Kim Min-seok Elected New Leader of Democratic Party... Supreme Council Members Are Choi Min-hee, Park Sun-won, Seo Mi-hwa, Lee Sung-yoon, and Han Min-su

Kim Minseok has been elected as the new leader of the Democratic Party of Korea. Choi Minhee, Park Sunwon, Seo Mihwa, Lee Sungyun, and Han Minsoo have been named as the new Supreme Council members.

Jeong Cheongrae (left), Song Younggil, and Kim Minseok, candidates for the Democratic Party of Korea's party representative, are holding a 2030 Youth Talk Concert at the 3rd Regular National Party Members' Convention held on the 17th at the 2nd Exhibition Hall of Daejeon Convention Center in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon. Photo by Yonhap News Joint Coverage Team

The Democratic Party announced the results of the party representative and Supreme Council elections at the 3rd Regular National Party Members’ Convention held at Daejeon Convention Center on August 17.

Kim recorded a final combined vote share of 54.08%, which includes votes from national party delegates, party members with voting rights, and public opinion polls, defeating Jeong Cheongrae (who received 45.92%) by a margin of 8.16 percentage points. Kim secured 9,541 votes (66.69%) from national delegates and 430,242 votes (55.94%) from voting party members.

Jeong received 4,765 votes (33.31%) from national delegates and 338,809 votes (44.06%) from voting party members. Song Younggil recorded a final vote share of 8.58%.

The final vote percentages were calculated by combining 70% of the total from national delegates and voting members with 30% from public opinion polls. In the public opinion polls, Kim recorded 49.30% of the votes while Jeong received 50.70%, giving Jeong the lead in that category. However, Kim, who led in both national delegate and voting party member categories, claimed overall victory.

Choi Minhee, Park Sunwon, Seo Mihwa, Lee Sungyun, and Han Minsoo were elected as Supreme Council members. Choi Minhee placed first with a final vote share of 18.35%, followed by Park Sunwon at 17.57%, Seo Mihwa at 16.60%, Lee Sungyun at 16.35%, and Han Minsoo at 15.86%.

Han Minsoo, who engaged in a close contest for the top five positions up to the end, finished in 5th place and secured a seat on the Supreme Council. In contrast, Kim Yong ended up in 6th place with a final vote share of 15.26%, falling just short of election. The difference in their final vote shares was 0.60 percentage points.

This national convention drew particular attention as it marked the formation of a new leadership for the Democratic Party following the launch of the Lee Jaemyung administration, with the party now serving as the ruling party. The new leader Kim and the newly elected Supreme Council members face major challenges ahead, including establishing party-government relations, promoting party unity, and defining the party’s role as the governing party.

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