Gwangjin B

Gwangjin B
Gwangjin B
Single-member constituency; for the National Assembly
	Location of the constituency
District(s)	Gwangjin District (part)
Region	Seoul
Electorate	151,508 (2024)
Current constituency
Created	1996
Seats	1
Party	Democratic Party
Member	Ko Min-jung
Council; constituency	Gwangjin 3rd district; Gwangjin 4th district
Created from	Seongdong C

Gwangjin B (Korean: 광진구 을) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of part of Gwangjin District, Seoul. As of 2024, 151,508 eligible voters were registered in the constituency.

List of members of the National Assembly edit

	Member	Party	Dates	Notes
1996	Choo Mi-ae	National Congress	1996–2004
2000	Choo Mi-ae	Millennium Democratic	1996–2004
2004	Kim Hyung-ju	Uri	2004–2008
2008	Choo Mi-ae	Democratic	2008–2020	Leader of the Democratic Party (2016–2018)^[1]^[2]
2012		Democratic United
2016		Democratic
2020	Ko Min-jung		2020–present	Presidential Spokesperson of South Korea (2019-2020)
2024	Ko Min-jung		2020–present	Presidential Spokesperson of South Korea (2019-2020)

Election results edit

2024 edit

Legislative Election 2024: Gwangjin B
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ko Min-jung	53,362	51.47	1.1
	People Power	Oh Shin-hwan	49,347	47.60	0.22
	Korea National	Seo Jeong-min	956	0.92	new
Rejected ballots			1,338	–
Turnout			105,003	69.31	1.18
Registered electors			151,508
	Democratic hold		Swing

2020 edit

Legislative Election 2020: Gwangjin B
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ko Min-jung	54,210	50.4	+1.9
	United Future	Oh Se-hoon	51,464	47.8	+10.6
	National Revolutionary Dividends	Heo Jeong-yeon	370	0.3	new
	Mirae	Oh Tae-yang	1,574	1.5	new
Rejected ballots			958	–	–
Turnout			108,576	71.2	+11.4
Registered electors			152,526
	Democratic hold		Swing

2016 edit

Legislative Election 2016: Gwangjin B^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Choo Mi-ae	43,980	48.5	-6.7
	Saenuri	Jeong Joon-gil	33,701	37.2	-1.8
	People	Hwang In-cheol	12,938	14.3	new
Rejected ballots			994	–	–
Turnout			91,613	59.8	+6.4
Registered electors			153,205
	Democratic hold		Swing

2012 edit

Legislative Election 2012: Gwangjin B
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic United	Choo Mi-ae	45,980	55.2	+3.9
	Saenuri	Jeong Joon-gil	32,456	39.0	-2.3
	Independent	Gil Gi-yeon	3,707	4.4	new
	Liberty Forward	Kim Hong-joon	1,168	1.4	-0.8
Rejected ballots			486	–	–
Turnout			83,797	53.4	+8.7
Registered electors			155,196
	Democratic United hold		Swing

2008 edit

Legislative Election 2008: Gwangjin B
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Choo Mi-ae	34,854	51.3	+21.2
	Grand National	Park Myung-hwan	24,914	36.7	+7.6
	Pro-Park Coalition	Jeon Ji-myung	4,514	6.6	new
	Democratic Labor	Lee Joong-won	1,705	2.5	-2.6
	Liberty Forward	Kim Hong-joon	1,512	2.2	new
	Family Federation	Kim Jung-ho	450	0.7	new
Rejected ballots			298	–	–
Turnout			68,247	44.7	-16.5
Registered electors			152,770
	Democratic hold		Swing

2004 edit

Legislative Election 2004: Gwangjin B
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Uri	Kim Hyung-ju	31,963	35.7	new
	Millennium Democratic	Choo Mi-ae	26,973	30.1	-27.3
	Grand National	Yoo Joon-sang	26,108	29.1	-9.0
	Democratic Labor	Lee Hae-sam	4,599	5.1	new
Rejected ballots			677	–	–
Turnout			90,320	61.2	+9.7
Registered electors			147,594
	Uri gain from Millennium Democratic		Swing

2000 edit

Legislative Election 2000: Gwangjin B
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Millennium Democratic	Choo Mi-ae	42,787	57.4	+13.6
	Grand National	Yoo Joon-sang	28,418	38.1	+7.8
	Youth Progressive	Lee Ja-young	3,401	4.6	new
Rejected ballots			784	–	–
Turnout			75,390	51.5	-8.5
Registered electors			146,498
	Millennium Democratic hold		Swing

1996 edit

Legislative Election 1996: Gwangjin B
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Congress	Choo Mi-ae	36,570	43.8	new
	New Korea	Kim Chung-geun	25,312	30.3	new
	Democratic	Park Seok-mu	9,819	11.8	new
	United Liberal Democrats	Kim Hee-ra	8,610	10.3	new
	Independent	Kim Kwang-hae	1,672	2.0	new
	Independent	Kwon Wal-soon	1,563	1.9	new
Rejected ballots			1,444	–	–
Turnout			84,990	60.0	–
Registered electors			141,598
	National Congress win (new seat)

References edit

^ "더민주 새 대표 추미애…민주당史 첫 TK 출신 당수". Yonhap (in Korean). 27 August 2016.
^ "마지막 최고위 주재 추미애 "J노믹스 성공 위해 신발 끈 동여매야"". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). 24 August 2018.
^ "<후보 득표현황> 서울(14일 1시30분 현재)" (in Korean). Yonhap. 14 April 2016.

[1] "더민주 새 대표 추미애…민주당史 첫 TK 출신 당수". Yonhap (in Korean). 27 August 2016.

[2] "마지막 최고위 주재 추미애 "J노믹스 성공 위해 신발 끈 동여매야"". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). 24 August 2018.

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

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