Baek Hyeon-jin of the People Power Party attends an emergency party meeting at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 3rd. /Courtesy of News1

The People Power Party Seoul Metropolitan Chapter said on the 15th that it elected Rep. Bae Hyun-jin (second term, Songpa B in Seoul) as the new Seoul Metropolitan Chapter chair.

Bae won the chapter chair election held by ARS voting that day with 45.10% (1,110 votes), defeating Rep. Cho Jung-hoon, who received 43.07% (1,060 votes), and Kang Sung-man, the Geumcheon-gu party chapter head, who received 11.83% (291 votes). Of 4,108 delegates, 2,461 voted, for a turnout of 59.9%.

Bae is set to begin the official term after approval by the party's Supreme Council. The term for the Seoul chapter chair is one year.

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