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Gangbuk A
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
Location of the constituency
District(s)	Gangbuk District (part)
Region	Seoul
Electorate	132,265 (2024)
Current constituency
Created	1996
Seats	1
Party	Democratic Party
Member(s)	Cheon Jun-ho
Created from	Dobong C

Gangbuk A (Korean: 강북구 갑) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of parts of Gangbuk District, Seoul. As of 2024, 132,265 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 1996 after being reorganized from the Dobong C constituency.

History

Since its establishment, Gangbuk A has more often elected members of centre-left, liberal parties to represent the constituency. Kim Won-gil of the centrist-liberal National Congress for New Politics was the first member to represent the constituency. Kim won re-election in 2000 as a member of the centre-left Millennium Democratic Party, but joined the conservative Grand National Party ahead of the 2002 South Korean presidential election. Kim ran as the Grand National Party's nominee for Gangbuk A in the 2004 election, but was defeated by Oh Yeong-sik of the liberal Uri Party by more than ten points. In the following election, Oh was defeated by Cheong Yang-seog of the Grand National Party. However, in the 2012 election, Oh won back the seat in a rematch against Cheong. Cheong won back the seat in 2016 as a member of the conservative Saenuri Party, securing 39.52% of the vote and narrowly beating out Democratic challenger Cheon Jun-ho. Cheong lost to Cheon Jun-ho in the following election, who won in a landslide with 57.75% of the vote. Cheon won re-election in 2024 in a one-on-one battle against Jun Sang-bum of the conservative People Power Party.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the neighborhoods of Beon 1-dong, Beon 2-dong, Ui-dong, Insu-dong, and Suyu-dong.

List of members of the National Assembly

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Gangbuk A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Cheon Jun-ho	47,701	57.23	0.52
	People Power	Jun Sang-bum	35,639	42.76	3.27
Rejected ballots			1,353	–
Turnout			84,693	64.03	2.25
Registered electors			132,265
	Democratic hold		Swing

2020

Legislative Election 2020: Gangbuk A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Cheon Jun-ho	49,490	57.75	23.07
	United Future	Cheong Yang-seog	33,840	39.49	0.03
	Minjung	Kim Eun-jin	1,457	1.70	new
	Independent	Seon Gye-seon	903	1.05	new
Rejected ballots			1,505	–
Turnout			87,195	61.78	7.01
Registered electors			141,126
	Democratic gain from United Future		Swing

2016

Legislative Election 2016: Gangbuk A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saenuri	Cheong Yang-seog	30,098	39.52	5.34
	Democratic	Cheon Jun-ho	26,411	34.68	17.53
	People	Kim Gi-ok	19,633	25.78	new
Rejected ballots			1,030	–
Turnout			77,172	54.77	2.92
Registered electors			140,892
	Saenuri gain from Democratic		Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Gangbuk A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic United	Oh Yeong-sik	37,352	52.21	7.6
	Saenuri	Cheong Yang-seog	32,098	44.86	3.35
	New Progressive	Kim Il-woong	2,086	2.91	new
Rejected ballots			571	–
Turnout			72,107	51.37	9.27
Registered electors			140,378
	Democratic United gain from Saenuri		Swing

2008

Legislative Election 2008: Gangbuk A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Grand National	Cheong Yang-seog	27,429	48.21	11.93
	United Democratic	Oh Yeong-sik	25,378	44.61	new
	Creative Korea	Kim Seo-jin	3,268	5.74	new
	Family Party for Peace and Unity	Kim Yong-ha	810	1.42	new
Rejected ballots			691	–
Turnout			57,576	42.10	16.20
Registered electors			136,760
	Grand National gain from United Democratic		Swing

2004

Legislative Election 2004: Gangbuk A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Uri	Oh Yeong-sik	36,638	46.04	new
	Grand National	Kim Won-gil	28,666	36.02	1.25
	Millennium Democratic	Park Kyeom-soo	11,113	13.96	37.24
	United Liberal Democrats	Shin Oh-chul	1,681	2.91	6.08
	Independent	Lee Young-soo	1,470	1.84	new
Rejected ballots			801	–
Turnout			80,369	58.30	8.35
Registered electors			137,865
	Uri gain from Grand National		Swing

2000

Legislative Election 2000: Gangbuk A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Millennium Democratic	Kim Won-gil	34,629	51.20	new
	Grand National	Yoo Kwang-eon	23,515	34.77	new
	United Liberal Democrats	Shin Oh-chul	6,085	8.99	8.36
	Youth Progressive	Nam Kyo-yong	3,396	5.02	new
Rejected ballots			717	–
Turnout			67,625	49.95	7.18
Registered electors			135,383
	Millennium Democratic hold		Swing

1996

See also

• List of constituencies of the National Assembly of South Korea

Notes

1. member of the Grand National Party from November 26, 2002

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