Jongno (constituency)

Jongno (Korean: 종로구) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency only consists of the Jongno District, Seoul. As of 2017, 133,769 eligible voters were registered in the constituency.[1]

Jongno
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)	Jongno District
Region	Seoul
Electorate	133,769 (2017)
Current constituency
Created	1988
Seats	1
Party	Democratic Party
Member	Lee Nak-yon
Council constituency	Jongno 1st district Jongno 2nd district
Created from	Jongno–Jung

List of members of the National Assembly

Election		Member	Party	Dates	Notes
	1988	Lee Jong-chan	Democratic Justice	1988–1996
	1992		Democratic Liberal
	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	President of South Korea (2003–2008)
	2000	Jeong In-bong	Grand National	2000–2002
	2002	Park Jin	Grand National	2002–2012
	2004
	2008
	2012	Chung Sye-kyun	Democratic United	2012–2020	Speaker of the National Assembly (2016–2018)[2] Prime Minister of South Korea (2020-present)
	2016		Democratic
	2020	Lee Nak-yeon	Democratic	2020-present	Prime Minister of South Korea (2017-2020)

Election results

2020

Legislative Election 2020: Jongno[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lee Nak-yon	54,902	58.38
	Saenuri	Hwang Kyo-ahn	37,594	39.97
	Our Republican	Han Min-ho	417	0.44
	Minjung Party	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			594	–	–
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[4]

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[4]

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

Party		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

1. "[선택2016] 정치1번지 종로....민심은 싸늘" (in Korean). Newspim (뉴스핌). 3 January 2016.
2. "정세균 국회의장.. 특수활동비까지?" (in Korean). People's Sound (민중의 소리). 10 June 2016.
3. "2020 Legslative Election Results of Seoul" (PDF) (in Korean). National Election Commission.
4. "역대 재보궐선거 결과 (1998~2012)" (in Korean). National Election Commission.