| Election Name: | 2019 Justice Party leadership election |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Type: | presidential |
| Vote Type: | Members' |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Justice Party (South Korea) leadership election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2021 Justice Party (South Korea) leadership election |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Election Date: | 8-13 July 2019 |
| Candidate1: | Sim Sang-jung |
| Color1: | FFCC00 |
| Popular Vote1: | 16,177 |
| Percentage1: | 83.58% |
| Candidate2: | Yang Kyung-gyu |
| Color2: | FFCC00 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,178 |
| Percentage2: | 16.42% |
| Leader | |
| Before Election: | Lee Jeong-mi |
| After Election: | Sim Sang-jung |
The Justice Party held a leadership election between 8 and 13 July 2019. It was an election to elect a new leader as Lee Jeong-mi fulfilled her two-year term of office.[1]
The leadership election has received media attention due to the presence of Sim Sang-jung, a presidential candidate in the 2017 South Korean presidential election and the former leader of the party, on the ballot. Yang, hailing from the party's left-wing faction, calls for a "bold, democratic socialist transformation" of the Korean society.[2] The candidates have engaged in a series of debates that were broadcast on KBS and MBC.[3]
Only dues-paying party members could vote in the election. The voting was held from 8 to 13 July 2019.
| Total votes | ||
| Sim Sang-jung | 16,177 (83.58%) | |
| Yang Kyung-gyu | 3,178 (16.42%) | |
| Total | 19,355 |
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