Sasang (constituency)
{{Short description|Constituency in Busan, South Korea}}
{{Infobox constituency|name=Sasang|type=Single-member|parl_name=National Assembly|image=국회선거구 사상구.svg|caption=Location of the constituency|district_label=District(s)|district=Sasang District|region_label=Region|region=Busan|electorate=181,823 {{small|(2024)}}|year=2000|elects_howmany=1|seats=1|party_label=Party|party=People Power Party|member=Kim Dae-sik|previous=Sasang A, Sasang B}}Sasang ({{Korean|hangul=사상구}}) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of Sasang District, Busan. As of 2024, 181,823 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 2000 after the consolidation of the Sasang A and Sasang B constituencies.
History
Sasang, like the majority of constituencies located in the Busan–Gyeongnam Area is widely considered a stronghold for the conservative People Power Party.{{Cite web |last=NEWSIS |date=2024-05-02 |title=윤 지지율, 반등 없이 27%…TK·PK도 부정평가가 더 높아[NBS] |url=https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20240502_0002721195 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=뉴시스 |language=ko}}{{Cite web |last=머니S |date=2024-04-11 |title=국민의힘, 낙동강 벨트 사수… 보수 텃밭 PK서 압승 |url=https://www.moneys.co.kr/article/2024041103312382235 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=머니S |language=ko}} Accordingly, the constituency has consistently elected members of conservative political parties and allied independents, with the only exception being in 2012 when Moon Jae-in of the liberal Democratic United Party was elected.{{Cite web |last=손형주 |date=2024-03-29 |title=격전지 부산 사상구…배재정·김대식, 본격 선거운동 |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/PYH20240329164400051 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=연합뉴스 |language=ko}}
Kwon Chul-hyun of the conservative Grand National Party was the first member to represent the constituency.{{Cite web |title=[기획2] 핵심인물 키워온 사상구 (B tv 부산뉴스) |url=http://ch1.skbroadband.com/content/view?parent_no=24&content_no=54&p_no=167513 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=tbroad |language=ko}} He won re-election in 2004, but was "cut-off" from being re-nominated in 2008.{{Cite web |title=[클로즈업] '수도권 거부' 장제원, 사상 강행 vs 불출마 후 부산시장 도전 |url=https://newspim.com/news/view/20231115001048 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=뉴스핌 |language=ko}} He was succeeded by Chang Je-won, the son of former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea Chang Sŏng-man.{{Cite web |last=세계일보 |date=2023-12-12 |title=‘불출마 선언’ 장제원 "혁신위 수용 못했을 뿐 오래전부터 각오" |url=https://www.segye.com/view/20231212501276 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=세계일보 |language=ko}} Chang did not run for re-election in 2012 due to a bribery scandal, and the Saenuri Party nominated Son Su-jo as the party's candidate for Sasang.{{Cite web |last=김대철 |date=2022-12-01 |title=[Who Is ?] 장제원 국민의힘 의원 |url=https://www.businesspost.co.kr/BP?command=article_view&num=299523 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=비즈니스포스트}} Moon Jae-in of the liberal Democratic United Party defeated Son in the general election, marking the only time a member of a centre-left, liberal party won in the constituency.{{Cite web |last=이투데이 |date=2012-04-12 |title=[총선개표]부산 사상구 민주통합당 문재인 당선 |url=https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/570593 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=이투데이 |language=ko}} Moon led an unsuccessful presidential campaign in the 2012 South Korean presidential election and remained as the member of the National Assembly for Sasang. Moon did not run for re-election and was succeeded by the constituency's former member Chang Je-won.{{Cite web |date=2015-01-02 |title=문재인 "총선 불출마, 여러 문재인 만드는 길" |url=https://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002068856 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=오마이뉴스 |language=ko}}{{Cite web |last=이준희 |date=2024-01-16 |title=[총선핫플] 3선 장제원 불출마한 부산 사상구, 토박이들 사이 경쟁 치열 |url=https://www.businesspost.co.kr/BP?command=article_view&num=339434 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=비즈니스포스트}} Chang, who ran as an independent candidate, garnered 37.5% of the vote and narrowly beat out Democratic opponent Bae Jae-jung in a three-way race.{{Cite web |date=2016-04-26 |title=장제원 부산 사상구 당선인 전화연결 / 손수조 꺾고 당선…장제원 "이번 주 복당 신청" |url=http://www.mbn.co.kr/news/society/2861579 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=매일방송 |language=ko}} Chang won re-election in 2020 with 52.03% of the vote, once again defeating Bae Jae-jung of the Democratic Party.{{Cite web |last=kjongwoo@busan.com |first=김종우 기자 |title=사상…‘낙동강 벨트’ 핵심서 국힘 김대식-민주 배재정 소수점 차이 초접전 [4·10 총선 여론조사] |url=https://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=2024032018262742230 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=부산일보 |language=ko}} Ahead of the 2024 South Korean legislative election, Chang announced that he would not stand for re-election.{{Cite web |title=데일리안 미디어 |url=https://www.dailian.co.kr/newslist?category2=207 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=www.dailian.co.kr |language=ko}} The People Power Party nominated Kim Dae-sik, who went on to win the general election; Bae Jae-jung marked her third consecutive loss in Sasang.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-11 |title=사상 지켜낸 김대식 "위대한 사상구민께 감사··· 영업사원 김대식 기대해달라" |url=http://www.seoulfn.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=516413 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=서울파이낸스 |language=ko}}
