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Seongbuk B

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Seongbuk B
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)Seongbuk District (part)
RegionSeoul
Electorate180,743 (2020)
Current constituency
Created1988
Seats1
PartyDemocratic Party
Member(s)Kim Nam-geun
Created fromSeongbuk

Seongbuk B (Korean: 성북구 을) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of portions of Seongbuk District, Seoul. As of 2020, 180,743 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 1988 from the Seongbuk constituency.

History

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Throughout its history, Seongbuk B has consistently elected members of centre-left, liberal parties to represent the constituency except for in the 1996 and 2008 South Korean legislative election, thus it is widely considered a safe district for the Democratic Party.[1][2] Cho Yoon-hyung of the centrist-liberal Peace Democratic Party was the first member to represent the constituency.[3] He was succeeded by Shin Gye-ryun of the centre-left Democratic Party, who won the constituency in the 1992 election. Shin's re-election bid in 1996 was unsuccessful, as he lost to Kang Sung-jae of the conservative New Korea Party.[4] In the subsequent legislative election held in 2000, Shin won the constituency as a member of the liberal Millennium Democratic Party, beating out incumbent Kang Sung-jae in a return match.[5] Shin left the Millennium Democratic Party in 2003 to join the Uri Party led by then President Roh Moo-hyun.[6]

Prior to the 2004 legislative election, Shin had been under investigation for by South Korea's Supreme Prosecutor's Office for allegedly receiving illegal political campaign funds amounting to 300 million won.[7][8][9] Despite the ongoing investigation, he successfully won re-election.[10] However, Shin lost his seat in the National Assembly on February 10, 2006, for being sentenced to eight months in prison and two years of probation after he was found guilty of receiving illegal campaign funds.[11][12] A by-election for the constituency was held on July 26, 2006, with Cho Soon-hyung of the liberal Democratic Party winning the election.[13][14]

Kim Hyo-jae of the Grand National Party won the constituency in 2008, marking the last time a conservative, centre-right party won in Seongbuk B. The constituency's former member Shin Gye-ryun ran as an independent and came in second place, garnering 29% of the vote.[15] In the following election held in 2012, Shin Gye-ryun ran as a member of the liberal Democratic United Party and won the election with 53.98% of the vote; returning as member of the National Assembly for Seongbuk B.[16][17] However, in 2015, Shin was subject to another political scandal regarding legislation lobbying for the Seoul Arts College.[18]

The Democratic Party nominated former Deputy Mayor of Seoul Ki Dong-min for the constituency in the 2016 legislative election. In the general election, Ki defeated former member for Seongbuk B Kim Hyo-jae of the Saenuri Party.[19] Ki won re-election in 2020, defeating Jung Tae-geun of the United Future Party by more than twenty points.[20]

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses the neighborhoods of Donam 1-dong, Gireum 2-dong, Jongam-dong, Jangwi-dong, Hawolgok-dong, and Sangwolgok-dong.

List of members of the National Assembly

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Election Member Party Dates Notes
1988 Cho Yoon-hyung Peace Democratic 1988–1992 Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1992)
1992 Shin Gye-ryun Democratic 1992–1996
1996 Kang Sung-jae New Korea 1996–2000
2000 Shin Gye-ryun Millennium Democratic 2000–2006[a] Deputy Mayor of Seoul (1998–1999)

Lost seat on February 10, 2006, for receiving illegal political campaign funds[11][12]

2004 Uri
2006 by-election Cho Soon-hyung Democratic[b][21] 2006–2008
2008 Kim Hyo-jae Grand National 2008–2012
2012 Shin Gye-ryun Democratic United 2012–2016
2016 Ki Dong-min Democratic 2016–2024 Deputy Mayor of Seoul (2012–2014)
2020
2024 Kim Nam-geun 2024–present

Election results

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2024

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Legislative Election 2024: Seongbuk B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kim Nam-geun 68,872 56.82 Decrease2.53
People Power Lee Sang-kyu 52,328 43.17 Increase4.96
Rejected ballots 2,039 –
Turnout 123,239 68.97 Increase2.27
Registered electors 178,667
Democratic hold Swing

2020

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Legislative Election 2020: Seongbuk B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ki Dong-min 70,740 59.35 Increase20.01
United Future Jung Tae-geun 45,543 38.21 Increase5.76
Minjung Pyun Jae-seung 2,060 1.72 new
National Revolutionary Lim Kyung-ho 829 0.69 new
Rejected ballots 1,434 –
Turnout 120,606 66.7 Increase9.2
Registered electors 180,743
Democratic hold Swing

