The Democratic Party of Korea floor leader by-election will be held with a runoff between lawmakers Han Byung-do and Baek Hye-ryeon.
Jin Sun-mi, chair of the Democratic Party central election management committee, said after the first round of voting in the floor leader by-election held at the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 11th that "there was no candidate who won a majority," and noted, "in accordance with the party constitution and rules, we will hold a runoff between Candidate No. 1 Han Byung-do and Candidate No. 4 Baek Hye-ryeon."
Candidates Park Jeong and Jin Sung-joon were cut off in the first-round vote. The vote counts by candidate were not disclosed.
Baek Hye-ryeon, who presented her platform first, said, "We will raise stability and predictability with a system in which principles and procedures function," and added, "we will not make compromises without standards in relations with the opposition." Baek said, "The standard for judgment is pragmatism and performance," and noted, "at the end of all these judgments must be the success of the Lee Jae-myung administration and the lives of the people."
Han Byung-do said, "Time is being wasted to handle the second comprehensive special counsel and the special counsels on the Unification Church and Shincheonji, as well as the livelihood reform legislation of the Lee Jae-myung administration," and added, "starting tomorrow, we must straighten out this confusion and handle the pending issues with speed." Han said, "Our goal is clearly the success of the Lee Jae-myung administration," and noted, "the Democratic Party's success is President Lee Jae-myung's success, and President Lee Jae-myung's success is the Democratic Party's success."
In the runoff, the candidate with the most votes wins. The runoff will be held for one hour from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the day through lawmakers' in-person voting and online voting. Lawmakers' votes will account for 80%. Rights party members' votes will be reflected at 20%.