Justice Party Leadership Election, Lee Jeong-mi and Kim Yoon-gi in Runoff Vote

Vice Representatives Lee Gijung and Lee Hyunjung, Youth Justice Party Leader Kim Changin
Accelerating Party Innovation Including Party Constitution and Regulations

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] In the election for the new leader of the Justice Party, candidates Lee Jeongmi and Kim Yoonki will proceed to a runoff vote.

On the 19th, the Justice Party held the 7th new leadership reporting meeting at 6 p.m. As a result of the online and ARS member voting conducted over six days from the 14th, no candidate received a majority in the new leader election, so the first-place candidate Lee Jeongmi and the second-place candidate Kim Yoonki will go through a runoff vote. The runoff vote will begin on the 23rd and the final results will be announced at 6 p.m. on the 28th.

Lee Jeongmi, who previously served as a member of the 20th National Assembly and as the Justice Party leader, ranked first with a total of 4,773 votes (49.91%), and Kim Yoonki, who served as the party vice leader and head of the Daejeon City Party Committee, ranked second with 1,689 votes (17.66%). Candidates Jo Seongju (12.09%), Jeong Hojin (11.78%), and Lee Dongyoung (8.56%) followed in 3rd to 5th place respectively.

On the same day, former Seoul Gwanak District Council member Lee Gijung and former Justice Party Climate Crisis Response Headquarters director Lee Hyeonjeong were elected as party vice leaders. Kim Changin, head of the Justice Party Namyangju Gap regional committee, was elected as the youth Justice Party leader.

The new leadership of the Justice Party plans to promote party innovation measures including a new party name, platform, and party constitution and regulations.

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