Seongnam Bundang A (Korean성남시 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)
RegionGyeonggi
Electorate214,158 (2024)
Current constituency
Created2000
Seats1
PartyPeople Power Party
Member(s)Ahn Cheol-soo
Created fromSeongnam Bundang

History

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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

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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

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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

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2024

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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