In the Democratic Party's strategic primary election for the Gangbuk-eul district of Seoul, held following the cancellation of former lawmaker Jeong Bong-ju's nomination, Representative Park Yong-jin was defeated by lawyer Jo Su-jin and lost the nomination.
Democratic Party lawmaker Park Yong-jin (left in photo) and lawyer Jo Su-jin (right in photo) [Image source=Yonhap News·Jo Su-jin SNS]
The Democratic Party Election Commission announced on the 19th that lawyer Jo was confirmed as the candidate for the Gangbuk-eul primary.
Jo defeated Park in the primary held over two days starting the previous day, which combined 70% of the nationwide party members' votes and 30% of the Gangbuk-eul district party members' votes.
Jo currently serves as a director of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation and has previously been the secretary-general of the Lawyers for a Democratic Society (Minbyun) and an aide to Lee Jeong-hee, former leader of the Unified Progressive Party.
While Representative Park faced a penalty of a 30% deduction in primary votes for being in the bottom 10% of incumbent lawmaker evaluations, lawyer Jo received a 25% bonus for being a woman and a newcomer.
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