Dongdaemun B

Dongdaemun B (Korean: 동대문구 을) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of part of Dongdaemun District, Seoul. As of 2016, 148,013 eligible voters were registered in the constituency.

Dongdaemun B
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)	Dongdaemun District (part)
Region	Seoul
Electorate	148,013 (2016)
Current constituency
Created	1988
Seats	1
Party	Democratic Party
Member	Jang Kyung-tae
Council constituency	Dongdaemun 3rd district Dongdaemun 4th district
Created from	Dongdaemun

List of members of the National Assembly

Election		Member	Party	Dates	Notes
	1988	Kim Young-goo [ko]	Democratic Justice	1988–2001
	1992		Democratic Liberal
	1996		New Korea
	2000		Grand National
	2001	Hong Jun-pyo	Grand National	2001–2012
	2004
	2008
	2012	Min Byung-doo	Democratic United	2012–2020
	2016		Democratic
	2020	Jang Kyung-tae	Democratic	2020-present
	2024

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Dongdaemun B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jang Kyung-tae	58,286	54.62	0.08
	People Power	Kim Kyung-jin	48,408	45.37	1.56
Rejected ballots			1,514	–
Turnout			108,208	70.01	3.46
Registered electors			154,549
	Democratic hold		Swing

2020

Legislative Election 2020: Dongdaemun B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jang Kyung-tae	55,230	54.5	−3.7
	United Future	Lee Hye-hoon	44,360	43.8	+5.6
	Minjung	Kim Jong-min	1,198	1.2	new
	National Revolutionary Dividends	Park Gyeong-hui	464	0.5	new
	Independent	Min Byung-doo	Resignation	–	–
Rejected ballots			3,216	–	–
Turnout			104,468	66.6	+7.6
Registered electors			156,971
	Democratic hold		Swing

2016

Legislative Election 2016: Dongdaemun B^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Min Byung-doo	49,942	58.2	+5.3
	Saenuri	Park Joon-sun	32,765	38.2	−6.3
	People's United	Yoon Mi-youn	3,161	3.7	new
Rejected ballots			1,438	–	–
Turnout			87,306	59.0	+0.9
Registered electors			148,013
	Democratic hold		Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Dongdaemun B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic United	Min Byung-doo	42,960	52.9	+11.8
	Saenuri	Hong Jun-pyo	36,182	44.5	−12.3
	United Democratic	Kim Jae-jeon	1,238	1.5	new
	Real Democratic	Jeong Byung-geol	852	1.1	new
Rejected ballots			468	–	–
Turnout			81,700	58.1	+11.6
Registered electors			140,616
	Democratic United gain from Saenuri		Swing

2008

Legislative Election 2008: Dongdaemun B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Hong Jun-pyo	37,618	56.8	+14.1
	Democratic	Min Byung-doo	27,187	41.1	new
	Family Federation	Park Yong-man	1,388	5.7	new
Rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			66,193	46.5	−17.1
Registered electors			144,162
	Grand National hold		Swing

2004

Legislative Election 2004: Dongdaemun B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Hong Jun-pyo	37,058	42.7	−7.9
	Uri	Heo In-hoi	35,950	41.4	−3.3
	Millennium Democratic	Yoo Deok-yeol	9,981	11.5	−33.2
	Democratic Labor	Jeong Ju-yong	2,537	2.9	±0
	United Liberal Democrats	Kwak Min-kyung	1,281	1.5	new
Rejected ballots			716	–	–
Turnout			87,523	63.6	+4.6
Registered electors			137,569
	Grand National hold		Swing

2001 (by-election)

By-election 2001: Dongdaemun B^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Hong Jun-pyo	32,095	50.6	+5.5
	Millennium Democratic	Heo In-hoi	28,381	44.7	−0.4
	Democratic Labor	Chang Hwa-shik	1,850	2.9	new
	Socialist	Kim Sook-yi	1,152	1.8	new
Rejected ballots			521	–	–
Turnout			63,999	45.6
Registered electors			140,280
	Grand National hold		Swing

2000

Legislative Election 2000: Dongdaemun B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Kim Young-goo	34,796	45.1	+3.1
	Millennium Democratic	Heo In-hoi	34,785	45.1	+12.4
	United Liberal Democrats	Kwon Seung-wook	3,512	4.6	−4.5
	Democratic People's	Choi Jong-geun	2,608	3.4	new
	Youth Progressive	Nam Byung-hee	1,512	2.0	new
Rejected ballots			659	–	–
Turnout			77,872	59.0	−3.2
Registered electors			131,916
	Grand National hold		Swing

1996

Legislative Election 1996: Dongdaemun B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Korea	Kim Young-goo	37,871	42.0	−2.0
	National Congress	Kim Chang-hwan	29,482	32.7	new
	Democratic	Kim Sung-shik	12,177	13.5	−28.1
	United Liberal Democrats	Kwon Seung-wook	8,202	9.1	new
	Independent	Kim Tae-woong	1,837	2.0	new
	Nonpartisan People's Union	Park Sang-il	716	0.8	new
Rejected ballots			1,258	–	–
Turnout			91,543	62.2	−8.3
Registered electors			147,094
	New Korea hold		Swing

1992

Legislative Election 1992: Dongdaemun B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Liberal	Kim Young-goo	49,700	44.0	+13.6
	Democratic	Koh Kwang-jin	46,962	41.6	+13.7
	Reunification National	Yoon Keum-joong	13,069	11.6	new
	New Political Reform	Park Sang-il	3,188	2.8	new
	Independent	Koh Dal-joon	0	0.0	new
Rejected ballots			2,621	–	–
Turnout			115,540	70.5	−1.1
Registered electors			164,004
	Democratic Liberal hold		Swing

1988

Legislative Election 1988: Dongdaemun B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Justice	Kim Young-goo	34,821	30.4	new
	Peace Democratic	Koh Kwang-jin	32,017	27.9	new
	Reunification Democratic	Song Won-young	23,364	20.4	new
	New Democratic Republican	Kim Tae-woong	15,352	13.4	new
	Independent	Koh Dal-hu	5,043	4.4	new
	People's	Jin Young-hyo	4,054	3.5	new
Rejected ballots			1,124	–	–
Turnout			115,775	71.6	–
Registered electors			161,730
	Democratic Justice win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the National Assembly of South Korea