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Seongbuk A
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)Seongbuk District (part)
RegionSeoul
Electorate202,294 (2020)
Current constituency
Created1988
Seats1
PartyDemocratic Party
Member(s)Kim Young-bae
Created fromSeongbuk

Seongbuk A (Korean: 성북구 갑) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of portions of Seongbuk District, Seoul. As of 2020, 202,294 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 1988 from the Seongbuk constituency.

History[edit]

Throughout its history, Seongbuk A more often elected members of centre-left, liberal parties to represent the constituency. The centre-left Democratic Party's Lee Chul, who was elected as an independent, was the first member to represent Seongbuk A in the National Assembly. He was re-elected in the 1992 South Korean legislative election, but lost to Yoo Jae-geon of the liberal National Congress for New Politics in the 1996 legislative election. Yoo went on to win re-election in 2000 and 2004. The conservative Grand National Party's Jung Tae-geun won the seat in the 2008 legislative election, marking the first time a conservative party won the constituency.[1] However, he was defeated by the liberal Democratic United Party's You Seung-hee in the subsequent legislative election held in 2012.[2] You Seung-hee won re-election in 2016 as the liberal Democratic Party's candidate, defeating Jung once again.[3] Kim Young-bae, the former Mayor of Seongbuk, was nominated as the Democratic Party's candidate for Seongbuk A in the 2020 legislative election, having defeated incumbent You Seung-hee in the party's primary for the constituency. Kim went on to win the election, defeating Han Sang-hak of the United Future Party by more than 24 points.[4]

Boundaries[edit]

The constituency encompasses the neighborhoods of Gireum 1-dong, Donam 2-dong, Anam-dong, Bomun-dong, Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-dong, Samseon-dong, and Dongseon-dong.

List of members of the National Assembly[edit]

Election Member Party Dates Notes
1988 Lee Chul Independent 1988–1996
1992 Democratic
1996 Yoo Jae-geon National Congress 1996–2008 Left the Grand Unified Democratic New Party on January 30, 2008[5]

Joined the Liberty Forward Party on January 31, 2008[6]

2000 Millennium Democratic
2004 Uri[a]
2008 Jung Tae-geun Grand National[b] 2008–2012 Left the Grand National Party on December 13, 2011[7]
2012 You Seung-hee Democratic United 2012–2020
2016 Democratic
2020 Kim Young-bae 2020–present
2024

Election results[edit]

2024[edit]

Legislative Election 2024: Seongbuk A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kim Young-bae 74,707 55.68 Decrease5.12
People Power Lee Jong-chul 52,511 39.14 Increase2.64
New Future You Seung-hee 6,934 5.16 new
Rejected ballots 1,752 –
Turnout 135,904 69.40 Increase1.09
Registered electors 195,813
Democratic hold Swing

2020[edit]

Legislative Election 2020: Seongbuk A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kim Young-bae 82,954 60.90 +13.03
United Future Han Sang-hak 49,727 36.50 +0.25
Minsaeng Park Chun-lim 2,642 1.93 new
National Revolutionary Choi Won-yong 880 0.64 new
Rejected ballots 1,983 –
Turnout 138,186 68.31 +7.68
Registered electors 202,294
Democratic hold Swing

2016[edit]

Legislative Election 2016: Seongbuk A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic You Seung-hee 57,819 47.87 -3.39
Saenuri Jung Tae-geun 43,789 36.25 -8.54
People Do Cheon-soo 17,883 14.80 new
People's United Park Cheol-woo 1,273 1.05 new
Rejected ballots 1,383 –
Turnout 122,147 60.63 +6.87
Registered electors 201,457
Democratic hold Swing

2012[edit]

Legislative Election 2012: Seongbuk A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic United You Seung-hee 54,057 51.26 +14.46
Independent Jung Tae-geun 47,234 44.79 -10.60
Korea Vision Kang Seung-kyu 5,127 6.13 new
Future Union Choi Deok-chan 1,095 1.03 new
Rejected ballots 2,461 –
Turnout 107,914 53.76 +9.31
Registered electors 200,755
Democratic United gain from Independent

2008[edit]

Legislative Election 2008: Seongbuk A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Jung Tae-geun 46,260 55.39 +14.72
United Democratic Son Bong-suk 30,736 36.80 new
Democratic Labor Jung Tae-heung 5,127 6.13 -0.87
Family Party for Peace and Unity Kim Hyeong-joon 1,392 44.45 new
Rejected ballots 943 –
Turnout 84,458 44.45 -17.32
Registered electors 190,021
Grand National gain from Liberty Forward

2004[edit]

Legislative Election 2004: Seongbuk A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Uri Yoo Jae-geon 44,531 42.84 new
Grand National Jung Tae-geun 42,280 40.67 -4.45
Millennium Democratic Lim Yeong-hwa 8,049 7.74 -40.19
Democratic Labor Kim Joon-soo 7,282 7.00 new
United Liberal Democrats Sung Tae-jin 1,090 1.04 new
Independent Bae Gi-soo 714 0.68 new
Rejected ballots 711 –
Turnout 104,657 61.77 +8.74
Registered electors 169,441
Uri hold Swing

2000[edit]

Legislative Election 2000: Seongbuk A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Millennium Democratic Yoo Jae-geon 44,845 47.93 new
Grand National Jung Tae-geun 42,296 45.12 new
Youth Progressive Jung Hoe-jin 4,881 5.21 new
Democratic People's Jeon Jae-woong 1,528 1.63 new
Rejected ballots 1,049 –
Turnout 94,599 53.03 -7.41
Registered electors 178,403
Millennium Democratic hold Swing

1996[edit]

Legislative Election 1996: Seongbuk A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Congress Yoo Jae-geon 39,159 36.06 new
Democratic Lee Chul 34,555 31.82 new
New Korea Shim Eui-suk 22,695 20.89 -14.41
United Liberal Democrats Chae Soo-ho 8,042 7.40 new
Independent Kim Sae-hyeon 1,728 1.59 new
Non-Partisan National Association Song Young-gi 1,440 1.32 new
Independent Lim Tae-baek 971 0.89 new
Rejected ballots 1,243 –
Turnout 109,833 60.44 -7.02
Registered electors 181,721
National Congress gain from Democratic Swing

1992[edit]

Legislative Election 1992: Seongbuk A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lee Chul 61,719 49.70 new
Democratic Liberal Kim Jeong-rye 43,846 35.31 new
Unification National Yoo In-hyun 14,243 11.47 new
New Political Reform Song Young-gi 4,354 3.50 new
Rejected ballots 1,328 –
Turnout 125,490 67.46 -1.37
Registered electors 186,008
Democratic hold Swing

1988[edit]

Legislative Election 1988: Seongbuk A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lee Chul 40,652 31.15 –
Democratic Justice Kim Jeong-rye 30,603 23.45 –
Peace Democratic Sul Hoon 29,482 22.59 –
New Democratic Republican Choi Jae-woo 16,326 12.51 –
Reunification Democratic Koh In-soon 10,578 8.10 –
Social Democratic Song Young-gi 1,882 1.44 –
Hankyoreh Democratic Kim Hyun-shik 953 0.73 –
Rejected ballots 1,039 –
Turnout 131,515 68.83 –
Registered electors 191,086
Independent win (new seat)

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ merged into the Grand Unified Democratic New Party on August 20, 2007
  2. ^ Independent from December 13, 2011

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "[4·11총선 개표완료]서울 성북갑-민주 유승희 당선". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  3. ^ "[AJU PHOTO] 인사말 하는 유승희 서울 성북구갑 당선자 (더민주 당선자대회)". 아주경제 (in Korean). 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
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