Mapo A

Mapo A (Korean: 마포구 갑) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of portions of Mapo District, Seoul. As of 2020, 157,500 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 1988 from the Mapo–Yongsan constituency.

Mapo A
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)	Mapo District (part)
Region	Seoul
Electorate	157,500 (2020)
Current constituency
Created	1988
Seats	1
Party	People Power
Member(s)	Cho Jung-hun
Created from	Mapo–Yongsan

History

Throughout its history, Mapo A has voted for members of both conservative and liberal parties to represent the constituency. The liberal Peace Democratic Party's Roh Seung-hwan was the first to represent Mapo A in the National Assembly from May 30, 1988, to May 29, 1992. Roh left the Democratic Party^[a] on February 9, 1992, due to the party not nominating him as its candidate for the constituency and refused to stand for election in the 1992 legislative election.^[1] He was succeeded by Park Myung-hwan of the conservative Democratic Liberal Party (later known as the New Korea Party) who represented the constituency from May 30, 1992, to May 29, 2004. Noh Woong-rae, the son of Roh Seung-hwan, won the constituency in the 2004 legislative election as a member of the liberal Uri Party. However, he lost the seat in the following election to Kang Seung-kyu of the conservative Grand National Party by a difference of 1,680 votes.^[2] Noh won back the seat in the 2012 legislative election and has served as Mapo A's member of the National Assembly since then, until 2024.^[3]

In the course of the 2024 South Korean legislative election, the Democratic Party, which Noh is a member of, labelled Mapo A as a "strategic constituency" and nominated former police officer Lee Ji-eun as the party's candidate for the constituency.^[4] Noh had previously been investigated and indicted by the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office on charges of bribery and violating South Korea's Political Funds Act.^[5] Noh strongly opposed the party's decision to not nominate him and began a hunger strike on February 22, 2024.^[6] He ended his hunger strike on March 9, 2024, citing that the party leadership had refused to reconsider their decision.^[7]

Cho Jung-hun of the People Power Party is the current MP for this constituency, having won a tight fight in the 2024 elections against aforementioned candidate Lee Ji-eun from the Democratic Party.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the neighborhoods of Ahyeon-dong, Gongdeok-dong, Dohwa-dong, Yonggang-dong, Daeheung-dong, Yeomni-dong, and Sinsu-dong.

List of members of the National Assembly

Election		Member	Party	Dates	Notes
	1988	Roh Seung-hwan	Peace Democratic[b]	1988–1992	Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (1988–1990) Left the Democratic Party on February 9, 1992
	1992	Park Myung-hwan	Democratic Liberal	1992–2004
	1996		New Korea
	2000		Grand National
	2004	Noh Woong-rae	Uri	2004–2008
	2008	Kang Seung-kyu	Grand National	2008–2012
	2012	Noh Woong-rae	Democratic United	2012–2024	Secretary General of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (March 2014–June 2014) Director of The Institute for Democracy (June 23, 2021 – November 11, 2022)[8]
	2016		Democratic
	2020
	2024	Cho Jung-hun	People Power	2024–present

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Mapo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People Power	Cho Jung-hun	48,342	48.30	5.35
	Democratic	Lee Ji-eun	47,743	47.70	8.29
	Green Justice	Kim Hye-mi	2,033	2.03	new
	New Reform Party (South Korea)	Kim Ki-jeong	1,959	1.95	new
Rejected ballots			1,009	–
Turnout			101,086	72.22	1.62
Registered electors			139,968
	People Power gain from Democratic		Swing

2020

Legislative Election 2020: Mapo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Noh Woong-rae	53,160	55.99	+4.07
	United Future	Kang Seung-kyu	40,775	42.95	+9.75
	Unification Democratic	Park Seon-ah	512	0.95	new
	National Revolutionary	Kim Myung-sook	482	0.53	new
Rejected ballots			1,129	–
Turnout			96,058	70.6	+7.16
Registered electors			136,417
	Democratic hold		Swing

