Jongno (constituency)

Jongno
Jongno
Single-member constituency; for the National Assembly
	Location of the constituency
District(s)	Jongno District
Region	Seoul
Electorate	134,516 (2020)
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 only consists 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.

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.

List of members of the National Assembly

	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

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Jongno
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	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

March 2022 by-elections

March 2022 by-elections: Jongno
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

2020

Legislative Election 2020: Jongno^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lee Nak-yon	54,902	58.38
	United Future	Hwang Kyo-ahn	37,863	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

2016

Legislative Election 2016: Jongno
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			863	–	–
Turnout			84,893	63.1	6.0
Registered electors			134,507
	Democratic hold		Swing

2012

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

2008

Legislative Election 2008: Jongno
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Park Jin	34,113	48.4	5.4
	Democratic	Sohn Hak-kyu	31,530	44.8	new
	Liberty Forward	Jeong In-bong	3,282	4.6	new
	New Progressive	Choi Hyun-sook	1,138	1.6	new
	Family Federation	Kim Young-dong	365	0.5	new
Rejected ballots			440	–	–
Turnout			70,868	52.2	−11.8
Registered electors			135,727
	Grand National hold		Swing

2004

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

2002 (by-election)

By-election 2002: Jongno^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Park Jin	20,300	50.3	1.6
	Independent	Jeong Heung-jin	9,597	23.8	new
	Millennium Democratic	Yoo In-tae	8,953	22.2	−17.8
	Democratic Labor	Yang Yeon-soo	1,500	3.7	2.0
Rejected ballots			424	–	–
Turnout			40,774	28.9
Registered electors			141,008
	Grand National hold		Swing

2000

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

1998 (by-election)

By-election 1998: Jongno^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Congress	Roh Moo-hyun	26,251	54.4	20.8
	Grand National	Jeong In-bong	20,993	43.5	2.5
	Independent	Han Seok-bong	974	2.0	new
Rejected ballots			475	–	–
Turnout			48,693	33.7
Registered electors			144,375
	National Congress gain from Grand National		Swing

1996

Legislative Election 1996: Jongno
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Korea	Lee Myung-bak	40,230	41.0	5.5
	National Congress	Lee Jong-chan	32,918	33.6	−1.9
	Democratic	Roh Moo-hyun	17,330	17.7	new
	United Liberal Democrats	Kim Eul-dong	6,602	6.7	new
	Independent	Bang Se-hyun	462	0.5	new
	Independent	Lee Jeong-nam	253	0.2	new
	Independent	Kim Yeon-soo	129	0.1	new
	21st century Handok	Park Jong-gu	118	0.1	new
	Korea Democratic	Park Jong-gu	63	0.1	new
Rejected ballots			1,260	–	–
Turnout			99,365	66.2	−4.6
Registered electors			150,189
	New Korea hold		Swing

1992

Legislative Election 1992: Jongno
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Liberal	Lee Jong-chan	41,208	35.5	−2.5
	Democratic	Kim Kyung-jae	29,820	25.7	new
	Reunification National Party	Lee Nae-heun	28,336	24.4	new
	Independent	Jeong In-bong	15,127	13.0	new
	New Political Reform	Sim Jae-seop	839	0.7	new
	Independent	Shin Doo-wan	418	0.4	new
	Independent	Yun In-shik	409	0.4	new
Rejected ballots			49,720	–	–
Turnout			117,403	70.8
Registered electors			165,877
	Democratic Liberal hold		Swing

1988

Legislative Election 1988: Jongno
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic Justice	Lee Jong-chan	46,534	38.0	new
Reunification Democratic	Kim Myung-yoon	44,488	36.3	new
New Democratic Republican	Jeong In-bong	15,139	12.3	new
One National Democratic	Je Jeong-gu	15,031	12.3	new
Reunification Korea	Kim Kyung-min	683	0.6	new
Social Democratic	Han Sang-pil	418	0.3	new
Our Justice	Cha Jang-ryang	305	0.2	new
Democratic Justice win (new seat)

References

^ Yoon, Tae-gon (2020-02-12). "종로는 왜 정치1번지인가". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Seoul.
^ Son, Hyun-soo (2024-03-26). "875원 대파냐, 이재명 리스크냐…'정치 1번지' 종로 표심은". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). Seoul.
^ "정세균 국회의장.. 특수활동비까지?" (in Korean). People's Sound (민중의 소리). 10 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016.
^ "2020 Legislative Election Results of Seoul" (PDF) (in Korean). National Election Commission.
^ ^a ^b "역대 재보궐선거 결과 (1998~2012)" (in Korean). National Election Commission.

[1] Yoon, Tae-gon (2020-02-12). "종로는 왜 정치1번지인가". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Seoul.

[2] Son, Hyun-soo (2024-03-26). "875원 대파냐, 이재명 리스크냐…'정치 1번지' 종로 표심은". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). Seoul.

[3] "정세균 국회의장.. 특수활동비까지?" (in Korean). People's Sound (민중의 소리). 10 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016.

[4] "2020 Legislative Election Results of Seoul" (PDF) (in Korean). National Election Commission.

[By-election-5] "역대 재보궐선거 결과 (1998~2012)" (in Korean). National Election Commission.

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