 July 2019. It was an election to elect a new leader as Lee Jeong-mi fulfilled her two-year term of office.^[1]

Candidates edit

Running edit

Sim Sang-jung, member of the National Assembly for Goyang, former leader of the party (2015- 2017)
Yang Kyung-gyu, former deputy secretary of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions

Campaigns edit

The leadership election has received media attention due to the presence of Sim Sang-jung, a presidential candidate in the 2017 South Korean presidential election and the former leader of the party, on the ballot. Yang, hailing from the party's left-wing faction, calls for a "bold, democratic socialist transformation" of the Korean society.^[2] The candidates have engaged in a series of debates that were broadcast on KBS and MBC.^[3]

Results edit

Only dues-paying party members could vote in the election. The voting was held from 8 to 13 July 2019.

Final results^[4]
Candidate	Total votes
Sim Sang-jung	16,177 (83.58%)
Yang Kyung-gyu	3,178 (16.42%)
Total	19,355

References edit

^ "정의당 당대표 후보 토론…현실주의 vs 원칙주의". The Hankyoreh. July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
^ "Democratic socialism spreads to South Korean politics". The Korea Times. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "[엠빅X100분토론] '심상정vs양경규' 진보에 길을 묻다". MBC News. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "돌아온 심상정 대표 "한국당 퇴출시킨다"". OhMyNews (in Korean). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[1] "정의당 당대표 후보 토론…현실주의 vs 원칙주의". The Hankyoreh. July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

[2] "Democratic socialism spreads to South Korean politics". The Korea Times. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[3] "[엠빅X100분토론] '심상정vs양경규' 진보에 길을 묻다". MBC News. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[4] "돌아온 심상정 대표 "한국당 퇴출시킨다"". OhMyNews (in Korean). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

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