People Power Party Cuts Off 5-Term Kim Young-sun... Goyang-jeong Kim Hyun-ah's Sole Nomination Cancellation Confirmed (Comprehensive)

Seoul Nowon-gap, Gyeonggi Ansan-eul, Goyang-eul Classified as 'Primary Election Areas'

Kim Young-seon, a five-term member of the People Power Party representing Changwon Uichang, Gyeongnam, was cut off (excluded from nomination).

People Power Party's Jeong Young-hwan, Chair of the Nomination Management Committee, is announcing the results of the primary election regions on the 2nd at the Central Party Office in Yeouido, Seoul.
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The People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee announced the results of the primary and nomination review on the 2nd at the Yeouido party headquarters.

Seo Ji-young, former head of the Central Party Secretariat (Busan Dongnae), lawyer Do Tae-woo (Daegu Jung-Nam District), and Lee Sang-hwi, former Chuncheon Press Secretary at the Presidential Office (Pohang Nam-Ulleung, Gyeongbuk), won the second round of primaries.

Kim Young-seon initially applied for nomination in Changwon Uichang, Gyeongnam, but declared an intention to move to Gimhae Gap; however, his name was absent from the list of primary candidates for both districts announced that day.

The Changwon Uichang primary will be a head-to-head contest between Kim Jong-yang, former chief of the Gyeongnam Police Agency, and Bae Cheol-soon, former administrative officer at the Presidential Office.

In Gimhae Gap, a three-way primary will be held among Kwon Tong-il, former policy advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, former lawmaker Kim Jeong-gwon, and Park Seong-ho, former vice governor of Gyeongnam Province.

In Goyang Jeong, Gyeonggi Province, the cancellation of the sole nomination of former lawmaker Kim Hyun-ah was confirmed. Former three-term lawmaker Kim Yong-tae received a priority recommendation (strategic nomination) for this district.

Due to electoral district reorganization, Gyeongbuk Uiseong-Cheongsong-Yeongdeok-Uljin will hold a primary between former lawmaker Kim Jae-won and lawmaker Park Hyung-soo.

In Gyeongbuk Yeongju-Yeongyang-Bonghwa, which was Park's district, former Deputy Director of the National Security Office at the Presidential Office Lim Jong-deuk received a sole nomination.

Additionally, in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, where the number of districts increased from two to three, proportional representative lawmaker Han Mu-kyung (Gap) and party Policy Committee Chairman Yoo Ui-dong (Byeong) received sole nominations.

In Sokcho-Inje-Goseong-Yangyang, Gangwon Province, party floor deputy leader Lee Yang-su received a sole nomination.

In Incheon Seo-gu Gap, lawyer Park Sang-su, recruited as the party's 'No. 1 talent' by Emergency Committee Chairman Han Dong-hoon, was solely nominated; in Seo-gu Eul, former anchor Park Jong-jin, and in Seo-gu Byeong, former Incheon City Culture and Welfare Political Deputy Director Lee Haeng-suk were also solely nominated.

Sole nominations were confirmed in Gwangju Seo-gu Eul (Kim Yoon), Buk-gu Gap (Kim Jeong-myeong), Buk-gu Byeong (Yang Jong-a), Jeonbuk Jeonju Byeong (Jeon Hee-jae), Gunsan-Gimje-Buan Gap (Oh Ji-seong), Gunsan-Gimje-Buan Eul (Choi Hong-woo), and Wanju-Jinan-Muju (Lee In-suk).

In Jeonnam, sole nominations were made in Mokpo (Yoon Seon-ung), Naju-Hwasun (Kim Jong-un), Haenam-Wando-Jindo (Gwak Bong-geun), Yeongam-Muan-Shinan (Hwang Du-nam), and Goheung-Boseong-Jangheung-Gangjin (Kim Hyeong-ju).

In Seoul Nowon, former Seoul National University National Fiscal Research Center researcher Kim Jun-ho, former regional chairman Lee Hyun-ung in Incheon Bupyeong Eul, and former National Assembly Secretariat Public Relations Planning Officer Hong Yun-o in Suwon were given priority nominations.

Seoul Nowon Gap (Kim Kwang-soo, Kim Seon-gyu, Hyun Kyung-byeong), Gyeonggi Ansan Eul (Park Yong-il, Seo Jeong-hyun, Yang Jin-young), and Goyang Eul (Lee Jeong-hyeong, Jang Seok-hwan, Jeong Moon-sik) were classified as primary election districts.

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