Yeongdeungpo A

Yeongdeungpo A (Korean: 영등포구 갑) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of portions of Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul. As of 2020, 187,997 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 1988 from the Yeongdeungpo constituency.

Yeongdeungpo A
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)	Yeongdeungpo District (part)
Region	Seoul
Electorate	187,997 (2020)
Current constituency
Created	1988
Seats	1
Party	Democratic Party
Member(s)	Chae Hyeon-il
Created from	Yeongdeungpo

History

Throughout its history, Yeongdeungpo A has voted for members of both liberal and conservative parties, however the liberal Democratic Party's dominance in recent elections has made it a safe district for the Democratic Party in recent years.^[1] Chang Suk-hwa of the centrist-liberal Reunification Democratic Party was the first member to represent the constituency, and won re-election in 1992. However, he was defeated by the conservative New Korea Party's Kim Myung-seop in 1996. Kim won re-election in 2000 as a member of the liberal Millennium Democratic Party. He was succeeded by Ko Jin-hwa of the conservative Grand National Party, who won in the 2004 election.

In the course of the 2008 South Korean legislative election, incumbent Ko Jin-hwa, a moderate member of the Grand National Party was not nominated for re-election in the Yeongdeungpo A constituency. Jeon Yeo-ok, a staunch conservative considered to be a member of the party's right-wing, was nominated in the constituency instead.^[2] Jeon went on to win the constituency in 2008. Jeon left the Saneuri Party (successor to the Grand National Party) ahead of the 2012 legislative election after losing the party's nomination for the constituency to Park Sun-kyu.^[3][4] However, Kim Young-joo of the liberal Democratic United Party won the general election, defeating Park Sun-kyu by more than 7 points.^[5] Kim won re-election in 2016^[6] and 2020, widening her margin of victory to 18 points.^[7][8]

Kim Young-joo left the Democratic Party ahead of the 2024 South Korean legislative election,^[9][10] citing that she felt belittled and humiliated by the party's leadership after she was informed that her performance in the National Assembly was evaluated as "among the bottom 20 percent" by the party.^[11] She officially joined the ruling conservative People Power Party on March 4, 2024.^[12] She subsequently ran as the People Power Party candidate for Yeongdeungpo A in the 2024 legislative election, but was defeated by Chae Hyeon-il of the Democratic Party.^[13][14]

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the neighborhoods of Singil 3-dong, Dangsan 1-dong, Dangsan 2-dong, Yangpyeong 1-dong, Yangpyeong 2-dong, Yeongdeungpo-dong, Dorim-dong, and Mullae-dong.

List of members of the National Assembly

Election		Member	Party	Dates	Notes
	1988	Chang Suk-hwa	Reunification Democratic	1988–1996
	1992		Democratic
	1996	Kim Myung-seop	New Korea	1996–2004	Left the Millennium Democratic Party on November 1, 2002, rejoined on November 16, 2002[15] Joined the Uri Party in 2003
	2000		Millennium Democratic[a]
	2004	Ko Jin-hwa	Grand National	2004–2008
	2008	Jeon Yeo-ok		2008–2012	Left the Saenuri Party and joined the Korea Vision Party on March 9, 2012[16]
	2012	Kim Young-joo	Democratic United	2012–2024	Minister of Employment and Labor (2017–2018) Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (2022–present) Left the Democratic Party on February 19, 2024[9][10] Joined the People Power Party on March 4, 2024
	2016		Democratic[b]
	2020
	2024	Chae Hyeon-il	Democratic	2024–present

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Yeongdeungpo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Chae Hyeon-il	73,163	54.53	1.73
	People Power	Kim Young-joo	55,913	41.67	3.39
	New Reform	Her Eun-a	5,084	3.78	new
Rejected ballots			1,663	–
Turnout			135,823	70.2	1.0
Registered electors			193,458
	Democratic gain from People Power		Swing

2020

Legislative Election 2020: Yeongdeungpo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kim Young-joo	72,445	56.26	+10.98
	United Future	Moon Byung-ho	49,292	38.28	−1.47
	Justice	Jung Jae-min	6,257	4.86	+0.98
	National Revolutionary	An Seong-woo	760	0.59	new
Rejected ballots			1,335	–
Turnout			130,099	69.2	+6.25
Registered electors			187,997
	Democratic hold		Swing

