People Power Party Breaks Away from 'Yeongnam Party' Image... 'Capital Region Members Surpass TK'

Lee Jun-seok's Party Member Revolution, Changing People Power's 'Blood Type' Too

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] The proportion of People Power Party members in the Seoul metropolitan area has surpassed that of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk (TK) region. This change occurred as a result of a surge in new memberships in the metropolitan area following the inauguration of party leader Lee Jun-seok.

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, is attending the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 7th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

On the 7th, based on the People Power Party's 'Post-Party Convention New Member Analysis' and the number of members by region from the June 11 party convention electorate, it was estimated that the party's metropolitan area (Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon) membership proportion is 36%, surpassing TK's 23% and Busan-Gyeongnam (PK) 19%. Before the party convention, the order was TK-metropolitan-PK. The metropolitan area increased from 30% to 36% before and after the convention, while TK decreased from 31% to 23%, and PK from 24% to 19%. Although the number of TK and PK members increased, their proportions decreased due to the influx of metropolitan area members.

The People Power Party announced that a total of 265,952 new members joined from May 31 to September 27. Among them, Seoul (46,549), Gyeonggi (57,296), and Incheon (9,948) saw increases. Forty-three percent of all new members came from the metropolitan area. In contrast, new members from TK?Daegu (11,797) and Gyeongbuk (27,779)?accounted for 15% of the total, while PK?Busan (14,850), Ulsan (3,922), and Gyeongnam (16,685)?accounted for 13%. Meanwhile, the proportion of members from Honam and Jeju, which had previously been only 1%, increased to 2% each, and the Chungcheong region's share of total members rose from 10% to 14%, a 4 percentage point increase.

As the proportion of party members changes, the influence of votes from the metropolitan area and other non-Yeongnam regions in the People Power Party's presidential primary is expected to increase significantly. The party allocates 30% of the vote weight to party members in the second cut-off and 50% in the final primary. Accordingly, unlike in the past, votes from the metropolitan area and Chungcheong region are expected to exert considerable influence alongside Yeongnam votes. Leader Lee also predicted, "Newly joined members will have a very significant impact on the presidential primary."

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