Nowon B (Korean노원구 을) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of parts of Nowon District, Seoul. As of 2024, 211,043 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 1988 from the Dobong constituency.

Nowon B
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)Nowon District (part)
RegionSeoul
Electorate211,043 (2024)
Current constituency
Created1988
Seats1
PartyDemocratic Party
Member(s)Kim Sung-hwan
Created fromDobong

History

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Since its establishment, Nowon B has elected members of the Democratic Party and predecessor parties in all but two elections and is thus regarded as a stronghold for the Democratic Party.[1]

Kim Yong-chae of the right-wing New Democratic Republican Party was the first member to represent Nowon B, narrowly defeating Lim Chae-jung of the centre-left Peace Democratic Party by a little over 1,000 votes.[2] In the following election, Kim Yong-chae had initially won re-election by a margin of thirty-six votes. However, after it was discovered that a bundle of one hundred votes were mixed up and not counted properly, a recount was performed. The recount declared Lim Chae-jung of the centre-left Democratic Party the winner with only 172 votes separating him from incumbent Kim Yong-chae.[3][4][5] Lim won re-election in 1996 and 2000, but did not stand for re-election for Nowon B in 2004, running as the Uri Party candidate for the newly created Nowon C constituency instead.[6] Lim was succeeded by Woo Won-shik of the Uri Party who defeated Kwon Young-jin of the centre-right Grand National Party.[7] In a return match held at the next election, Kwon Young-jin defeated Woo, garnering 49.93% of the vote while Woo received 44.09%.[8] In the 2012 election, Woo and Kwon faced off again; Woo ended up narrowly defeating incumbent Kwon Young-jin by a margin of 1.78%.[9] Woo comfortably won re-election in 2016 and 2020, receiving 51.95 and 62.67% of the vote respectively.[10]

Ahead of the 2024 South Korean legislative election, the Nowon C constituency was abolished as a result of a decrease in population in Nowon District.[11] Incumbent member Woo Won-shik ran in the Nowon A constituency after beating incumbent Koh Yong-jin in a primary and Nowon C incumbent Kim Sung-hwan was nominated as the Democratic Party's candidate for Nowon B.[12][13] Kim Sung-hwan went on to win in the general election with 58.51% of the vote.[14][15]

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses Junggye 1-dong, Junggye 4-dong, and Sanggye-dong. It borders the constituencies of Uijeongbu B to the north, Dobong A and Dobong B to the west, Nowon A to the south, and Namyangju B to the east.

List of members of the National Assembly

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Election Member Party Dates Notes
1988 Kim Yong-chae New Democratic Republican 1988–1992
1992 Lim Chae-jung Democratic 1992–2004
1996 National Congress
2000 Millennium Democratic
2004 Woo Won-shik Uri 2004–2008
2008 Kwon Young-jin Grand National 2008–2012 Deputy Mayor of Seoul (2006–2007)
2012 Woo Won-shik Democratic United 2012–2024
2016 Democratic
2020
2024 Kim Sung-hwan 2024–present Mayor of Nowon District (2010–2018)

Election results

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2024

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Legislative Election 2024: Nowon B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kim Sung-hwan 85,721 58.51  4.16
People Power Kim Jun-ho 57,515 39.26  2.74
Independent Lee Chang-young 3,259 2.22 new
Rejected ballots 1,626
Turnout 148,121 70.19  1.37
Registered electors 211,043
Democratic hold Swing

2020

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Legislative Election 2020: Nowon B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Woo Won-shik 71,708 62.67  10.72
United Future Lee Dong-sup 41,792 36.52  6.64
National Revolutionary Cha Dong-ihk 906 0.79 new
Rejected ballots 1,382
Turnout 115,788 71.56  6.83
Registered electors 163,736
Democratic hold Swing

2016

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Legislative Election 2016: Nowon B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Woo Won-shik 55,687 51.95  2.23
Saenuri Hong Bum-sik 32,026 29.88  18.06
People Hwang Sang-mo 19,462 18.15 new
Rejected ballots 1,176
Turnout 108,351 64.73  3.48
Registered electors 167,383
Democratic hold Swing

