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Seodaemun A

Seodaemun A (Korean: 서대문구 갑) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of parts of Seodaemun District, Seoul. As of 2024, 130,042 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 1988 from the Seodaemun–Eunpyeong constituency.

Seodaemun A
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)Seodaemun District (part)
RegionSeoul
Electorate130,042 (2024)
Current constituency
Created1988
Seats1
PartyDemocratic Party
Member(s)Kim Dong-ah
Created fromSeodaemun–Eunpyeong

History

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Throughout its history, Seodaemun A has elected members of both liberal and conservative parties to represent the constituency. Accordingly, Seodaemun A has historically been considered a bellwether constituency by political analysts.[1] However, in recent elections the Democratic Party has been dominant with four consecutive wins in the constituency. Therefore, some analysts consider the constituency as becoming a stronghold for the Democratic Party.[2]

Kang Seong-mo of the right-wing Democratic Justice Party was the first member to represent the constituency having won with 37.04% of the vote.[3][4][5] Kang lost his bid for re-election and was succeeded by Kim Sang-hyun of the centre-left Democratic Party.[6] Kim won re-election in 1996 but was not re-nominated ahead of the 2000 election.[7] He was succeeded by Lee Sung-heon of the centre-right Grand National Party who won in a tight race against Woo Sang-ho of the Millennium Democratic Party.[8] Lee Sung-heon and Woo Sang-ho would continue to face off in rematches in Seodaemun A as the mainstream conservative and liberal party candidates respectively until the 2020 South Korean legislative election.[9][10]

In the 2004 South Korean legislative election, Woo Sang-ho of the Uri Party narrowly defeated incumbent Lee Sung-heon by a margin of 1,899 votes.[3][11][12] However, in the following election held in 2008, Lee won the seat back by a wide margin and securing 51.64% of the vote.[3][13][14] In the 2012 election, Woo won the seat back, securing 54.36% of the vote in a one-on-one battle against Lee Sung-heon.[3][15][16] Woo won re-election in 2016 and 2020 with 54.88% and 53.24% of the vote respectively, defeating former assemblyman Lee Sung-heon in both matches.[3][17][18][19][20]

Ahead of the 2024 South Korean legislative election, Woo Sang-ho announced that he would not be standing for re-election in Seodaemun A.[21] After holding a party primary, the Democratic Party nominated lawyer Kim Dong-ah as the party's candidate for the constituency on March 11, 2024.[22][23] Kim Dong-ah went on to win the general election with 50.75% of the vote, defeating Lee Yong-ho of the People Power Party.[24]

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses the neighborhoods of Hongje 1-dong, Hongje 2-dong, Bugahyeon-dong, Cheonyeon-dong, Chunghyeon-dong, Sinchon-dong, and Yeonhui-dong. It borders the constituencies of Seodaemun B to the north, Mapo B to the west, Mapo A to the south, Jung–Seongdong B and Jongno to the east.[25]

List of members of the National Assembly

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Election Member Party Dates Notes
1988 Kang Seong-mo Democratic Justice 1988–1992
1992 Kim Sang-hyun Democratic 1992–2000 Left the Millennium Democratic Party and joined the Democratic People's Party on February 27, 2000[26]
1996 National Congress[a]
2000 Lee Sung-heon Grand National 2000–2004
2004 Woo Sang-ho Uri 2004–2008
2008 Lee Sung-heon Grand National 2008–2012
2012 Woo Sang-ho Democratic United 2012–2024 Floor leader of the Democratic Party (2016–2017)

Interim leader of the Democratic Party (2022)

2016 Democratic
2020
2024 Kim Dong-ah 2024–present

Election results

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2024

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Legislative Election 2024: Seodaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kim Dong-ah 44,890 50.75  2.49
People Power Lee Yong-ho 38,466 43.49  1.85
New Reform Lee Kyung-sun 5,087 5.75 new
Rejected ballots 1,506 –
Turnout 89,949 69.2  0.15
Registered electors 130,042
Democratic hold Swing

