Nowon A

Throughout its history, Nowon A has displayed swing seat tendencies, having voted for both conservative and liberal political parties to represent the constituency in the National Assembly.^[1]

Baek Nam-chi of the centre-right Reunification Democratic Party was the first member to represent the constituency. Baek narrowly won re-election in 1992 and 1996, having received 34.91% and 36.77% of the vote respectively.^[2] Ahead of the 2000 election, the Grand National Party did not renominate incumbent Baek Nam-chi as the party's candidate for Nowon A, having nominated former Minister of Energy and Resources Choe Dong-kyu instead.^[3][4] In response to this, Baek left the Grand National Party and joined the right-wing United Liberal Democrats on February 23, 2000.^[5] Baek unsuccessfully ran for re-election under the United Liberal Democrats banner, coming in third place.^[6] He was succeeded by Ham Seung-hee of the liberal Millennium Democratic Party.^[7] Ham was defeated in the following election by Chung Bong-ju of the liberal Uri Party.^[8] Chung unsuccessfully ran for re-election in 2008, being defeated by Hyun Gyoung-byoung of the conservative Grand National Party.^[9] However, Hyun lost his seat on June 10, 2011, having been found guilty of receiving ₩30,000,000.^[10][11][12] A by-election for Nowon A was not held as South Korean election law does not allow for by-elections to held when less than one year is left until the next election.^[13]

In the 2012 South Korean legislative election, former mayor of Nowon District Lee No-keun of the conservative Saenuri Party won the seat.^[14] Lee narrowly lost to Democratic Party challenger Koh Yong-jin in the following election, having lost by less than three points.^[15] A return match between Koh and Lee unfolded in the 2020 election, which saw Koh secure 56.78 and defeat Lee by more than eighteen points.^[16] Ahead of the 2024 South Korean legislative election, Woo Won-shik was designated as the Democratic Party's candidate after defeating incumbent Koh Yong-jin in a party primary.^[17][18] The People Power Party nominated former assemblyman Hyun Gyoung-byoung.^[19] Woo went on to defeat Hyun in the general election, securing 58.99% of the vote.^[20]

The constituency encompasses the neighborhoods of Wolgye-dong, Gongneung-dong, and Junggye-dong. It borders the constituencies of Nowon B to the north, Dobong A to the northwest, Gangbuk B to the west, Seongbuk B to the southwest, Jungnang B to the south, and Guri to the east.

• List of constituencies of the National Assembly of South Korea