Gyeyang B

Gyeyang B
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)	Gyeyang District
Region	Incheon
Electorate	137,090 (2022)
Current constituency
Created	2004
Seats	1
Party	Democratic Party
Member(s)	Lee Jae-myung
Created from	Gyeyang (constituency)

Gyeyang B (Korean: 계양구 을) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of part of Gyeyang District, Incheon. As of 2022, 137,090 eligible voters were registered in the constituency.

History

Gyeyang B was created ahead of the 2004 South Korean legislative election from the former Gyeyang constituency as a result of an increase in the area's voter population.[1]

The constituency is considered a Democratic Party stronghold, electing candidates affiliated with the Democratic Party and its predecessor parties every election except for a by-election that was held in 2010. It has been represented by leader of the Democratic Party Lee Jae-myung since 2022.[2]

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the neighborhoods Gyesan-dong and Gyeyang-dong.

List of members of the National Assembly

Election		Member	Party	Dates	Notes
	2004	Song Young-gil	Uri	2000-2010	Resigned to run for Mayor of Incheon[3]
	2008		United Democratic
	2010 by-election	Lee Sang-kwon	Grand National	2010-2012
	2012	Choi Won-sik	Democratic United	2012-2016
	2016	Song Young-gil	Democratic	2016-2022	Leader of the Democratic Party (2021–2022) Resigned to run for Mayor of Seoul[4]
	2020
	2022 by-election	Lee Jae-myung		2022–present	Leader of the Democratic Party (2022–present)
	2024

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Gyeyang B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lee Jae-myung	48,365	54.12	1.12
	People Power	Won Hee-ryong	40,616	45.45	0.7
	Tomorrow Future	Choi Chang-won	373	0.41	new
Rejected ballots			1,495	–
Turnout			90,849	71.34	11.21
Registered electors			127,351
	Democratic hold		Swing

2022 by-election

2022 by-election: Gyeyang B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lee Jae-myung	44,289	55.24	−3.43
	People Power	Yoon Hyeong-seon	35,886	44.75	+6.01
Rejected ballots			2,259	–
Turnout			82,434	60.13	–
Registered electors			137,090
	Democratic hold		Swing

2020

Legislative Election 2020: Gyeyang B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Song Young-gil	51,821	58.67	+15.38
	United Future	Yoon Hyeong-seon	34,222	38.74	+7.48
	Minjung	Go Hye-gyeong	1,538	1.74	new
	National Revolutionary	Chung Dae-soo	740	0.83	new
Rejected ballots			977	–
Turnout			89,298	62.66	–
Registered electors			142,502
	Democratic hold		Swing

2016

Legislative Election 2016: Gyeyang B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Song Young-gil	35,197	43.29	−12.97
	Saenuri	Lee Sang-kwon	25,420	31.26	−12.47
	People	Choi Won-sik	20,679	25.43	new
Rejected ballots			779	–
Turnout			82,075	57.03	+7.37
Registered electors			143,927
	Democratic hold		Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Gyeyang B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic United	Choi Won-sik	38,045	56.26	+13.43
	Saenuri	Lee Sang-kwon	29,568	43.73	−3.89
Rejected ballots			548	–
Turnout			68,161	49.66	+26.49
Registered electors			137,257
	Democratic United gain from Saenuri		Swing

2010 by-election

2010 by-election: Gyeyang B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Lee Sang-kwon	14,444	47.62	+6.47
	Democratic	Kim Hee-gap	12,992	42.83	−3.26
	Democratic Labor	Park In-sook	2,313	7.62	+1.78
	Independent	Lee Gi-cheol	579	1.91	new
Rejected ballots			89	–
Turnout			30,417	23.17	−19.2
Registered electors			131,281
	Grand National gain from Democratic		Swing

2008

Legislative Election 2008: Gyeyang B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Democratic	Song Young-gil	23,731	46.09	new
	Grand National	Lee Sang-kwon	21,182	41.15	+3.77
	Democratic Labor	Park In-sook	3,008	5.84	new
	Liberty Forward	Park Hee-ryong	2,626	5.10	new
	Family Party for Peace and Unity	Song Kwak-seok	932	1.81	new
Rejected ballots			307	–
Turnout			51,786	42.37	−14.8
Registered electors			122,224
	United Democratic hold		Swing

2004

Legislative Election 2004: Gyeyang B

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Uri	Song Young-gil	37,706	56.24	–
	Grand National	Lee Sang-kwon	23,069	37.38	–
	Millennium Democratic	Chung Chang-gyo	3,934	6.38	–
Rejected ballots			670	–
Turnout			62,379	57.17	–
Registered electors			109,102
	Uri win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the National Assembly of South Korea

References

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