2020

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Legislative Election 2020: Seodaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Woo Sang-ho 47,980 53.24  1.64
United Future Lee Sung-heon 37,522 41.64  1.37
Independent Shin Ji-ye 2,916 3.23 new
Minjung Jeon Jin-hee 1,026 1.13 new
National Revolutionary Ko Sang-il 331 0.36 new
Our Republican Shin Min-ho 330 0.36 new
Rejected ballots 991 –
Turnout 91,096 69.05  6.83
Registered electors 131,930
Democratic hold Swing

2016

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Legislative Election 2016: Seodaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Woo Sang-ho 42,972 54.88  0.52
Saenuri Lee Sung-heon 31,529 40.27  5.36
Green Kim Young-jun 2,206 2.81 new
Minjoo Lee Jong-hwa 1,586 2.02 new
Rejected ballots 1,138 –
Turnout 79,431 62.22  4.74
Registered electors 127,642
Democratic hold Swing

2012

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Legislative Election 2012: Seodaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic United Woo Sang-ho 40,481 54.36  10.87
Saenuri Lee Sung-heon 33,982 45.63  6.01
Rejected ballots 656 –
Turnout 75,119 57.48  9.17
Registered electors 130,670
Democratic United gain from Saenuri Swing

2008

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Legislative Election 2008: Seodaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Lee Sung-heon 33,463 51.64  7.83
United Democratic Woo Sang-ho 28,185 43.49 new
New Progressive Chung Hyeon-jeong 2,637 4.06 new
Family Party for Peace and Unity Noh Hak-woo 509 0.78 new
Rejected ballots 562 –
Turnout 65,356 48.31  15.49
Registered electors 135,281
Grand National gain from United Democratic Swing

2004

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Legislative Election 2004: Seodaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Uri Woo Sang-ho 38,795 46.06 new
Grand National Lee Sung-heon 36,896 43.81  3.2
Millennium Democratic Kim Young-ho 3,893 4.62  40.54
Democratic Labor Chung Hyeon-jeong 3,721 4.41 new
United Liberal Democrats Park Jong-won 529 0.62  1.56
Independent Koh Eun-seok 384 0.45 new
Rejected ballots 649 –
Turnout 133,030 63.80  8.18
Registered electors 133,030
Uri gain from Grand National Swing

2000

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Legislative Election 2000: Seodaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Grand National Lee Sung-heon 34,623 47.01  7.7
Millennium Democratic Woo Sang-ho 33,259 45.16 new
Democratic People's Lee Dong-woo 2,128 2.89 new
Youth Progressive Park Se-jeung 2,029 2.76 new
United Liberal Democrats Lee Ui-dal 1,604 2.18  5.05
Rejected ballots 630 –
Turnout 74,273 55.62  4.0
Registered electors 133,530
Grand National gain from Democratic People's Swing

1996

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Legislative Election 1996: Seodaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Congress Kim Sang-hyun 29,979 40.10 new
New Korea Lee Sung-heon 29,388 39.31  1.11
Democratic Park Kyung-san 8,610 11.51 new
United Liberal Democrats Lee Ui-dal 5,407 7.23 new
Independent Koh Eun-seok 1,372 1.83 –
Rejected ballots 1,052 –
Turnout 75,808 59.62  10.83
Registered electors 127,154
National Congress hold Swing

1992

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Legislative Election 1992: Seodaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kim Sang-hyun 42,591 45.49 new
Democratic Liberal Kang Seong-mo 37,843 40.42 new
Unification National Ryu Gap-jong 13,178 14.07 new
Rejected ballots 1,177 –
Turnout 94,789 70.45  0.3
Registered electors 134,548
Democratic gain from Democratic Liberal Swing

1988

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Legislative Election 1988: Seodaemun A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Justice Kang Seong-mo 36,097 37.04 –
Reunification Democratic Kim Sang-hyun 30,598 31.39 –
Peace Democratic Kim Hak-min 23,054 23.65 –
New Democratic Republican Shin Soon-won 5,621 5.76 –
Our Justice Oh Jae-kwan 1,341 1.37 –
Independent Koh Eun-seok 736 0.75 –
Rejected ballots 765 –
Turnout 98,212 70.75 –
Registered electors 138,825
Democratic Justice win (new seat)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ member of the Democratic People's Party from February 27, 2000

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