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Gwangsan B

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Gwangsan B
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)Gwangsan District (part)
RegionGwangju
Electorate186,787 (2024)
Current constituency
Created2008
Seats1
PartyDemocratic Party
Member(s)Min Hyung-bae
Created fromGwangsan

Gwangsan B (Korean광산구 을) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of parts of Gwangsan District, Gwangju. As of 2024, 186,787 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 2008 from the Gwangsan constituency.

History

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Gwangsan B, like all other constituencies located in Gwangju and the Honam region, is considered as a stronghold for the liberal Democratic Party.[1][2][3] The constituency has voted for candidates of the Democratic Party and its predecessor parties in every election except for in 2016.[4]

Lee Yong-seop of the United Democratic Party was the first member to represent the constituency winning in a landslide with 73.16% of the vote.[5] Lee won-re-election in 2012 with 74.67% of the vote against Hwang Cha-eun of the Unified Progressive Party.[6] However, Lee resigned from the National Assembly on May 7, 2014, in order to run as an independent candidate for Mayor of Gwangju in the upcoming local elections.[7] Kwon Eun-hee of the centrist-liberal New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) won the by-election for the constituency, securing 60.6% of the vote.[8] In the aftermath of the NPAD party split, incumbent Kwon Eun-hee along with other influential Honam politicians joined the People Party led by Ahn Cheol-soo.[9] Despite Gwangsan B and the region's historical preference for candidates of the Democratic Party, Kwon won re-election as a member of the People Party in the 2016 election.[10][11] Kwon did not stand for re-election in the 2020 election. She was succeeded by Min Hyung-bae of the Democratic Party who won in a landslide with 84.05% of the vote.[12] Min won re-election in 2024 against former Prime Minister of South Korea Lee Nak-yon of the New Future Party.[13][14]

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses the neighborhoods of Cheomdan 1-dong, Cheomdan 2-dong, Bia-dong, Singa-dong, Sinchang-dong, Suwan-dong, Hanam-dong, and Imgok-dong.

List of members of the National Assembly

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Election Member Party Dates Notes
2008 Lee Yong-seop United Democratic 2008–2014 Resigned on May 7, 2014 to run for Mayor of Gwangju[7]
2012 Democratic United
2014 by-election Kwon Eun-hee NPAD 2014–2020 Left the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) on December 28, 2015[15]

Joined the People Party on January 11, 2016[9]

2016 People
2020 Min Hyung-bae Democratic 2020–present
2024

Election results

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2024

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Legislative Election 2024: Gwangsan B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Min Hyung-bae 94,733 76.09 Decrease7.96
New Future Lee Nak-yon 17,237 13.84 new
People Power Ahn Tae-wook 5,941 4.77 new
Progressive Jeon Ju-yeon 5,110 4.10 new
Green Justice Kim Yong-jae 1,471 1.18 new
Rejected ballots 1,146
Turnout 125,638 67.26 Increase3.18
Registered electors 186,787
Democratic hold Swing

2020

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Legislative Election 2020: Gwangsan B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Min Hyung-bae 96,808 84.05 Increase40.8
Minsaeng Noh Seung-il 8,606 7.47 Decrease42.67
Justice Kim Yong-jae 7,110 6.17 Increase3.82
Labor Lee Byung-hoon 1,407 1.22 new
National Revolutionary Kim Hong-seop 1,241 1.07 new
Rejected ballots 1,965
Turnout 117,137 64.08 Increase2.42
Registered electors 182,793
Democratic gain from People Swing

2016

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Legislative Election 2016: Gwangsan B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People Kwon Eun-hee 50,724 50.14 new
Democratic Lee Yong-seop 43,749 43.25 Decrease17.36
Justice Moon Jeong-eun 2,380 2.35 Decrease1.42
Saenuri Sim Jeong-woo 1,940 1.91 Decrease5.07
People's United Choi Kyung-mee 1,654 1.63 new
Independent Han Nam-sook 703 0.69 new
Rejected ballots 618
Turnout 101,768 61.66 Increase39.35
Registered electors 165,038
People hold Swing

2014 by-election

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2014 by-election: Gwangsan B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NPAD Kwon Eun-hee 21,545 60.61 Decrease14.06
Unified Progressive Chang Wan-seop 9,375 26.37 Increase1.02
Saenuri Song Hwan-ki 2,484 6.98 new
Justice Moon Jeong-eun 1,343 3.77 new
Independent Yang Cheong-seok 799 2.24 new
Rejected ballots 137
Turnout 35,683 22.31 Decrease28.87
Registered electors 159,974
NPAD hold Swing

2012

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Legislative Election 2012: Gwangsan B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic United Lee Yong-seop 53,154 74.67 Increase1.51
Unified Progressive Hwang Cha-eun 18,022 25.32 Increase7.45
Rejected ballots 822
Turnout 71,998 51.18 Increase10.12
Registered electors 140,667
Democratic United hold Swing

2008

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Legislative Election 2008: Gwangsan B
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Democratic Lee Yong-seop 26,540 73.16
Democratic Labor Jang Yeun-ju 6,482 17.87
Grand National Kang Kyung-soo 2,608 7.19
Family Party for Peace and Unity Kim Kyong-ok 648 1.79
Rejected ballots 266
Turnout 36,544 41.06
Registered electors 88,999
United Democratic win (new seat)

See also

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References

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