2016

Legislative Election 2016: Yeongdeungpo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kim Young-joo	49,935	45.28	−7.59
	Saenuri	Park Sun-kyu	43,889	39.75	−5.96
	People	Kang Sin-bok	12,224	11.08	new
	Justice	Jung Jae-min	4,281	3.88	new
Rejected ballots			1,048	–
Turnout			111,327	62.95	+5.34
Registered electors			176,855
	Democratic hold		Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Yeongdeungpo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic United	Kim Young-joo	52,232	52.87	+10.34
	Saenuri	Park Sun-kyu	45,161	45.71	+1.96
	Real Democratic	Yeo Se-hyeon	1,407	1.42	new
Rejected ballots			588	–
Turnout			99,388	57.61	+9.45
Registered electors			172,505
	Democratic United gain from Korea Vision

2008

Legislative Election 2008: Yeongdeungpo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Jeon Yeo-ok	35,151	43.75	+6.79
	United Democratic	Kim Young-joo	34,163	42.53	new
	Pro-Park	Han Kyung-nam	7,072	8.80	new
	Democratic Labor	Lee Jeong-mi	3,352	4.17	−1.75
	Family Party for Peace and Unity	Kim Mun-sik	598	0.74	new
Rejected ballots			614	–
Turnout			80,950	48.16	−17.31
Registered electors			168,087
	Grand National hold		Swing

2004

Legislative Election 2004: Yeongdeungpo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Ko Jin-hwa	37,230	36.96	new
	Uri	Kim Myung-seop	35,584	35.33	new
	Millennium Democratic	Kim Min-seok	21,033	20.88	−24.98
	Democratic Labor	Hong Seung-ha	5,963	5.92	new
	United Liberal Democrats	Son Seok-mo	915	0.91	−4.59
Rejected ballots			789	–
Turnout			101,514	65.47	+12.01
Registered electors			155,056
	Grand National gain from Uri		Swing

2000

Legislative Election 2000: Yeongdeungpo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Millennium Democratic	Kim Myung-seop	33,050	45.86	new
	Grand National	Ko Jin-hwa	29,425	40.83	new
	United Liberal Democrats	Kim Hyeon-ho	3,962	5.50	−7.37
	Democratic People's	Kwon Gi-gyun	3,121	4.33	new
	Youth Progressive	Park Seung-hwan	2,511	3.48	new
Rejected ballots			702	–
Turnout			72,771	53.46	−8.68
Registered electors			136,121
	Millennium Democratic hold		Swing

1996

Legislative Election 1996: Yeongdeungpo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Korea	Kim Myung-seop	35,141	43.89	+9.91
	National Congress	Chang Suk-hwa	27,774	34.69	new
	United Liberal Democrats	Koo Chang-lim	10,310	12.87	new
	Democratic	Han Kyung-nam	6,825	8.52	new
Rejected ballots			1,221	–
Turnout			81,271	62.14	−7.52
Registered electors			130,781
	New Korea gain from National Congress		Swing

1992

Legislative Election 1992: Yeongdeungpo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Chang Suk-hwa	39,408	41.74	new
	Democratic Liberal	Kim Myung-seop	32,082	33.98	new
	Unification National	Kim Su-il	18,975	20.10	new
	New Political Reform	Baek Cheol	3,932	4.16	new
Rejected ballots			1,210	–
Turnout			95,607	69.66	−0.56
Registered electors			137,245
	Democratic hold		Swing

1988

   

Legislative Election 1988: Yeongdeungpo A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reunification Democratic	Chang Suk-hwa	29,825	30.64	–
	Peace Democratic	Kim Su-il	29,261	27.69	–
	Democratic Justice	Lee Deuk-heon	24,669	25.34	–
	New Democratic Republican	Ryu Gwan-seok	8,417	8.64	–
	Independent	Park Han-sang	3,333	3.42	–
	Our Justice	Baek Cheol	2,599	2.67	–
	Hankyoreh Democratic	Kwon Hyeok-chung	1,536	1.57	–
Rejected ballots			824	–
Turnout			98,164	70.22	–
Registered electors			139,785
	Reunification Democratic win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the National Assembly of South Korea

Notes

1. member of the Uri Party from 2003
2. member of the People Power Party since March 4, 2024

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