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Nonsan–Gyeryong–Geumsan
Nonsan–Gyeryong–Geumsan ( Korean: 논산시·계룡시·금산군) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of Nonsan, Gyeryong, and Geumsan County. As of 2024, 180,091 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 2004 from the Nonsan–Geumsan constituency. History The constituency was first contested in the 2004 South Korean legislative election. Lee In-je of the centrist-liberal United Liberal Democrats won election, securing 44.85% of the vote. Lee ran as an independent candidate in 2008 and won re-election with only 27.67% of the vote which was the lowest percentage for a winning candidate in the entire election. He was re-elected in 2012 as a member of the right-wing Liberty Forward Party, narrowly beating out Kim Jong-min of the liberal Democratic United Party by less than three points. However, in the subsequent election held in 2016, Kim Jong-min of the liberal Democratic Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jong-min (politician)
Kim Jong-min (; born 12 May 1964) is a South Korean politician representing the constituency of Nonsan–Gyeryong–Geumsan in the National Assembly from 2016. Before entering politics Kim studied Korean Language and Literature at Seoul National University. After graduating college, Kim worked as a political journalist for newspapers—daily ''Naeil'' () and weekly ''Sisajournal'' ()—during which he met then-presidential hopeful Roh Moo-hyun. Early political career Kim first joined politics in 2003 when he started working as one of the administrators at Office of Senior Secretary for Public Affairs to the President Roh (). He continued working for Roh until the end of Roh's term. In 2004 he was promoted to vice presidential spokesperson and a month later to the Roh's third presidential spokesperson becoming the youngest person to assume this post at the age of 40. Kim was Roh's first spokesperson after Roh returned to the office following Constitutional Court's ruling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 South Korean Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 10 April 2024. All 300 members of the National Assembly were elected, 254 from first-past-the-post constituencies and 46 from proportional party lists. The two largest parties, the liberal Democratic Party and the conservative People Power Party, once again set up satellite parties to take advantage of the electoral system. The election served as a "mid-term evaluation" for the Yoon Suk-yeol administration as it approaches its third year. Additionally, there was significant interest in whether the ruling party could surpass the constraints of the ruling coalition, which did not secure a majority in the previous general election, and gain the necessary momentum to govern effectively during the remainder of its term. The election saw opposition parties, primarily the Democratic Party of Korea, retain their majority in the National Assembly. The new legislators would have their first meeting on 30 May. Background Redistricti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-member District
A single-member district is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a multi-member district, which is represented by multiple officeholders. Single-member districts are also sometimes called single-winner voting, winner-takes-all, or single-member constituencies. A number of electoral systems use single-member districts, including plurality voting (first-past-the-post), two-round systems, instant-runoff voting (IRV), approval voting, range voting, Borda count, and Condorcet methods (such as the Minimax Condorcet, Schulze method, and Ranked Pairs). Of these, plurality and runoff voting are the most common. In some countries, such as Australia and India, members of the lower house of parliament are elected from single-member districts; and members of the upper house are elected from multi-member districts. In some other countries like Singapore, members of parliament can be elected from both single-member districts as well as multi-member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 South Korean Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 11 April 2012. The election was won by the ruling Saenuri or New Frontier Party, which renewed its majority in the National Assembly, despite losing seats. The election has been read as a bellwether for the presidential election to be held later in the year. The result confounded exit polls and media analysis, which had predicted a closer outcome. Background The South Korean National Assembly consists of 246 directly elected seats and 54 nationwide proportional representation seats chosen under an FPTP-PR parallel voting system. In South Korea's presidential system, the head of state chooses the cabinet, but the loss of control in the parliament could have hampered President Lee's government substantially. Political parties Four parties won seats in the 2012 election: * Saenuri Party ( ko, 새누리당, ''Saenuri-dang''), led by Park Geun-hye. The largest conservative party and incumbent government. Formerly name the Grand Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008)
The Democratic Party (; DP) was a Liberalism in South Korea, liberal political party in South Korea. Formerly named United Democratic Party (; UDP), it was the main opposition party in the 18th National Assembly of South Korea, Assembly. In late 2011, it merged into the Democratic Party (South Korea, 2011), Democratic United Party. History The party was originally formed as the Uri Party (''Yeollin Uri-dang'') when loyalists to president Roh Moo-hyun in the Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000), Millennium Democratic Party chose to break ranks from other party members who showed lukewarm support for the administration. Some 42 out of 103 lawmakers of the Millennium Democratic Party joined the new party, and 5 lawmakers from the Grand National Party also joined, seeking to complete political reforms. As a result of the 2004 South Korean parliamentary election, 2004 Parliamentary election, the party won an outright majority in the National Assembly by winning 152 of 299 seats. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