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses the entirety of Sasang District, Busan. It borders the constituencies of Seo–Dong to the southeast, Saha A to the south, Busanjin A and Busanjin B to the east, Buk A to the north, and Gangseo to the west.
List of members in the National Assembly
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Election !Member !Party !Dates !Notes |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |
|2000 | rowspan="2" |Kwon Chul-hyun | rowspan="3" |Grand National | rowspan="2" |2000–2008 | rowspan="2" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Grand National Party}}" |
|2004 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Grand National Party}}" |
|2008 |2008–2012 | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color| Democratic Party (South Korea, 2011)}}" |
|2012 |2012–2016 |Ran as the Democratic United Party candidate for President of South Korea in the 2012 South Korean presidential election{{Cite web |last=NEWSIS |date=2024-04-11 |title=대전 또 7대 0…시정에 독될까 약될까 |url=https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20240411_0002695624 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=뉴시스 |language=ko}} Leader of the Democratic Party (2015–2016) |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color| Independent}}" |
|2016 | rowspan="2" |Chang Je-won | rowspan="2" |2016–2024 | rowspan="2" |Returned to the Saenuri Party on June 23, 2016{{Cite web |date=2016-06-23 |title=새누리당, 주호영 장제원 이철규 의원 복당 승인 … 의석 129석으로 늘어나 |url=https://www.hankyung.com/article/201606235259g |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=한국경제 |language=ko}} Left the Saenuri Party and joined the Bareun Party on December 27, 2016, as a result of the 2016 South Korean political scandal{{Cite web |title=장제원 의원, 새누리당 탈당·개혁보수신당 합류 "가슴이 뜨거워지고 심장이 뛴다" |url=https://newspim.com/news/view/20161227000120 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=뉴스핌 |language=ko}} Left the Bareun Party and returned to the Liberty Korea Party on May 2, 2017{{Cite web |date=2017-05-02 |title=장제원 바른정당 탈당에 여론 부글부글… "청문회는 쇼?…뼛속까지 배신감" |url=https://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20170502/84177117/2 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=동아일보 |language=ko}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color| United Future Party}}" |
|2020 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color| People Power Party (South Korea)}}" |
|2024 |Kim Dae-sik |2024–present | |
Election results
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin|title=Legislative Election 2024: Sasang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=People Power Party (South Korea)|candidate=Kim Dae-sik|votes=62,975|percentage=52.63|change={{increase}}0.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)|candidate=Bae Jae-jung|votes=56,659|percentage=47.36|change={{increase}}0.82}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=1,658|percentage=–}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=121,292|percentage=66.70|change={{decrease}}0.66}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=181,823}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=People Power Party (South Korea)|loser=|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2020 =
{{Election box begin|title=Legislative Election 2020: Sasang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=United Future Party|candidate=Chang Je-won|votes=66,353|percentage=52.03|change={{increase}}25.42}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)|candidate=Bae Jae-jung|votes=59,346|percentage=46.54|change={{increase}}10.67}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=National Revolutionary Dividends Party|candidate=Kim Jun-ho|votes=1,006|percentage=0.78|change=new}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Our Republican Party (2020)|candidate=Lee Ju-cheon|votes=809|percentage=0.63|change=new}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=1,587|percentage=–}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=129,101|percentage=67.36|change={{increase}}9.64}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=191,651}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=United Future Party|loser=|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2016 =
