Seo Young-seok, a lawmaker (Bucheon-gap, Gyeonggi), was elected chairperson of the Democratic Party of Korea's Gyeonggi Provincial Party.
The Democratic Party's Gyeonggi Provincial Party elected Seo as the new provincial party chairperson at the regular Gyeonggi Provincial Party members' convention held at the Suwon Sports Complex indoor gym on the 16th. Seo ran unopposed in this chair election and won with a 68.07% approval rate in the for-or-against vote.
In an acceptance speech, Chairperson Seo said, "Because this trust was given without competition by 1.2 million Gyeonggi party members, I will accept it with even greater weight," and added, "I will take to heart the mandate to make the Democratic Party stronger, to place the Gyeonggi Provincial Party at the center of victory, and to make a party in which party members are the owners a reality."
Seo added, "Our goal is victory in the 2028 general election and the return to power in 2030, with Gyeonggi Province—where the most people live, where the most district party committees are, and where the fiercest front of public sentiment unfolds—as the starting point of that victory."