Seongnam Bundang A

Seongnam Bundang A (Korean: 성남시 분당구 갑) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of portions of Bundang District, Seongnam. As of 2024, 214,158 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 2000 from the Seongnam Bundang constituency.

Seongnam Bundang A
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)	Bundang District (part)
Region	Gyeonggi
Electorate	214,158 (2024)
Current constituency
Created	2000
Seats	1
Party	People Power Party
Member(s)	Ahn Cheol-soo
Created from	Seongnam Bundang

History

Since its creation in 2000, Seongnam Bundang A has been considered a conservative stronghold as it has consistently voted for conservative party candidates except for in the 2016 South Korean legislative election.^[1]

Ko Heung-gil of the conservative Grand National Party was the first member to represent the constituency in the National Assembly. He won re-election in 2004 and 2008, but stood down in 2012 to serve as the Minister for Special Affairs under President Lee Myung-bak.^[2] He was succeeded by Lee Jong-hoon of the conservative Saenuri Party.^[3] Lee, a member of the pro-Yoo Seong-min faction of the Saenuri Party, was not nominated as the party's candidate for Seongnam Bundang A in 2016, Kwon Hyouk-se, a pro-Park Geun-hye candidate was nominated instead.^[4] Kwon lost to the liberal Democratic Party's Kim Byoung-gwan, marking the first time a candidate from a liberal party won in Seongnam Bundang A.^[5] However, Kim barely lost his bid for re-election in 2020 to Kim Eun-hye of the conservative United Future Party, with only 1,128 votes separating the two candidates.^[6][7] Kim Eun-hye resigned as the constituency's member of the National Assembly on April 28, 2022 to run as the People Power Party candidate for Governor of Gyeonggi Province in the 2022 South Korean local elections.^[8] A by-election was held in June 2022 between Kim Byoung-gwan of the Democratic Party and two-time presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo of the People Power Party. Ahn won the election in a landslide, securing 62.5% of the vote.^[9]

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the neighborhoods of Seohyeon-dong, Imae-dong, Yatap-dong, Pangyo-dong, Sampyeong-dong, Unjung-dong, and Baekhyeon-dong.

List of members of the National Assembly

Election		Member	Party	Dates	Notes
	2000	Ko Heung-gil [ko]	Grand National	2000–2012
	2004
	2008
	2012	Lee Jong-hoon [ko]	Saenuri	2012–2016
	2016	Kim Byoung-gwan [ko]	Democratic	2016–2020
	2020	Kim Eun-hye	United Future	2020–2022	Resigned on April 28, 2022 to run for Governor of Gyeonggi Province[8]
	2022 by-election	Ahn Cheol-soo	People Power	2022–present
	2024

Election results

2024

Legislative election 2024: Seongnam Bundang A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People Power	Ahn Cheol-soo	87,315	53.27	9.23
	Democratic	Lee Kwang-jae	76,578	46.72	9.23
Rejected ballots			1,274	–
Turnout			165,167	77.12	13.32
Registered electors			214,158
	People Power hold		Swing

2022 by-election

June 2022 by-election: Seongnam Bundang A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People Power	Ahn Cheol-soo	83,747	62.50	+12.44
	Democratic	Kim Byoung-gwan	50,235	37.49	−11.85
Rejected ballots			2,534	–
Turnout			136,516	63.80	−11.84
Registered electors			213,963
	People Power hold		Swing

2020

Legislative election 2020: Seongnam Bundang A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Future	Kim Eun-hye	78,134	50.06	+11.55
	Democratic	Kim Byoung-gwan	77,006	49.34	+2.31
	National Revolutionary	Woo Ju-young	911	0.58	new
Rejected ballots			1,368	–
Turnout			157,419	75.64	+9.20
Registered electors			205,625
	United Future gain from Democratic		Swing

2016

Legislative election 2016: Seongnam Bundang A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kim Byoung-gwan	63,698	47.03	+3.29
	Saenuri	Kwon Hyouk-se	52,160	38.51	−12.94
	People	Yeom Oh-bong	19,577	14.45	new
Rejected ballots			1,198	–
Turnout			136,633	66.44	+5.52
Registered electors			205,625
	Democratic gain from Saenuri		Swing

2012

Legislative election 2012: Seongnam Bundang A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saenuri	Lee Jong-hoon	66,028	51.45	−13.28
	Democratic United	Kim Chang-ho	56,133	43.74	+10.51
	Independent	Kim Do-gyun	4,239	3.30	new
	Liberty Forward Party	Hong Kwan-hui	1,916	1.49	new
Rejected ballots			589	–
Turnout			128,905	60.92	+14.18
Registered electors			211,614
	Saenuri hold		Swing

2008

Legislative election 2008: Seongnam Bundang A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Ko Heung-gil	46,396	64.73	+10.64
	United Democratic	Lee Jae-myung	23,822	33.23	new
	Family Party for Peace and Unity	Choi Jeong-hwan	1,455	2.03	new
Rejected ballots			817	–
Turnout			72,490	46.74	−21.72
Registered electors			155,105
	Grand National hold		Swing

2004

Legislative election 2004: Seongnam Bundang A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Ko Heung-gil	56,421	54.09	+2.25
	Uri	Huh Un-na	42,362	40.61	new
	Millennium Democratic	Kim Jong-woo	3,445	3.30	−38.16
	Independent	Kang Jeong-gil	1,215	1.16	new
	Independent	Jang Myeong-hwa	867	0.83	new
Rejected ballots			674	–
Turnout			104,984	68.46	+5.32
Registered electors			153,353
	Grand National hold		Swing

2000

Legislative election 2000: Seongnam Bundang A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Ko Heung-gil	44,857	51.84	–
	Millennium Democratic	Kang Bong-kyun	35,881	41.46	–
	United Liberal Democrats	Kang Dae-ki	3,764	4.35	–
	Democratic People's	Yang Jae-heon	2,026	2.34	–
Rejected ballots			643	–
Turnout			87,171	63.14	–
Registered electors			138,066
	Grand National win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the National Assembly of South Korea