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2016 Saenuri Party leadership election

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9 August 2016


Candidate	Lee Jung-hyun	Joo Ho-young
Points	44,421	31,946


Candidate	Lee Ju-young	Han Sun-kyo
Points	21,614	10,757

Leader before election

Kim Hee-ok (Acting)

Elected Leader

The Saenuri Party held a leadership election on 9 August 2016. The election was to elect a new party leader after the 2016 legislative election defeat.

The new leader, Lee Jung-Hyun, was the first leader from the Honam region in the history of South Korean conservative parties.

Candidates

Running

Lee Jung-hyun, member of the National Assembly.
Lee Ju-young, member of the National Assembly, former Minister of Oceans and Fisheries.
Joo Ho-young, member of the National Assembly, former Minister without portfolio.
Han Sun-kyo, member of the National Assembly.

Withdrew

Choung Byoung-gug, member of the National Assembly, former Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Results

Final results
Candidate	Delegates	Opinion poll	Total points
Lee Jung-hyun	Unknown	Unknown	44,421 (40.9%)
Joo Ho-young	Unknown	Unknown	31,946 (29.4%)
Lee Ju-young	Unknown	Unknown	21,614 (19.9%)
Han Sun-kyo	Unknown	Unknown	10,757 (9.9%)
Total	—	—	108,738

References

"고작 0.65% 얻어 낙선했던 이정현, 12년 뒤 '보수정당 최초 호남 대표'로". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 9 August 2016.
"새누리 대표에 첫 호남 출신 이정현…친박, 8·9 전대 압승(종합)". Yonhap (in Korean). 9 August 2016.

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