Jongno () is a constituency of the

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. The constituency consists solely of the

Jongno District upright=1, Bosingak bell pavilion Jongno District () is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. It is the historic center of Seoul that contains Gyeongbokgung, the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty, and the Blue House, the for ...

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. As of 2020, 134,516 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. In the course of the

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's primary election,

Lee Nak-yeon Lee Nak-yon (; born 20 December 1951) is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2017 to 2020. A member of the New Future Democratic Party, Lee previously served as the governor of South Jeolla Province f ...

, a member of the district's National Assembly, resigned. Located at the heart of the

Downtown Seoul Downtown Seoul (), also known as Seoul Central Business District or ''Sadaemun-An'', is traditional city center and central business district of Seoul, located through Gwanghwamun of Jongno District and Seoul Station of Jung District, Seoul, Ju ...

, Jongno is home to Korea's major government offices and foreign embassies, and is often described as 'Korea's No. 1 political district' (정치 1번지). Including the current Jongno constituency and its historic A and B constituencies, three presidents were elected after being elected in Jongno.

List of members of the National Assembly

Election results

2024

March 2022 by-elections

2020

2016

2012

2008

2004

2002 (by-election)

2000

1998 (by-election)

1996

1992

1988

References

{{Constituencies in Seoul Jongno District Politics of Seoul Constituencies of the National Assembly (South Korea) Constituencies established in 1988