Jongno (constituency)

Jongno
Jongno
Single-member constituency; for the National Assembly
	Location of the constituency
District(s)	Jongno District
Region	Seoul
Electorate	126,041 (2024)
Current constituency
Created	1988
Seats	1
Party	Democratic Party
Member of Parliament	Kwak Sang-eon
Council; constituency	Jongno 1st district; Jongno 2nd district
Created from	Jongno–Jung

Jongno (Korean: 종로구) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists solely of the Jongno District, Seoul. As of 2020, 134,516 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. In the course of the Democratic Party of Korea's primary election, Lee Nak-yeon, a member of the district's National Assembly, resigned.

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Located at the heart of the Downtown Seoul, Jongno is home to Korea's major government offices and foreign embassies, and is often described as 'Korea's No. 1 political district' (정치 1번지).^[1]^[2] Including the current Jongno constituency and its historic A and B constituencies, three presidents were elected after being elected in Jongno.

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	Member	Party	Dates	Notes
1988	Lee Jong-chan	Democratic Justice	1988–1996
1992	Lee Jong-chan	Democratic Liberal	1988–1996
1996	Lee Myung-bak	New Korea	1996–1998	Mayor of Seoul (2002–2006) President of South Korea (2008–2013)
1998	Roh Moo-hyun	National Congress	1998–2000	Minister of Oceans and Fisheries (2000-2001) President of South Korea (2003–2008)
2000	~~Jeong In-bong~~	Grand National	2000–2002	Due to severe violation of electoral law, the entire electoral result was cancelled.
2002	Park Jin	Grand National	2002–2012	Minister of Foreign Affairs (2022-2024)
2004
2008
2012	Chung Sye-kyun	Democratic United	2012–2020	Speaker of the National Assembly (2016–2018)^[3] Prime Minister of South Korea (2020-2021)
2016	Chung Sye-kyun	Democratic	2012–2020
2020	Lee Nak-yeon	Democratic	2020–2021	Prime Minister of South Korea (2017-2021)
March 2022 by-elections	Choi Jae-hyung	People Power	2022–2024
2024	Kwak Sang-eon	Democratic	2024–present

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kwak Sang-eon	44,713	50.92	new
	People Power	Choi Jae-hyung	38,752	44.13	7.96
	New Reform Party (South Korea)	Keum Tae-sup	2,835	3.22	new
	New Future	Jin Ye-chan	1,080	1.22	new
	People's Democracy	Cha Eun-jeong	290	0.33	new
	Korea People’s	Kim Jong-gap	85	0.09	new
	Privilege Abolition	Kim Joon-soo	54	0.06	new
Rejected ballots			970	–
Turnout			88,779	70.43	5.98
Registered electors			126,041
	Democratic gain from People Power		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	People Power	Choi Jae-hyung	49,637	52.09
	Independent	Kim Yeong-jong	27,078	28.41
	Justice	Bae Bok-joo	14,602	15.32
	Independent	Seo Joo-won	552	1.20
	Transition Korea	Kim Do-yeon	844	0.88
	Independent	Park Jong-koo	552	0.57
	New Wave	Song Moon-hee	535	0.56
	Liberty Unification	Koo Bon-cheol	483	0.50
	Dokdo Korea Party	Kim Doo-hwan	295	0.30
	Unified Korea Party	Yoon Dae-kwan	113	0.11
Rejected ballots			3,679	–
Turnout			98,967	76.41
Registered electors			129,514
	People Power gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lee Nak-yon	54,902	58.38
	United Future	Hwang Kyo-ahn	37,594	39.97
	Our Republican	Han Min-ho	417	0.44
	Minjung	Oh In-hwan	276	0.29
	Independent	Kim Yong-deok	260	0.27
	NRDP	Park Jun-yeong	194	0.20
	Peace and Human Rights	Lee Jeong-hui	139	0.14
	Hannara	Kim Hyeong-suk	71	0.07
	New Politics	Paik Byeong-chan	65	0.06
	People's Democratic	Park So-hyeon	63	0.06
	Republican	Kim Han-wool	57	0.06
Rejected ballots			1,201	–
Turnout			95,239	70.8
Registered electors			134,516
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Chung Sye-kyun	44,342	52.6	+0.3
	Saenuri	Oh Se-hoon	33,490	39.7	−6.2
	People's	Park Tae-soon	4,725	5.6	new
	Green	Ha Seung-soo	590	0.7	new
	Justice	Yun Gong-kyu	458	0.5	new
	Labor	Kim Han-wool	353	0.4	new
	Independent	Kim Dae-han	123	0.1	new
	Independent	Lee Won-ok	100	0.1	new
	Truth Korea	Lee Seok-in	62	0.1	new
	Hannara	Park Jong-gu	56	0.1	new
Rejected ballots			594	–	–
Turnout			84,893	63.1	+6.0
Registered electors			134,507
	Democratic hold		Swing

Jongno (constituency)

List of members of the National Assembly

Election results

2024

March 2022 by-elections

2020

2016

2012

2008

2004

2002 (by-election)

2000

1998 (by-election)

1996

1992

1988

See also

References

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Legislative Election 2012: Jongno
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic United	Chung Sye-kyun	41,732	52.3	+7.5
	Saenuri	Hong Sa-duk	36,641	45.9	−2.5
	New Progressive	Choi Baek-soon	687	0.9	−0.7
	Independent	Ryu Seung-gu	209	0.3	new
	Nations’ Happiness	Hong Sung-hoon	177	0.2	new
	Independent	Seo Maeng-jong	173	0.2	new
	People's Power	Kim Joon-soo	153	0.2	new
	Buddhist Union	Jeong Jae-bok	68	0.1	new
Rejected ballots			1,141	–	–
Turnout			80,981	57.1	+4.9
Registered electors			141,697
	Democratic United gain from Saenuri		Swing

Legislative Election 2004: Jongno
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Park Jin	37,431	42.8	−5.9
	Uri	Kim Hong-shin	36,843	42.1	new
	Millennium Democratic	Jeong Heung-jin	9,614	11.0	−29.0
	Democratic Labor	Lee Sun-hee	2,950	3.4	+1.7
	United Liberal Democrats	Paik Nam-seok	361	0.4	−3.7
	Green Social Democrats	Yang Sung-ho	129	0.1	new
	Senior Rights Protection	Yang Sung-ho	101	0.1	new
Rejected ballots			694	–	–
Turnout			88,123	64.0	+6.4
Registered electors			137,653
	Grand National hold		Swing

Legislative Election 2000: Jongno
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Jeong In-bong	39,478	48.7	+5.5
	Millennium Democratic	Lee Jong-chan	32,368	40.0	−14.4
	United Liberal Democrats	Kim Kyoung-hwan	3,341	4.1	−2.6
	Korean New Party of Hope	Bang Se-hyun	1,430	1.8	new
	Democratic Labor	Yang Yeon-soo	1,408	1.7	new
	Youth Progressive	Choi Hyeok	1,141	1.4	new
	Democratic People's	Yeo Ik-koo	879	1.1	new
	Independent	Seo Kyung-won	768	0.9	new
	Republican	Kang Jong-won	176	0.2	new
Rejected ballots			817	–	–
Turnout			81,806	57.6	−8.6
Registered electors			142,070
	Grand National gain from Millennium Democratic		Swing