Dalseong (constituency)

Dalseong (Korean: 달성군) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of Dalseong County, Daegu. As of 2024, 214,642 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 1996 from the Dalseong–Goryeong constituency.

Dalseong
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)Dalseong County
RegionDaegu
Electorate214,642 (2024)
Current constituency
Created1996
Seats1
PartyPeople Power Party
Member(s)Choo Kyung-ho
Created fromDalseong–Goryeong

History

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Dalseong, like all other constituencies located in the Daegu–Gyeongbuk region is widely considered a stronghold for the conservative People Power Party.[1][2][3] Accordingly, Dalseong has always elected members of conservative political parties to represent the constituency in the National Assembly.[4] The constituency has been represented by floor leader of People Power Party Choo Kyung-ho since 2016.[5]

Former SsangYong Group CEO Kim Suk-won of the conservative New Korea Party was the first member to represent the constituency having won with 62.71% of the vote in the 1996 legislative election.[6] However Kim resigned two years later in 1998 in order to return to the SsangYong Group as CEO.[7][8] A by-election was held in 1998 between Park Geun-hye of the conservative Grand National Party and Eom Sam-tak of the centrist-liberal National Congress for New Politics, which saw Park win with 62.5% of the vote.[6][9][10] Park won re-election in 2000 with 61.39% of the vote, once again defeating Eom Sam-tak of the Millennium Democratic Party.[6] In the following election, Park won in a landslide with 70.03% of the vote.[6] Park won re-election with a record 88.57% of the vote in 2008, receiving the second highest share of votes in the election.[11] Park did not run for re-election in 2012, having previously taken over as acting leader of the Grand National Party in December 2011 via a party emergency committee.[12] Former Dalseong County Mayor Lee Jong-jin succeeded Park, having garnered 55.63% of the vote.[6] Ahead of the 2016 election, Lee announced that he would not stand for re-election.[13] He was succeeded by Choo Kyung-ho, who had served as Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance and the Chairman of the Office for Government Policy Coordination under President Park Geun-hye.[14][15] Choo won re-election to the seat in 2020 and 2024, with 67.33% and 75.31% of the vote respectively.[6][16][17][18] Choo was the only member of the ruling People Power Party to receive more than 100,000 votes in the 2024 legislative election.[19]

Boundaries

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The constituency encompass the entirety of Dalseong County which includes the towns of Hwawon-eup, Nongong-eup, Dasa-eup, Yuga-eup, Okpo-eup, Hyeonpung-eup, and the townships of Gachang-myeon, Habin-myeon, and Guji-myeon. It borders the constituencies of Dalseo B, Jung–Nam, and Suseong B to the north, Goryeong–Seongju–Chilgok to the west, Miryang–Uiryeong–Haman–Changnyeong and Yeongcheon–Cheondo to the south, and Gyeongsan to the east.[20]

List of members of the National Assembly

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Election Member Party Dates Notes
1996 Kim Suk-won New Korea 1996–1998 CEO of the SsangYong Group (1975–1995)

Resigned in February 1998 to return as the CEO of SsangYong Group[8]

1998 by-election Park Geun-hye Grand National 1998–2012 Daughter of President Park Chung Hee

Acting leader of the Grand National Party and Saenuri Party (2011–2012)[12]

2000
2004
2008
2012 Lee Jong-jin Saenuri 2012–2016 Mayor of Dalseong County (2006–2010)
2016 Choo Kyung-ho 2016–present Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance (2013–2014)

Chairman of the Office for Government Policy Coordination (2014–2016) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance (2022–2023) Floor leader of the People Power Party (2024–present)

2020 United Future
2024 People Power

Election results

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2024

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Legislative Election 2024: Dalseong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People Power Choo Kyung-ho 100,054 75.31  7.98
Democratic Park Hyung-ryong 32,995 24.68  2.33
Rejected ballots 1,621
Turnout 135,120 62.95  1.25
Registered electors 214,642
People Power hold Swing

2020

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Legislative Election 2020: Dalseong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Future Choo Kyung-ho 88,846 67.33  19.26
Democratic Park Hyung-ryong 35,649 27.01  12.3
Independent Seo Sang-ki 4,147 3.14 new
Minjung Cho Jung-hoon 1,992 1.50 new
National Revolutionary Kim Ji-young 1,304 0.98 new
Rejected ballots 1,673
Turnout 133,611 64.20  10.0
Registered electors 208,115
United Future hold Swing

2016

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Legislative Election 2016: Dalseong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Saenuri Choo Kyung-ho 40,355 48.07  7.56
Independent Koo Sung-jae 26,389 31.44  8.14
Democratic Cho Ki-seok 12,348 14.71  6.35
Independent Cho Jung-hoon 4,842 5.76 new
Rejected ballots 1,332
Turnout 85,266 54.20  1.85
Registered electors 157,259
Saenuri hold Swing

2012

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Legislative Election 2012: Dalseong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Saenuri Lee Jong-jin 40,276 55.63  32.94
Independent Koo Sung-jae 16,869 23.30 new
Democratic United Kim Jin-hyang 15,246 21.06 new
Rejected ballots 802
Turnout 73,193 52.35  5.05
Registered electors 139,824
Saenuri hold Swing

2008

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Legislative Election 2008: Dalseong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Park Geun-hye 50,149 88.57  18.54
Democratic Labor Noh Yoon-jo 5,080 8.97  2.22
Family Party for Peace and Unity Lim Jung-heon 1,386 2.44 new
Rejected ballots 801
Turnout 57,416 47.30  11.39
Registered electors 121,397
Grand National hold Swing

2004

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Legislative Election 2004: Dalseong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Park Geun-hye 45,298 70.03  8.64
Uri Yoon Yong-hee 15,014 23.21 new
Democratic Labor Heo Kyung-do 4,367 6.75 new
Rejected ballots 953
Turnout 65,663 58.69  4.82
Registered electors 111,889
Grand National hold Swing

2000

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Legislative Election 2000: Dalseong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Park Geun-hye 37,805 61.39  1.11
Millennium Democratic Eom Sam-tak 23,774 38.60 new
Rejected ballots 1,159
Turnout 62,738 63.51  4.08
Registered electors 94,605
Grand National hold Swing

1998 (by-election)

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1998 by-election: Dalseong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Park Geun-hye 34,271 62.50  0.21
National Congress Eom Sam-tak 20,563 37.50  33.01
Rejected ballots 1,389
Turnout 56,223 59.43  4.42
Registered electors 94,605
Grand National hold Swing

1996

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Legislative Election 1996: Dalseong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Korea Kim Suk-won 31,958 62.71
United Liberal Democrats Kim Jung-hoon 16,707 32.78
National Congress Lee Won-chul 2,289 4.49
Rejected ballots 2,584
Turnout 53,538 63.85
Registered electors 83,854
New Korea win (new seat)

See also

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