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In addition to the 20th presidential election, re-elections were held for five regional members of the National Assembly.

In the re-election, the People's Power won four places.

In addition to Jongno-gu in Seoul, Seocho-gu, Anseong in Gyeonggi-do, and Sangsang-gu in Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province, all seats were taken from the candidates.



This news is from reporter Yoo Soo-hwan.



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Seoul's Jongno and Seochogap districts where by-elections were held due to the resignation of former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon and former People's Power lawmaker Yoon Hee-sook.



Candidates Choi Jae-hyung and Cho Eun-hee of People's Power were elected to the National Assembly with a majority of votes, respectively.



Candidate Choi, who served as chairman of the Audit Office under the Moon Jae-in government, joined the people's power after friction with the government over the Wolsong nuclear power plant audit.



The Democratic Party did not submit a candidate to Jongno for reasons attributable to it.



Seo Cho-gap was the only one in the by-election constituency to have a face-to-face match between candidates from both parties, and Cho, a former mayor of Seocho-gu, won the Democratic Party's candidate Lee Jeong-geun.



In Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, and Cheongju Sangdang, North Chungcheong Province, where the Democratic Party did not run, candidates Kim Hak-yong and Jung Woo-taek were elected respectively.



Candidate Hak-Yong Kim was placed in the 4th place, and Woo-Taek Jung was placed in the fifth place.



In Jungnam-gu, Daegu, where the only People's Power did not have a candidate, independent candidate Lim Byung-hun took first place.



As the re-election was held due to the resignation of former lawmaker Kwak Sang-do, the people's power was attributable to the cause, and no candidates were nominated.



Candidates elected in the re-election will immediately begin their term as the 21st National Assembly members.



The number of People's Power seats increased from 106 to 110.