2016

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Legislative Election 2016: Seongbuk B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ki Dong-min 40,934 39.34 Decrease14.64
Saenuri Kim Hyo-jae 33,681 32.45 Decrease13.56
People Kim In-won 22,392 21.57 new
Independent Lee Kyung-ae 3,434 3.30 new
Justice Park Chang-wan 2,218 2.13 new
Independent Yang Gyu-hyeon 1,234 1.18 new
Rejected ballots 1,027 –
Turnout 104,820 57.5 Increase3.72
Registered electors 182,174
Democratic hold Swing

2012

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Legislative Election 2012: Seongbuk B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic United Shin Gye-ryun 56,177 53.98 Increase7.29
Saenuri Suh Chan-kyo 47,879 46.01 Decrease1.24
Rejected ballots 1,183 –
Turnout 105,239 53.78 Increase9.55
Registered electors 195,678
Democratic United gain from Saenuri

2008

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Legislative Election 2008: Seongbuk B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Kim Hyo-jae 38,322 47.25 Increase7.18
Independent Shin Gye-ryun 23,577 29.07 new
United Democratic Park Chan-hee 14,293 17.62 Decrease26.68
New Progressive Park Chang-wan 4,266 5.26 new
Family Party for Peace and Unity Chung Jong-soo 638 0.78 new
Rejected ballots 896 –
Turnout 81,992 44.23 Increase15.34
Registered electors 185,356
Grand National gain from Liberty Forward

2006 by-election

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2006 by-election: Seongbuk B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cho Soon-hyung 23,282 44.30 Increase34.35
Grand National Choi Soo-young 21,149 40.07 Increase1.02
Uri Cho Jae-hee 5,276 10.00 Decrease40.99
Democratic Labor Park Chang-wan 2,975 5.64 new
Rejected ballots 141 –
Turnout 52,923 28.89 Decrease31.03
Registered electors 183,174
Democratic gain from Uri Swing

2004

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Legislative Election 2004: Seongbuk B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Uri Shin Gye-ryun 54,979 50.99 new
Grand National Choi Soo-young 42,101 39.05 Decrease0.97
Millennium Democratic Park Chan-hee 10,728 9.95 Decrease42.26
Rejected ballots 1,460 –
Turnout 109,268 59.92 Increase4.40
Registered electors 182,346
Uri hold Swing

2000

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Legislative Election 2000: Seongbuk B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Millennium Democratic Shin Gye-ryun 50,644 52.21 new
Grand National Party Kang Sung-jae 38,818 40.02 new
Youth Progressive Mok Ji-young 4,198 4.32 new
United Liberal Democrats Kim Ji-woon 3,335 3.43 Decrease8.09
Rejected ballots 831 –
Turnout 97,826 55.52 Decrease4.22
Registered electors 176,192
Millennium Democratic gain from Grand National Swing

1996

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Legislative Election 1996: Seongbuk B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Korea Kang Sung-jae 45,025 42.50 Increase7.08
National Congress Shin Gye-ryun 41,487 39.16 new
United Liberal Democrats Choi Kap-su 12,209 11.52 new
Democratic Hwang Ho-san 7,211 6.80 new
Rejected ballots 1,485 –
Turnout 107,417 59.74 Decrease8.74
Registered electors 179,811
New Korea gain from National Congress Swing

1992

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Legislative Election 1992: Seongbuk B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shin Gye-ryun 52,935 41.67 new
Democratic Liberal Kang Sung-jae 44,999 35.42 new
Unification National Lee Pil-sun 25,661 20.02 new
New Democratic Republican Kim Yoo 16,833 12.90 new
New Political Reform Song Soo-gang 3,423 2.69 new
Rejected ballots 1,468 –
Turnout 128,486 68.48 Decrease0.66
Registered electors 187,639
Democratic hold Swing

1988

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Legislative Election 1988: Seongbuk B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peace Democratic Cho Yoon-hyung 50,310 38.57 –
Democratic Justice Kang Sung-jae 30,771 23.59 –
Reunification Democratic Hyun Seung-il 30,600 23.46 –
New Democratic Republican Kim Yoo 16,833 12.90 –
Hankyoreh Democratic Lim Tae-baek 1,904 1.45 –
Rejected ballots 947 –
Turnout 131,365 69.14 –
Registered electors 190,003
Peace Democratic win (new seat)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ lost seat on February 10, 2006 after being found guilty of receiving illegal political campaign funds
  2. ^ left the Democratic Party and joined the Liberty Forward Party on February 11, 2008

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