2016

Legislative Election 2016: Mapo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Noh Woong-rae	44,451	51.92	−2.33
	Saenuri	Ahn Dae-hee	28,429	33.20	−9.63
	People	Hong Sung-moon	7,786	9.09	new
	Independent	Kang Seung-kyu	3,649	4.26	new
	Welfare State Party	Lee Sang-yi	1,295	1.51	new
Rejected ballots			791	–
Turnout			86,401	63.44	+6.65
Registered electors			136,193
	Democratic hold		Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Mapo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic United	Noh Woong-rae	39,398	54.25	+8.87
	Saenuri	Shin Young-sup	31,104	42.83	−5.22
	Real Democratic	Jeong Hyeong-ho	2,119	2.91	new
Rejected ballots			569	–
Turnout			73,190	56.79	+10.99
Registered electors			128,869
	Democratic United gain from Saenuri

2008

Legislative Election 2008: Mapo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Kang Seung-kyu	30,203	48.05	+8.96
	United Democratic	Noh Woong-rae	28,523	45.38	new
	Democratic Labor	Yoon Sung-il	3,204	5.09	+0.43
	Family Party for Peace and Unity	Nam Ki-joon	922	1.46	new
Rejected ballots			660	–
Turnout			63,512	45.80	−16.24
Registered electors			138,661
	Grand National gain from United Democratic

2004

Legislative Election 2004: Mapo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Uri	Noh Woong-rae	35,842	44.21	new
	Grand National	Shin Young-sup	31,693	39.09	−8.49
	Millennium Democratic	Jeong Hyeong-ho	6,514	8.10	−36.94
	Democratic Labor	Chung Kwan-yong	3,783	4.66	new
	Independent	Kang Young-won	2,672	3.29	new
	Socialist	Cho Young-kwon	506	0.62	new
Rejected ballots			599	–
Turnout			81,669	62.04	+6.74
Registered electors			131,628
	Uri gain from Grand National		Swing

2000

Legislative Election 2000: Mapo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National Party	Park Myung-hwan	33,909	47.58	new
	Millennium Democratic	Kim Yoon-tae	32,100	45.04	new
	Youth Progressive	Suh Sang-young	2,519	3.53	new
	United Liberal Democrats	Lee Jong-soon	1,911	2.68	−12.22
	Democratic People's	Chin Young-hwan	820	1.15	new
Rejected ballots			567	–
Turnout			71,826	55.30	−4.55
Registered electors			129,887
	Grand National hold		Swing

1996

Legislative Election 1996: Mapo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Korea	Park Myung-hwan	31,022	40.79	+0.13
	National Congress	Kim Yong-sool	26,817	35.26	new
	United Liberal Democrats	Ko Soon-rye	11,338	14.90	new
	Democratic	Kim Yong	5,962	7.83	new
	Non-Partisan National Association	Ko Myung-kwan	910	1.19	new
Rejected ballots			1,496	–
Turnout			77,545	59.85	−7.41
Registered electors			129,561
	New Korea hold		Swing

1992

Legislative Election 1992: Mapo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Liberal	Park Myung-hwan	39,098	40.66	new
	Democratic	Kim Yong-sool	31,437	32.70	new
	Unification National	Kim Jae-young	17,716	18.42	new
	New Political Reform	Kim Kyung-min	5,137	5.34	new
	Independent	Ko Myung-kwan	1,622	1.68	new
	Independent	Chin Young-hwan	1,125	1.17	new
Rejected ballots			1,087	–
Turnout			97,222	67.26	−0.47
Registered electors			144,540
	Democratic Liberal gain from Peace Democratic

1988

Legislative Election 1988: Mapo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peace Democratic	Roh Seung-hwan	36,134	35.71	new
	Democratic Justice	Park Myung-hwan	29,836	29.48	new
	Reunification Democratic	Park Hong-sup	25,012	24.71	new
	New Democratic Republican	Lee Jong-soon	10,203	10.08	new
Rejected ballots			862	–
Turnout			102,047	67.73	–
Registered electors			150,678
	Peace Democratic win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the National Assembly of South Korea

Notes

1. successor party to the Peace Democratic Party
2. Independent from February 9, 1992