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2019 Justice Party (South Korea) leadership election

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2019 Justice Party leadership election

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Candidate Sim Sang-jung Yang Kyung-gyu
Members' vote 16,177 3,178
Percentage 83.58% 16.42%

Leader before election

Lee Jeong-mi

Elected Leader

Sim Sang-jung

The Justice Party held a leadership election between 8 and 13 July 2019. It was an election to elect a new leader as Lee Jeong-mi fulfilled her two-year term of office.[1]

Candidates

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Running

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Campaigns

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The leadership election has received media attention due to the presence of Sim Sang-jung, a presidential candidate in the 2017 South Korean presidential election and the former leader of the party, on the ballot. Yang, hailing from the party's left-wing faction, calls for a "bold, democratic socialist transformation" of the Korean society.[2] The candidates have engaged in a series of debates that were broadcast on KBS and MBC.[3]

Results

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Only dues-paying party members could vote in the election. The voting was held from 8 to 13 July 2019.

Final results[4]
Candidate Total votes
Sim Sang-jung 16,177 (83.58%)
Yang Kyung-gyu 3,178 (16.42%)
Total 19,355


References

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  1. ^ "정의당 당대표 후보 토론…현실주의 vs 원칙주의". The Hankyoreh. July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Democratic socialism spreads to South Korean politics". The Korea Times. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ "[엠빅X100분토론] '심상정vs양경규' 진보에 길을 묻다". MBC News. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  4. ^ "돌아온 심상정 대표 "한국당 퇴출시킨다"". OhMyNews (in Korean). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.