Sejong (constituency)

{{Short description|Constituency in South Korea, 2012–2020}}

{{Infobox constituency

| name = Sejong

| type = Single-member

| constituency_link = Sejong (constituency)

| parl_name = National Assembly

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| district_label = District(s)

| district = Sejong City (citywide)

| region_label = Region

| region = Sejong City

| population =

| electorate = 167,748 {{small|(2016)}}

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| year = 2012

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| abolished = 2020

| members_label = Member

| members = Lee Hae-chan

| seats = 1

| elects_howmany = 1

| party_label = Party

| party = Democratic Party

| local_council_label = Council
constituency

| local_council = Sejong 1st–16th district

| next = Sejong A, Sejong B

| previous = Gongju–Yeongi

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Sejong ({{langx|ko|세종특별자치시}}) was a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea that existed from 2012 to 2020. The constituency consisted of Sejong City (citywide). As of 2016, 167,748 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. Ahead of the 2020 South Korean legislative election, it was separated into Sejong City A and Sejong B.

List of members of the National Assembly

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colspan="2"| Election

! Member

! Party

! Dates

! Notes

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| 2012

| rowspan="2"| Lee Hae-chan{{Cite news|url=http://news1.kr/articles/?2633614|title=[당선자]이해찬 "더민주 복당해 내년 정권교체 하겠다"|newspaper=News 1 (뉴스1)|date=14 April 2016|accessdate=21 May 2019}}

| Democratic United

| rowspan="2"| 2012–2020

| rowspan="2"| Minister of Education (1998–1999);
Prime Minister of South Korea (2004–2006);
Chairman of the Democratic United Party (2012);
Leader of the Democratic Party (2018–2020)

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| 2016

| Independent{{Refn|Returned to the Democratic Party after the election|group=n}}

|2020

| colspan="3" |constituency abolished

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Election results

= 2016 =

{{Election box begin | title = Legislative Election 2016: Sejong{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodmorningcc.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=39384|title=한솔·도담·아름동 표심, 세종 이해찬 당선 ‘일등공신’|publisher=Good Morning Chungcheong (굿모닝충청)|date=14 April 2016|accessdate=21 May 2019}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Lee Hae-chan|votes=46,187|percentage=43.7|change=-4.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Saenuri Party|candidate=Park Jong-joon|votes=38,076|percentage=36.0|change=+22.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)|candidate=Moon Heung-soo|votes=11,191|percentage=10.6|change=-37.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=People Party (South Korea, 2016)|candidate=Koo Sung-mo|votes=8,748|percentage=8.3|change=new}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=People's United Party (South Korea)|candidate=Yeo Mi-jeon|votes=1,432|percentage=1.4|change=new}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 933

|percentage = –

|change = –

}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=106,567|percentage=63.5|change=+4.8}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 167,748

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Independent politician

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

= 2012 =

{{Election box begin | title = Legislative Election 2012: Sejong}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Democratic United Party

|candidate = Lee Hae-chan

|votes = 22,192

|percentage = 47.9

|change = new

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberty Forward Party

|candidate = Sim Dae-pyung

|votes = 15,679

|percentage = 33.8

|change = new

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Saenuri Party

|candidate = Shin Jin

|votes = 6,455

|percentage = 13.9

|change = new

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Park Hee-bu

|votes = 1,071

|percentage = 2.3

|change = new

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Koh Jin-chun

|votes = 616

|percentage = 1.3

|change = new

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Park Jae-sung

|votes = 336

|percentage = 0.7

|change = new

}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 1,039

|percentage = –

|change = –

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,388

|percentage = 59.2

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 80,028

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{{Election box new seat win

|winner = Democratic United Party

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{{Election box end}}

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