[3] During the general election in 1996,[3] he defeated Moon Hee-sang from the National Congress for New Politics (NCNP).
In 1997, he left the NKP and joined the National Party - New (NPN) in order to endorse Lee In-je as the upcoming President.
He temporarily came back as an MP after the by-election in 2003, till he lost just after a year.
[3] He unsuccessfully ran as the parliamentary leader of the Liberty Korea Party (LKP) in 2017.
On 10 February 2020, Hong was sacked from the ORP after long-time conflicts with Cho.