On 2 September 2018, Bareunmirae Party held a leadership election.

Background

This was a snap election called after the resignation of both

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and Park Joo-sun due to the serious defeat in local elections in 2018. Until the new leadership election, the party's presidency was temporarily taken by Kim Dong-cheol, party's parliamentary leader.

Candidates

Official candidates

* Ha Tae-keung * Chung Woon-cheon * Kim Young-hwan * Sohn Hak-kyu * Lee Jun-seok * Kwon Eun-hui

Withdrawn candidates

Below are candidates lost in primary on 11 August. * Shin Yong-hyun * Chang Song-min * Chang Song-chol * Lee Su-bong

Results

{, class="wikitable" , - ! No. !! Candidate !! Votes !! Opinion polls !! Total results !! Position , - , 04 , , Sohn Hak-kyu , , 24,605 (53.74%) , , 57.50% , , 54.04% , , President , - , 01 , , Ha Tae-keung , , 20,285 (45.36%) , , 45.28% , , 45.72% , , Vice President , - , 05 , , Lee Jun-seok , , 17,538 (39.00%) , , 38.24% , , 36.92% , , Vice President , - , ''02'' , , '' Chung Woon-cheon'' , , ''11,237 (24.41%)'' , , ''24.90%'' , , ''24.26%'' , , , - , ''03'' , , '' Kim Young-hwan'' , , ''10,320 (23.47%)'' , , ''22.22%'' , , ''23.62%'' , , , - , 06 , , Kwon Eun-hui , , 6,611 (14.04%) , , 14.22% , , 13.70% , , Vice President Sohn Hak-kyu, former Governor of Gyeonggi Province, won as the President. Incumbent MP Ha Tae-keung and entrepreneur Lee Jun-seok that came behind of Sohn, became Vice Presidents. Kwon Eun-hui, despite ended as the 6th and the last, automatically took vice presidency specialised for women. Other than that,

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, an incumbent MP, was elected as the party's Youth Chief.

References

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