Minju, Three Incumbents Eliminated in Primary... Min Hyung-bae Wins 'Gwangju Gwangsan-eul'

Yongseon Lee, Hyungbae Min, Jooyoung Kim, Byunghun So, Jeongmun Lee 'Primary'
'Gyeonggi Goyang-si Byeong' Incumbent Hong Jeongmin and Kiheon Lee Final Round

The Democratic Party of Korea announced the results of the primaries for 13 electoral districts on the 28th. Among the incumbents, Representatives Lee Yong-seon, Min Hyung-bae, Kim Ju-young, So Byung-hoon, and Lee Jung-moon advanced to the general election, while Representatives Yoo Ki-hong, Lee Byung-hoon, and Choi Hye-young were eliminated. In the Gwangju region, there was a trend of 'incumbent replacement,' but Representative Min Hyung-bae was the only one to survive.

Park Beom-gye, Chairman of the Democratic Party's Central Election Commission, announced the vote count results for the 13 constituencies where primaries were held at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on the same day.

Park Beom-gye, the Central Election Commission Chairman of the Democratic Party of France, is briefing on disciplinary measures for preliminary candidates in the primary election at the National Assembly on the 27th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Looking at the Seoul area, Representative Lee Yong-seon defeated former Yangcheon District Mayor Kim Soo-young in Yangcheon-gu Eul. In Gwanak-gu Gap, former Democratic Party Policy Committee Vice Chairman Park Min-gyu won against incumbent Yoo Ki-hong and secured a ticket to the general election. In Gwangju Dong-gu Nam-gu Eul, former Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance Ahn Do-gul defeated incumbent Lee Byung-hoon, and in Gwangsan-gu Eul, Representative Min Hyung-bae defended his seat by beating former Blue House Senior Administrative Officer Jeong Jae-hyeok.

In the Gyeonggi region, former spokesperson of the Presidential Election Countermeasures Committee Kim Seong-hoe secured the nomination in Goyang-si Gap, incumbent Representative Kim Ju-young in Gimpo-si Gap, and incumbent Representative So Byung-hoon in Gwangju-si Gap. In Anseong-si, Yoon Jong-gun, Deputy Director of the Democratic Research Institute, took first place, resulting in the elimination of Representative Choi Hye-young (proportional representation). In the race for Goyang-si Byeong in Gyeonggi, first-term Representative Hong Jeong-min and former Blue House Civil Affairs Secretary Lee Ki-heon will face a runoff.

Additionally, in Gangwon Province, former Wonju Mayor Won Chang-mook took first place in Wonju-si Gap, and Kim Jung-nam, Chair of the Democratic Party Gangwon Province Carbon Neutrality Committee, took first place in Gangneung-si. In Chungnam Province, incumbent Representative Lee Jung-moon secured the nomination in Cheonan-si Byeong, and former Seocheon County Head Na So-yeol secured the ticket in Boryeong-si Seocheon-gun.

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