The 2019 South Korean by-elections was held in South Korea on 3 April 2019. 2 seats to the National Assembly of South Korea were contested.

Reasons for by-elections

The following Members of National Assembly lost or resigned from their seats:

  • South Gyeongsang Changwon Seongsan District: Roh Hoe-chan (Justice), due to Roh's death.
  • South Gyeongsang Tongyeong-Goseong District: Lee Gun-hyeon (Liberty Korea), due to Lee's violation of the Political Funds Act.

Results

Seat control

Changwon Seongsan

Tongyeong-Goseong

References


South Korean local elections, 2018 MapPorn

Ruling party, rival split S. Korean vote The Korea Times

South Koreans Select New Leader in Historic Election The Takeaway WNYC

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