2018 Bareunmirae Party leadership election

On 2 September 2018, Bareunmirae Party held a leadership election.^[1][2]

2018 Bareunmirae Party leadership election

2 September 2018 2020 →

Candidate Sohn Hak-kyu Ha Tae-keung Lee Jun-seok Delegate count 53.74% 45.36% 39.00% Opinion poll 57.50% 45.28% 38.24% Total 54.04% 45.72% 36.92%

President before election Kim Dong-cheol (Interim) Elected President Sohn Hak-kyu

Background

This was a snap election called after the resignation of both Yoo Seong-min and Park Joo-sun due to the serious defeat in local elections in 2018. Until the new leadership election, the party's presidency was temporarily taken by Kim Dong-cheol, party's parliamentary leader.

Candidates

Official candidates

• Ha Tae-keung
• Chung Woon-cheon
• Kim Young-hwan
• Sohn Hak-kyu
• Lee Jun-seok
• Kwon Eun-hui

Withdrawn candidates

Below are candidates lost in primary on 11 August.

• Shin Yong-hyun
• Chang Song-min
• Chang Song-chol
• Lee Su-bong

Results

No.	Candidate	Votes	Opinion polls	Total results	Position
04	Sohn Hak-kyu	24,605 (53.74%)	57.50%	54.04%	President
01	Ha Tae-keung	20,285 (45.36%)	45.28%	45.72%	Vice President
05	Lee Jun-seok	17,538 (39.00%)	38.24%	36.92%	Vice President
02	Chung Woon-cheon	11,237 (24.41%)	24.90%	24.26%
03	Kim Young-hwan	10,320 (23.47%)	22.22%	23.62%
06	Kwon Eun-hui	6,611 (14.04%)	14.22%	13.70%	Vice President

Sohn Hak-kyu, former Governor of Gyeonggi Province, won as the President.^[1] Incumbent MP Ha Tae-keung^[2] and entrepreneur Lee Jun-seok that came behind of Sohn, became Vice Presidents.^[1] Kwon Eun-hui, despite ended as the 6th and the last, automatically took vice presidency specialised for women.^[1]

Other than that, Kim Soo-min, an incumbent MP, was elected as the party's Youth Chief.