Dongdaemun A

Dongdaemun A
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
File:국회선거구 동대문구갑.svg Location of the constituency
District(s)	Dongdaemun District (part)
Region	Seoul
Electorate	160,115 (2016)
Current constituency
Created	1988
Seats	1
Party	Democratic Party
Member	Ahn Gyu-baek
Council constituency	Dongdaemun 1st district Dongdaemun 2nd district
Created from	Dongdaemun

Dongdaemun A (Korean: 동대문구 갑) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of part of Dongdaemun District, Seoul. As of 2016, 160,115 eligible voters were registered in the constituency.

List of members of the National Assembly

Election		Member	Party	Dates	Notes
	1988	Choi Hoon	Peace Democratic	1988–1992
	1992	Roh Seung-woo	Democratic Liberal	1992–2000
	1996		New Korea
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color|	2000	Kim Hee-sun	Millennium Democratic	2000–2008
	2004		Uri
	2008	Chang Kwang-geun	Grand National	2008–2012
	2012	Ahn Gyu-baek	Democratic United	2012–present
	2016		Democratic

Election results

2016

Legislative Election 2016: Dongdaemun A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ahn Gyu-baek	39,728	42.8	-5.6
	Saenuri	Heo Yong-beom	35,593	38.3	-7.2
style="background-color:Template:People's Party (South Korea, 2016)/meta/color" |	People's	Kim Yoon	14,674	15.8	new
	Justice	Oh Jeong-bin	2,911	3.1	new
Rejected ballots			1,148	–	–
Turnout			94,054	58.7	+5.6
Registered electors			160,115

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Dongdaemun A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic United	Ahn Gyu-baek	41,993	48.4	+15.5
	Saenuri	Heo Yong-beom	39,473	45.5	-8.0
	Independent	Cho Kwang-han	4,039	4.7	new
	National Thought	Yoon Ji-hyun	1,242	1.4	new
Rejected ballots			601	–	–
Turnout			87,348	53.1	+7.0
Registered electors			164,396

2008

Legislative Election 2008: Dongdaemun A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Chang Kwang-geun	39,127	53.5	+12.5
	Democratic	Kim Hee-sun	24,014	32.9	new
	Pro-Park Coalition	Kim Jeong-seok	4,735	6.5	new
	Democratic Labor	Bang Jong-ok	3,716	5.1	+0.7
	Independent	Chang Ho-gwon	1,011	1.4	new
	Family Federation	Park Sang-sun	475	0.6	new
Rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			73,078	46.1	-15.6
Registered electors			159,626

2004

Legislative Election 2004: Dongdaemun A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Uri	Kim Hee-sun	43,228	44.1	+0.6
	Grand National	Chang Kwang-geun	40,210	41.0	+5.1
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" |	Millennium Democratic	Ji Yong-ho	6,136	6.3	-37.2
	Democratic Labor	Kim Young-joon	4,310	4.4	new
	Independent	Han Seung-min	2,444	2.5	-33.4
	Independent	Lee Kyung-hee	934	1.0	new
	United Liberal Democrats	Kim Young-hwan	804	0.8	-10.7
Rejected ballots			840	–	–
Turnout			98,906	61.7	+7.4
Registered electors			160,431

2000

Legislative Election 2000: Dongdaemun A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" |	Millennium Democratic	Kim Hee-sun	32,971	43.5	+9.6
	Grand National	Han Seung-min	27,213	35.9	-2.2
	United Liberal Democrats	Roh Seung-woo	8,751	11.5	+0.1
	Democratic People's	Sim Yang-seop	4,131	5.5	new
	Youth Progressive	Kim Sook-yi	2,794	3.7	new
Rejected ballots			762	–	–
Turnout			76,622	54.3	-4.7
Registered electors			143,649

1996

Legislative Election 1996: Dongdaemun A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Korea	Roh Seung-woo	34,120	38.1	+6.7
	National Congress	Kim Hee-sun	30,392	33.9	new
	United Liberal Democrats	Son Yoon-joon	10,207	11.4	new
	Democratic	Chang Kwang-geun	10,065	11.2	-19.4
	Independent	Lee Geun-gyu	4,794	5.4	new
Rejected ballots			1,695	–	–
Turnout			91,273	59.0	-8.8
Registered electors			154,807

1992

Legislative Election 1992: Dongdaemun A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Liberal	Roh Seung-woo	35,587	31.4	+7.7
	Democratic	Choi Hoon	34,710	30.6	+5.5
	Reunification National	Yoo Jong-yeol	25,486	22.5	new
	Independent	Yun Yong	12,489	11.0	new
	New Political Reform	Song Cha-gap	2,188	1.9	new
	Independent	Moon Seung-gook	1,564	1.4	new
	Independent	Kwak Byeong-gi	1,002	0.9	new
	Gongmyeong Democratic	Jeong Jae-bok	301	0.3	new
Rejected ballots			1,187	–	–
Turnout			114,514	67.8	-3.0
Registered electors			168,961

1988

Legislative Election 1988: Dongdaemun A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peace Democratic	Choi Hoon	28,475	25.1	new
	Democratic Justice	Yoo Jong-yeol	26,900	23.7	new
	Reunification Democratic	Roh Seung-woo	26,716	23.6	new
	New Democratic Republican	Lee In-geun	24,442	21.6	new
	One National Democratic	Chang Kwang-geun	4,348	3.8	new
	Independent	Kang Doo-won	1,878	1.7	new
	Our Justice	Jeon Myung-hwan	594	0.5	new
Rejected ballots			1,052	–	–
Turnout			114,405	70.8	–
Registered electors			161,528