The
Democratic Party of Korea held a leadership election on 25 August 2018. It was the first leadership election since the inauguration of
President Moon Jae-in. The elected leader was slated to serve a 2-year term.
Candidates
Dropped out
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Lee Jong-kul, member of the
National Assembly, former Floor leader of the party.
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Choi Jae-sung, member of the
National Assembly, former Secretary-General of the party.
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Kim Doo-kwan
Kim Doo-kwan ( ko, 김두관, RR: ''Gim Du-gwan'', Hanja: 金斗官; born 10 April 1959) is a South Korean Democratic United Party politician, former civil servant, and former governor of South Gyeongsang Province. He was elected governor in th ...
, member of the
National Assembly, former Governor of
South Gyeongsang Province.
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Lee In-young
Lee In-young ( Korean: 이인영, born 28 June 1964) is a South Korean activist and politician who served as the Minister of Unification from 2020 to 9 May 2022. Prior to this, he was the parliamentary leader of the Democratic Party from 2019 ...
, member of the
National Assembly.
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Park Beom-kye
Park Beom-kye (; born 27 April 1963) is a South Korean politician who served as Minister of Justice under President Moon Jae-in from 2021 to 2022 and a three-term parliamentarian representing Daejeon from 2012.
After passing the bar exam and co ...
, member of the
National Assembly.
Advance to the finals
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Lee Hae-chan
Lee Hae-chan (born 10 July 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea from 2018 to 2020. He also served as Prime Minister of South Korea from 2004 to 2006.
He served as Member of the National Ass ...
, member of the
National Assembly, former leader of the party, former
Prime Minister of South Korea, former
Minister of Education.
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Kim Jin-pyo, member of the
National Assembly, former Floor leader of the party, former
Minister of Education and Human Resources Development, former
Minister of Finance and Economy.
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Song Young-gil, member of the
National Assembly, former Mayor of
Incheon
Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...
.
Results
The ratio of the results by sector was 45% for delegates, 40% for party members, 10% for opinion poll and 5% for non-voting members poll.
References
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