The Democratic Party of Korea held its leadership by-election on 2 May 2021 following the resignation of the incumbent

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in March 2021. Lee stepped down from party leader due to party rule which bans any party contender for president from holding party position at least for a year before the presidential election. Newly-elected leader of the party will serve for the remainder of Lee's term which ends in August 2022 and may replace two unelected members of the Supreme Council currently held by Park Seong-min and Park Hong-bae who were appointed by Lee in 2020. They will also command party's campaign in the 20th

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in March 2022 and the 8th local election in June 2022. Immediately after the party's loss in

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, all members of its Supreme Council decided to resign. The date for its leadership by-election was also decided as 2 May to elect its new party leader as earliest as possible. Few days later, it was decided that members of the Supreme Council will be elected on the same day after party members complained about not having their votes in new members of Supreme Council.

Candidates

Candidates for leader

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, a member of the National Assembly from

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(Bupyeong B) and a former floor leader # Song Young-gil, a member of the National Assembly from

(Gyeyang B) and a former mayor of Incheon, unsuccessfully run in 2018 leadership election # Woo Won-shik, a member of the National Assembly from Seoul(Nowon B) and a former floor leader

Eliminated

* Chung Han-do, a member of Yongin City Council

Candidates for Supreme Council

# Kang Byung-won, a member of the National Assembly from Seoul(Eunpyeong B) # Hwang Myung-sun, incumbent, three-term mayor of Nonsan City # Kim Yong-min, a member of the National Assembly from Namyangju City(Namyangju C) # Jun Hye-sook, a member of the National Assembly from Seoul(Gwangjin A) # Suh Sam-suk, a member of the National Assembly from South Jeolla Province(Yeongam–Muan–Sinan) and a former three-term mayor of its Muan County # Back Hye-ryun, a member of the National Assembly from

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(Suwon B) # Kim Young-bae, a member of the National Assembly from Seoul(Seongbuk A) and a former two-term mayor of Seoul's Seongbuk District

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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