{{Election box begin|title=Legislative Election 2016: Sasang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Chang Je-won|votes=42,924|percentage=37.50|change=new}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)|candidate=Bae Jae-jung|votes=41,055|percentage=35.87|change={{decrease}}19.17}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Saenuri Party|candidate=Son Su-jo|votes=30,463|percentage=26.61|change={{decrease}}17.14}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=1,461|percentage=–}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=115,903|percentage=57.72|change={{increase}}0.3}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=200,808}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Independent|loser=Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2012 =
{{Election box begin|title=Legislative Election 2012: Sasang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic United Party|candidate=Moon Jae-in|votes=65,336|percentage=55.04|change=new}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Saenuri Party|candidate=Son Su-jo|votes=51,936|percentage=43.75|change={{decrease}}1.73}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Korea Vision Party|candidate=Na Kyung-soo|votes=749|percentage=0.63|change=new}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Real Democratic Party|candidate=Son Hyun-kyung|votes=668|percentage=0.56|change=new}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=866|percentage=–}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=119,555|percentage=57.42|change={{increase}}19.66}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=208,214}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Democratic United Party|loser=Saenuri Party|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2008 =
{{Election box begin|title=Legislative Election 2008: Sasang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Grand National Party|candidate=Chang Je-won|votes=35,039|percentage=45.48|change={{decrease}}7.26}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pro-Park Alliance|candidate=Kang Ju-man|votes=28,485|percentage=36.97|change=new}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)|candidate=Cho Cha-ri|votes=12,096|percentage=15.70|change=new}}
{{Election box candidate|color=#2EA443|party=Family Party for Peace and Unity|candidate=Kim Myung-on|votes=1,410|percentage=1.83|change=–}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=1,349|percentage=–}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=78,379|percentage=37.76|change={{decrease}}23.65}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=207,579}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Grand National Party|loser=|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2004 =
{{Election box begin|title=Legislative Election 2004: Sasang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Grand National Party|candidate=Kwon Chul-hyun|votes=67,960|percentage=52.74|change={{decrease}}12.47}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Uri Party|candidate=Chung Yoon-jae|votes=56,158|percentage=43.58|change=new}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Lee Sang-deok|votes=1,787|percentage=1.38|change=new}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Millennium Democratic Party|candidate=Han Seung-jong|votes=1,686|percentage=1.30|change={{decrease}}12.46}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Social Democratic Party|candidate=Kim Sang-gil|votes=1,254|percentage=0.97|change=new}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=1,243|percentage=–}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=130,088|percentage=61.41|change={{increase}}9.55}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=211,749}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Grand National Party|loser=|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2000 =
{{Election box begin|title=Legislative Election 2000: Sasang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Grand National Party (1997)|candidate=Kwon Chul-hyun|votes=68,751|percentage=65.21|change=–}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic People's Party (South Korea)|candidate=Shin Sang-woo|votes=18,823|percentage=17.85|change=–}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Millennium Democratic Party|candidate=Lee Eun-soo|votes=14,512|percentage=13.76|change=–}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=United Liberal Democrats|candidate=Lee Sang-deok|votes=3,343|percentage=3.17|change=–}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=1,308|percentage=–}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=106,737|percentage=51.86|change=–}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=205,828}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Grand National Party (1997)|loser=|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
Category:Constituencies of the National Assembly (South Korea)