Election District Delimitation Committee Submits Constituency Delimitation Plan to National Assembly... 'Seoul and Jeonbuk Down 1 Seat Each, Incheon and Gyeonggi Up 1 Seat Each'

Average Population Applied: 273,178 People

The National Assembly Constituency Delimitation Committee submitted the proposed constituency boundaries for next year's general election to the National Assembly on the 5th. According to the proposal, the number of National Assembly members will decrease by one each in Seoul and Jeonbuk, while the seats in Incheon and Gyeonggi Province will each increase by one.

On the same day, the Delimitation Committee prepared a constituency delimitation plan with an average population of 203,281 per constituency for next year's general election and submitted it to the National Assembly. The constituencies were drawn up according to the population deviation allowance range presented by the Constitutional Court, resulting in the Busan Dongnae-gu constituency with a population of 273,177 and the Jeonbuk Iksan-si Gap constituency with a population of 136,629 being designated as a single constituency.

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According to this delimitation plan, six constituencies will be merged and adjusted. Accordingly, ▲ Seoul Nowon-gu Gap, Eul, and Byeong constituencies will become Nowon-gu Gap and Eul constituencies ▲ Busan Nam-gu Gap and Eul constituencies will become Nam-gu ▲ Gyeonggi-do Bucheon-si Gap, Eul, Byeong, and Jeong constituencies will become Bucheon-si Gap, Eul, and Byeong ▲ Gyeonggi-do Ansan-si Sangnok-gu Gap and Eul and Ansan-si Danwon-gu Gap and Eul will become Ansan-si Gap, Eul, and Byeong ▲ Jeongeup-si Gochang-gun and Namwon-si Imsil-gun Sunchang-gun, Gimje-si Buan-gun, and Wanju-gun Jinan-gun Muju-gun Jangsu-gun will become Jeongeup-si Sunchang-gun Gochang-gun Buan-gun, Namwon-si Jinan-gun Muju-gun Jangsu-gun, and Gimje Wanju-gun Imsil-gun ▲ Jeonnam Mokpo-si and Naju-si Hwasun-gun, Haenam-gun Wando-gun Jindo-gun, Yeongam-gun Muan-gun Sinan-gun will become Mokpo-si Sinan-gun, Naju-si Hwasun-gun Muan-gun, and Haenam-gun Yeongam-gun Wando-gun Jindo-gun, respectively.

Conversely, six constituencies will be newly divided. The divided areas are ▲ Busan-si Buk-gu Gangseo-gu Gap and Eul will become Buk-gu Gap, Eul, and Gangseo-gu ▲ Incheon Seo-gu Gap and Eul will become Seo-gu Gap, Eul, and Byeong ▲ Gyeonggi-do Pyeongtaek-si Gap and Eul will become Pyeongtaek-si Gap, Eul, and Byeong ▲ Gyeonggi-do Hanam-si will become Hanam-si Gap and Eul ▲ Hwaseong-si Gap, Eul, and Byeong will become Hwaseong-si Gap, Eul, Byeong, and Jeong ▲ Suncheon-si Gwangyang-si Gokseong-gun Gurye-gun Gap and Eul will become Suncheon-si Gap and Eul and Gwangyang-si Gokseong-gun Gurye-gun, respectively.

Five areas will have their boundaries newly adjusted. Seoul's Jongno-gu and Jung-gu Seongdong-gu Gap and Eul will become Jongno-gu Jung-gu and Seongdong-gu Gap and Eul, and Daegu Dong-gu Gap and Eul will become Dong-gu Gunwi-gun Gap and Eul. Gyeonggi-do Dongducheon-si Yeoncheon-gun and Yangju-si, Pocheon-si Gapyeong-gun will be adjusted to Dongducheon-si Yangju-si Gap and Eul and Pocheon-si Yeoncheon-gun Gapyeong-gun. Gangwon-do Chuncheon-si Cheorwon-gun Hwacheon-gun Yanggu-gun Gap and Eul and Gangneung-si, Sokcho-si Inje-gun Goseong-gun Yangyang-gun will become Chuncheon-si Gap and Eul and Gangneung-si Yangyang-gun, Sokcho-si Cheorwon-gun Hwacheon-gun Yanggu-gun Inje-gun Goseong-gun. In Gyeongbuk, Yeongju-si Yeongyang-gun Bonghwa-gun Uljin-gun and Gunwi-gun Uiseong-gun Cheongsong-gun Yeongdeok-gun will be adjusted to Yeongju-si Yeongyang-gun Bonghwa-gun and Uiseong-gun Cheongsong-gun Yeongdeok-gun Uljin-gun.

There are also 15 places where boundaries within autonomous districts or cities/counties are adjusted. In Seoul, Gangdong-gu Gap and Eul; in Busan, Saha-gu Gap and Eul; in Incheon, Yeonsu-gu Gap and Eul and Gyeyang-gu Gap and Eul; in Gyeonggi-do, Suwon-si Byeong and Mu, Gwangmyeong-si Gap and Eul, Goyang-si Gap, Eul, and Byeong, Siheung-si Gap and Eul, Yongin-si Eul, Byeong, and Jeong, and Paju-si Gap and Eul boundaries are adjusted. In Chungnam, Cheonan-si Gap, Eul, and Byeong; in Jeonbuk, Jeonju-si Gap and Byeong and Iksan-si Gap and Eul; in Jeonnam, Yeosu-si Gap and Eul; and in Gyeongnam, Gimhae-si Gap and Eul boundaries are changed.

Regarding this delimitation plan, the Delimitation Committee stated in a press release, "We had no choice but to comply with the current law's delimitation standards, which prohibit population proportionality and partial division of autonomous districts and cities/counties, so we could not find a way to resolve so-called mega-constituencies." They added, "Given the current population structure and delimitation standards, this issue will inevitably recur, so legislative supplementation is needed in the future."

Meanwhile, when the Speaker of the National Assembly refers the constituency boundaries to the Special Committee on Political Reform, the committee must prepare the delimitation plan as a bill. However, if the delimitation plan clearly violates the Public Official Election Act, a resubmission can be requested once with the approval of two-thirds of the total members. If a resubmission request is received, the Delimitation Committee must submit a new constituency delimitation plan to the Speaker within 10 days.

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