Sejong (Korean: 세종특별자치시) was a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea that existed from 2012 to 2020. The constituency consisted of Sejong City (citywide). As of 2016, 167,748 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. Ahead of the 2020 South Korean legislative election, it was separated into Sejong City A and Sejong B.

Sejong
Former Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)Sejong City (citywide)
RegionSejong City
Electorate167,748 (2016)
Former constituency
Created2012
Abolished2020
Seats1
PartyDemocratic Party
MemberLee Hae-chan
Council
constituency
Sejong 1st–16th district
Created fromGongju–Yeongi
Replaced bySejong A, Sejong B

List of members of the National Assembly

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Election Member Party Dates Notes
2012 Lee Hae-chan[1] Democratic United 2012–2020 Minister of Education (1998–1999);
Prime Minister of South Korea (2004–2006);
Chairman of the Democratic United Party (2012);
Leader of the Democratic Party (2018–2020)
2016 Independent[n 1]
2020 constituency abolished

Election results

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2016

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Legislative Election 2016: Sejong[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lee Hae-chan 46,187 43.7 −4.2
Saenuri Park Jong-joon 38,076 36.0 +22.1
Democratic Moon Heung-soo 11,191 10.6 −37.3
People Koo Sung-mo 8,748 8.3 new
People's United Yeo Mi-jeon 1,432 1.4 new
Rejected ballots 933
Turnout 106,567 63.5 +4.8
Registered electors 167,748
Independent hold Swing

2012

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Legislative Election 2012: Sejong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic United Lee Hae-chan 22,192 47.9 new
Liberty Forward Sim Dae-pyung 15,679 33.8 new
Saenuri Shin Jin 6,455 13.9 new
Independent Park Hee-bu 1,071 2.3 new
Independent Koh Jin-chun 616 1.3 new
Independent Park Jae-sung 336 0.7 new
Rejected ballots 1,039
Turnout 47,388 59.2
Registered electors 80,028
Democratic United win (new seat)

Notes

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  1. ^ Returned to the Democratic Party after the election

References

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  1. ^ "[당선자]이해찬 "더민주 복당해 내년 정권교체 하겠다"". News 1 (뉴스1). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ^ "한솔·도담·아름동 표심, 세종 이해찬 당선 '일등공신'". Good Morning Chungcheong (굿모닝충청). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2019.