| Election Name: | 2016 Saenuri Party leadership election |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Type: | presidential |
| Vote Type: | Caucus |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Saenuri Party leadership election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2017 Liberty Korea Party leadership election |
| Next Year: | 2017 (LKP) |
| Election Date: | 9 August 2016 |
| 1Blank: | Points |
| Candidate1: | Lee Jung-hyun |
| Color1: | C8161E |
| 1Data1: | 44,421 |
| Candidate2: | Joo Ho-young |
| Color2: | C8161E |
| 1Data2: | 31,946 |
| Candidate4: | Lee Ju-young |
| Color4: | C8161E |
| 1Data4: | 21,614 |
| Candidate5: | Han Sun-kyo |
| Color5: | C8161E |
| 1Data5: | 10,757 |
| Leader | |
| After Election: | Lee Jung-hyun |
The Saenuri Party held a leadership election on 9 August 2016. The election was to elect a new party leader after the 2016 legislative election defeat.
The new leader, Lee Jung-Hyun, was the first leader from the Honam region in the history of South Korean conservative parties.[1]
| Delegates | Opinion poll | Total points | ||
| Lee Jung-hyun | Unknown | Unknown | 44,421 (40.9%) | |
| Joo Ho-young | Unknown | Unknown | 31,946 (29.4%) | |
| Lee Ju-young | Unknown | Unknown | 21,614 (19.9%) | |
| Han Sun-kyo | Unknown | Unknown | 10,757 (9.9%) | |
| Total | — | — | 108,738 |
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