2015 Justice Party (South Korea) leadership election

The Justice Party held a leadership election between 6 and 18 July 2015. It was an election to elect a new leader as Cheon Ho-sun fulfilled his two-year term of office.

2015 Justice Party leadership election

6–18 July 2015 2017 →
 
Candidate Sim Sang-jung Roh Hoe-chan
Members' vote 3,651 3,308
Percentage 52.5% 47.5%

Leader before election

Cheon Ho-sun

Elected Leader

Sim Sang-jung

Candidates

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Running

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Results

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The election was held only by the votes of the party members. The first round of voting was held from 6 to 11 July 2015. Candidate Roh Hoe-chan and Sim Sang-jung, who won the first and second votes respectively, entered the final vote. The final round of voting was held from 11 to 18 July 2015.

First round (6–11 July) results[1]
Candidate On-line vote Off-line vote ARS vote Total votes
Roh Hoe-chan 2,762 (42.7%) 31 (32%) 386 (46.3%) 3,179 (43%)
Sim Sang-jung 1,985 (30.7%) 49 (50.5%) 278 (33.4%) 2,312 (31.2%)
Cho Sung-joo 1,136 (17.6%) 10 (10.3%) 121 (14.5%) 1,267 (17.1%)
Noh Hang-rae 588 (9.1%) 7 (7.2%) 48 (5.8%) 643 (8.7%)
Total 6,471 97 833 7,401
Final round (13–18 July) results[2]
Candidate On-line vote Off-line vote ARS vote Total votes
Sim Sang-jung 3,014 (53.2%) 42 (79.2%) 595 (47.9%) 3,651 (52.5%)
Roh Hoe-chan 2,651 (46.8%) 11 (20.8%) 646 (52.1%) 3,308 (47.5%)
Total 5,665 53 1,241 6,959

References

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  1. ^ "정의당 대표경선 노회찬·심상정 결선…19일 결정". TBS (in Korean). 11 July 2015.
  2. ^ "정의당은 '심상정의 디테일'을 선택했다". Kyunghyang Shinmun in Naver news (in Korean). 19 July 2015.