Yongsan (constituency)

Yongsan
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
File:국회선거구 용산구.svg Location of the constituency
District(s)	Yongsan District
Region	Seoul
Electorate	197,962 (2017)
Current constituency
Created	1988
Seats	1
Party	Democratic Party
Member	Chin Young
Council constituency	Yongsan 1st district Yongsan 2nd district
Created from	Mapo–Yongsan

Yongsan (Korean: 용산구) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency only consists of the Yongsan District, Seoul. As of 2017, 197,962 eligible voters were registered in the constituency.

List of members of the National Assembly

Election		Member	Party	Dates	Notes
	1988	Seo Jeong-hwa	Democratic Justice	1988–2000	Minister of Home Affairs (1980–1982, 1997)
	1992		Democratic Liberal
	1996		New Korea
	2000	Seol Song-woong	Millennium Democratic	2000–2004	Head of the Yongsan District Office (1995–1998)
	2004	Chin Young	Grand National	2004–present	Minister of Health and Welfare (2013); Minister of the Interior and Safety (2019–present)
	2008
	2012		Saenuri
	2016		Democratic

Election results

2016

Legislative Election 2016: Yongsan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Chin Young	48,965	42.8	-9.6
	Saenuri	Hwang Chun-ja	45,691	39.9	-12.5
style="background-color:Template:People's Party (South Korea, 2016)/meta/color" |	People's	Kwak Tae-won	15,805	13.8	new
	Justice	Jeong Youn-wook	3,161	2.8	new
style="background-color:Template:People's United Party (South Korea)/meta/color" |	People's United	Lee So-young	838	0.7	new
Rejected ballots			1,120	–	–
Turnout			115,580	57.7	+5.7
Registered electors			200,224

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Yongsan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saenuri	Chin Young	56,067	52.4	-5.6
	Democratic United	Cho Soon-yong	49,083	45.9	+16.5
	Nations’ Happiness	Lee Hee-jung	1,776	1.7	new
Rejected ballots			1,141	–	–
Turnout			107,681	52.0	+9.0
Registered electors			207,240

2008

Legislative Election 2008: Yongsan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Chin Young	47,533	58.0	+12.0
	Democratic	Sung Jang-hyun	24,077	29.4	new
	Democratic Labor	Kim Jong-min	4,567	5.6	+0.7
	Liberty Forward	Lee In-sook	3,984	4.9	new
	Family Federation	Kim Man-ho	1,737	2.1	new
Rejected ballots			700	–	–
Turnout			82,598	43.0	-18.2
Registered electors			192,033

2004

Legislative Election 2004: Yongsan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Chin Young	51,025	46.0	+1.4
	Uri	Kim Jin-ae	43,915	39.6	new
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" |	Millennium Democratic	Sung Jang-hyun	9,570	8.6	-36.2
	Democratic Labor	Jeong Youn-wook	5,467	4.9	+2.8
	United Liberal Democrats	Lee Yong-ju	849	0.8	-4.4
Rejected ballots			770	–	–
Turnout			111,596	61.2	+8.2
Registered electors			182,403

2000

Legislative Election 2000: Yongsan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" |	Millennium Democratic	Seol Song-woong	42,849	44.8	+12.2
	Grand National	Chin Young	42,736	44.6	+8.2
	United Liberal Democrats	Lee Gil-beom	4,937	5.2	-2.3
	Senior Progressive	Lee Kwang-hee	2,201	2.3	new
	Democratic Labor	Lee Ho-young	2,045	2.1	new
	Democratic People's	Song Jae-young	910	1.0	new
Rejected ballots			894	–	–
Turnout			96,572	53.0	-7.1
Registered electors			182,095

1996

Legislative Election 1996: Yongsan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Korea	Seo Jeong-hwa	41,092	36.4	-0.3
	National Congress	Oh Yoo-bang	36,769	32.6	new
	Democratic	Kang Chang-sung	24,023	21.3	-6.9
	United Liberal Democrats	Kim Jae-young	8,496	7.5	new
	Nonpartisan People's Union	Jeong Han-sung	1,436	1.3	new
	Independent	Lee Chun-hyung	1,081	1.0	new
Rejected ballots			1,616	–	–
Turnout			114,513	60.3	-8.9
Registered electors			189,773

1992

Legislative Election 1992: Yongsan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Liberal	Seo Jeong-hwa	49,977	36.7	+3.8
	Democratic	Han Young-ae	39,556	28.2	new
	Reunification National Party	Bong Doo-wan	32,177	23.0	new
	Independent	Seol Song-woong	12,802	9.1	new
	New Political Reform	Kim Dong-ju	3,733	2.7	new
	Independent	Eom Geum-ja	996	0.7	new
	Independent	Jeong Han-sung	927	0.7	new
Rejected ballots			1,640	–	–
Turnout			141,808	69.0	-1.5
Registered electors			205,488

1988

Legislative Election 1988: Yongsan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Justice	Seo Jeong-hwa	48,103	32.9	new
	Peace Democratic	Han Young-ae	34,364	23.5	new
	Reunification Democratic	Kim Jae-young	33,691	23.0	new
	New Democratic Republican	Seol Song-woong	25,721	17.6	new
	One National Democratic	Jeong Moo-hyung	3,779	2.6	new
	Our Justice	Lee Bu-kyu	599	0.4	new
Rejected ballots			1,493	–	–
Turnout			147,750	70.5	–
Registered electors			209,456