2012

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Legislative Election 2012: Nowon B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic United Woo Won-shik 50,844 49.72  5.63
Saenuri Kwon Young-jin 49,026 47.94  1.99
Liberty Forward Lee Ki-jae 1,198 1.17 new
Korea Vision Jeon Yeong-don 733 0.71 new
People’s Happiness Lee Sun-yup 445 0.43 new
Rejected ballots 554
Turnout 102,800 61.25  8.81
Registered electors 167,833
Democratic United gain from Saenuri Swing

2008

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Legislative Election 2008: Nowon B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Kwon Young-jin 43,150 49.93  10.32
United Democratic Woo Won-shik 38,104 44.09 new
Democratic Labor Cho Hyun-sil 4,182 4.83  3.99
National Defense Koh Jin-mok 593 0.68 new
Family Party for Peace and Unity Yeo Suk-dong 385 0.44 new
Rejected ballots 612
Turnout 87,026 52.44  13.91
Registered electors 165,955
Grand National gain from United Democratic Swing

2004

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Legislative Election 2004: Nowon B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Uri Woo Won-shik 44,720 41.51 new
Grand National Kwon Young-jin 42,677 39.61  2.56
Democratic Labor Lee Sang-hyun 9,511 8.82  2.88
Millennium Democratic Lim Rae-kyu 7,249 6.72  34.39
United Liberal Democrats Ahn Dae-ryun 1,200 1.11  6.01
Independent Cho Jong-man 2,374 2.20 new
Rejected ballots 732
Turnout 108,463 66.35  12.48
Registered electors 163,462
Uri hold Swing

2000

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Legislative Election 2000: Nowon B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Millennium Democratic Lim Chae-jung 47,815 41.11 new
Grand National Chang Doo-hwan 43,091 37.05  10.37
United Liberal Democrats Park Byung-il 8,279 7.12  19.27
Democratic Labor Chung Yun-kwang 6,910 5.94 new
Independent Lee Dal-won 3,842 3.30 new
Democratic People's Lee Dong-sup 3,224 2.78 new
Independent Chung Sun-bae 1,663 1.43 new
Youth Progressive Kim Sun-wook 1,481 1.27 new
Rejected ballots 953
Turnout 117,258 53.87  9.77
Registered electors 217,658
Millennium Democratic hold Swing

1996

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Legislative Election 1996: Nowon B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Congress Lim Chae-jung 41,615 33.25 new
New Korea Park Jong-sun 33,396 26.68  6.23
United Liberal Democrats Kim Yong-chae 33,026 26.39 new
Democratic Lee Moon-ok 15,879 12.68 new
Non-Partisan National Association Koo Pan-hong 1,224 0.97 new
Rejected ballots 1,612
Turnout 126,752 63.64  7.57
Registered electors 199,183
National Congress hold Swing

1992

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Legislative Election 1992: Nowon B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lim Chae-jung[a] 40,515 32.88 new
Democratic Liberal Kim Yong-chae 40,551 32.91 new
Unification National Hong Sung-woo 29,621 24.04 new
Independent Oh Sae-chul 9,181 7.45 new
New Political Reform Jeon Dae-yeol 2,589 2.10
Independent Chang Sung-wook 743 0.6 new
Rejected ballots 1,092
Turnout 124,292 71.21  1.75
Registered electors 174,554
Democratic gain from Democratic Liberal Swing

1988

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Legislative Election 1988: Nowon B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Republican Kim Yong-chae 31,150 30.79
Peace Democratic Lim Chae-jung 30,346 29.99
Reunification Democratic Shin Doo-hee 21,028 20.78
Democratic Justice Kwon Oh-joo 16,161 15.97
Our Justice Chung Sun-bae 2,474 2.44
Rejected ballots 1,028
Turnout 102,187 69.46
Registered electors 147,108
New Democratic Republican win (new seat)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Declared the winner after a recount; won by a margin of 172 votes

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