Progressive Party candidate Kang Seong-hee won re-election as a member of the National Assembly in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, which was the only place in the country where re-elections were held for members of the National Assembly on April 5th. According to the election statistics system of the National Election Commission, as of 0:32 a.m. on the 6th, 100% of the votes were counted, and Candidate Kang ranked first with 39.07% of the vote, confirming his victory. In his impressions right after his election, President-elect Kang said, “This is a great victory for Jeonju citizens who accepted the sincerity and new politics that the Progressive Party and Kang Seong-hee wanted to convey for several months.” Kang Seon-in, a graduate of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, had carried out various campaigns in the past, including creating a non-regular union at the Hyundai Motors Jeonju plant in 2003 to turn it into a regular worker.
Progressive Party candidate Kang Seong-hee is cheering with supporters at the election office on the 6th when it became clear that he would win the re-election as a member of the National Assembly in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. Provided by Kang Seong-hee, Election Countermeasure Headquarters
On the 5th, Kang Seong-hee, the candidate of the Progressive Party, was elected in Jeonju-eul, North Jeolla Province, the only place in the country where re-elections were held for members of the National Assembly.
According to the election statistics system of the National Election Commission on the 6th, as of 0:32 a.m., 100% of the votes were counted, and Candidate Kang ranked first with 39.07% of the vote, confirming his victory. Independent candidate Lim Jeong-yeop came second with 32.11%. Independent candidate Ahn Hae-wook, who raised the so-called ‘Julie suspicion’ that President Yoon Seok-yeol’s wife, Kim Gun-hee, worked at an entertainment bar in the past, ranked third with 10.14%.
Kang won comfortably, maintaining a 7-8% difference from the beginning of the counting to the last minute, breaking the initial expectation that he would have a close match with Candidate Lim.
In his impressions right after his election, President-elect Kang said, “This is a great victory for Jeonju citizens who accepted the sincerity and new politics that the Progressive Party and Kang Seong-hee wanted to convey for several months.” I think it was expressed in .
He continued, “I will keep in my heart the great choice of political reform number 1 and fight against the dictatorship of the prosecution with the unity of the progressive democratic forces.”
The re-election was held when Lee Sang-jik, a former member of the National Assembly, lost his seat for violating the Public Official Election Act. The Justice Party was unable to nominate a candidate in this election as a leading candidate gave up running for personal reasons.
Although the Progressive Party did not achieve solidarity with the Justice Party, it formed a policy alliance with the Jeonbuk Green Party and took shape as a single progressive opposition candidate, digging into the bottom of the public sentiment and producing the only member of the National Assembly belonging to the Progressive Party in the country.
In order to raise the low approval rating, the ruling party’s leadership, including People’s Power Representative Kim Ki-hyun, mobilized to support candidate Kim Gyeong-min, but only ranked 5th. In this election ‘without the Democratic Party’, it seems that the public sentiment of ‘anti-Seok-Yeol Yoon’ who broke away from the Democratic Party decided the game.
Kang Seon-in, a graduate of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, was the head of a labor union branch that created a non-regular union at the Hyundai Motors Jeonju plant in 2003 to turn it into a regular worker. In particular, he carried out a campaign to lower the loan interest rate against Jeonbuk Bank, serving as the head of the campaign to lower the loan interest rate.
Kang Seong-hee’s victory in the re-election for members of the National Assembly in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province sends a clear message of public sentiment. Despite facing opposition from multiple candidates, Kang’s platform of political reform and opposition to the prosecution’s dictatorship resonated with voters. It’s worth noting that this victory came despite the lack of solidarity between the Progressive Party and the Justice Party. Kang, a former labor union leader and champion of workers’ rights, promises to continue fighting for his constituents and for progressive policies. His victory is a testament to the power of grassroots campaigns and the rejection of traditional politics.