2018 Seoul mayoral election

2018 Seoul mayoral election
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Turnout5,019,098 (59.89%)
 
Candidate Park Won-soon Kim Moon-soo Ahn Cheol-soo
Party Democratic Liberty Korea Bareunmirae
Popular vote 2,619,497 1,158,487 970,374
Percentage 52.79% 23.34% 19.55%
Mayor before election

Park Won-soon
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Park Won-soon
Democratic

The 2018 Seoul mayoral election was held on 13 June 2018 as part of the 7th local elections. Incumbent Park Won-soon was elected for his third consecutive term; the South Korean Public Election Act places a limit of three consecutive terms on holders of the post, so that Park will not be able to run in the next mayoral election.[1]

Selection of candidates

Democratic Party of Korea

2018 Democratic Party of Korea Seoul mayoral primary results[2]
Candidate Place Results
Park Won-soon Nominated 66.3%
Park Young-sun 2nd 19.6%
Woo Sang-ho 3rd 14.1%
100%

Liberty Korea Party

2018 Liberty Korea Party Seoul mayoral primary results
Candidate Place Results
Kim Moon-soo Nominated Walkover

Bareunmirae Party

2018 Bareunmirae Party Seoul mayoral primary results[3]
Candidate Place Results
Ahn Cheol-soo Nominated Walkover

Justice Party

2018 Justice Party Seoul mayoral primary results
Candidate Place Results
Kim Jong-min Nominated 58.1%
Chung Ho-jin 2nd 41.9%
100%

Final candidates

Name Age Party Notes
Park Won-soon 62 Democratic Party of Korea Mayor of Seoul (2011–present)
Kim Moon-soo 66 Liberty Korea Party Member of the National Assembly (1996–2006);
Governor of Gyeonggi Province (2006–2014)
Ahn Cheol-soo 56 Bareunmirae Party Member of the National Assembly (2013–2017);
Co-leader of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (2014);
Leader of the People's Party (2016, 2017–2018)
Kim Jong-min 47 Justice Party
Kim Jin-sook 39 Minjung Party
Ihn Ji-yeon 45 Korean Patriots' Party
Sin Jie-ye 27 Green Party Korea
Woo In-cheol 33 Our Future
Choi Tae-hyeon 62 Chinbak Yeondae

Results

Summary

2018 Seoul mayoral election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Park Won-soon 2,619,497 52.79
Liberty Korea Kim Moon-soo 1,158,487 23.34
Bareunmirae Ahn Cheol-soo 970,374 19.55
Green Sin Jie-ye 82,874 1.67
Justice Kim Jong-min 81,664 1.64
Minjung Kim Jin-sook 22,134 0.44
Our Future Woo In-cheol 11,599 0.23
Patriots' Ihn Ji-yeon 11,222 0.22
Chinbak Yeondae Choi Tae-hyeon 4,021 0.08
Total votes 4,961,872 100.00
Rejected ballots 57,226 –
Turnout 5,019,098 59.89
Registered electors 8,380,947

By districts

Districts Park Won-soon
DP 		Kim Moon-soo
LKP 		Ahn Cheol-soo
Bareunmirae 		Kim Jong-min
JP 		Kim Jin-sook
Minjung 		Ihn Ji-yeon
KPP 		Sin Jie-ye
GPK 		Woo In-cheol
Our Future 		Choi Tae-hyeon
Chin. Yeon. 		Total
votes
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Jongno District 41,148 51.37 18,777 23.44 15,946 19.90 1,469 1.83 358 0.44 223 0.27 1,896 2.36 215 0.26 59 0.07 80,091
Jung District 34,243 52.28 15,618 23.84 12,814 19.56 1,023 1.56 279 0.42 193 0.29 1,076 1.64 149 0.22 96 0.14 65,491
Yongsan District 53,964 47.06 31,073 27.09 24,074 20.99 2,151 1.87 436 0.38 231 0.20 2,392 2.08 226 0.19 115 0.10 114,662
Seongdong District 84,106 53.96 34,878 22.37 30,379 19.49 2,594 1.66 689 0.44 309 0.19 2,418 1.55 370 0.23 123 0.07 155,866
Gwangjin District 99,366 55.70 38,606 21.64 32,310 18.11 3,077 1.72 804 0.45 376 0.21 3,222 1.80 482 0.27 125 0.07 178,368
Dongdaemun District 93,913 53.44 40,984 23.32 33,437 19.02 2,731 1.55 827 0.47 434 0.24 2,848 1.62 404 0.22 145 0.08 175,723
Jungnang District 109,318 55.71 45,905 23.39 33,672 17.16 2,662 1.35 959 0.48 519 0.26 2,561 1.30 429 0.21 185 0.09 196,210
Seongbuk District 119,898 54.62 47,274 21.53 42,105 19.18 3,750 1.70 918 0.41 523 0.23 4,349 1.98 497 0.22 187 0.08 219,501
Gangbuk District 85,839 55.74 33,537 21.77 28,138 18.27 2,396 1.55 718 0.46 481 0.31 2,276 1.47 431 0.27 165 0.10 153,981
Dobong District 92,172 53.71 39,099 22.78 33,308 19.40 2,767 1.61 810 0.47 445 0.25 2,430 1.41 434 0.25 144 0.08 171,609
Nowon District 150,657 53.88 54,461 19.47 62,193 22.24 4,866 1.74 1,448 0.51 609 0.21 4,364 1.56 732 0.26 248 0.08 279,578
Eunpyeong District 131,287 55.77 49,071 20.84 44,033 18.70 4,167 1.77 1,121 0.47 533 0.22 4,421 1.87 522 0.22 216 0.09 235,371
Seodaemun District 87,486 54.05 34,514 21.32 31,494 19.45 2,842 1.75 879 0.54 333 0.20 3,780 2.33 394 0.24 120 0.07 161,842
Mapo District 105,956 54.26 40,249 20.61 37,233 19.06 4,369 2.23 927 0.47 386 0.19 5,475 2.80 496 0.25 170 0.08 195,261
Yangcheon District 125,557 53.18 53,780 22.77 47,056 19.93 4,052 1.71 979 0.41 507 0.21 3,455 1.46 525 0.22 180 0.07 236,091
Gangseo District 168,733 56.16 64,676 21.52 54,090 18.00 5,356 1.78 1,522 0.50 690 0.22 4,387 1.46 696 0.23 259 0.08 300,409
Guro District 113,799 54.51 48,981 23.46 37,784 18.09 3,363 1.61 1,006 0.48 436 0.20 2,709 1.29 494 0.23 191 0.09 208,763
Geumcheon District 64,662 56.06 25,156 21.81 21,106 18.29 1,539 1.33 681 0.59 334 0.28 1,505 1.30 235 0.20 117 0.10 115,335
Yeongdeungpo District 100,899 52.10 46,666 24.09 37,945 19.59 3,145 1.62 988 0.51 421 0.21 3,008 1.55 416 0.21 155 0.08 193,643
Dongjak District 114,563 54.31 46,094 21.85 41,257 19.55 3,564 1.68 863 0.40 382 0.18 3,535 1.67 522 0.24 152 0.07 210,932
Gwanak District 152,069 58.02 47,686 18.19 49,248 18.79 4,745 1.81 1,490 0.56 606 0.23 5,336 2.03 684 0.26 230 0.08 262,094
Seocho District 96,452 42.86 69,910 31.06 50,486 22.43 3,010 1.33 600 0.26 454 0.20 3,535 1.57 459 0.20 106 0.04 225,012
Gangnam District 107,743 40.82 87,305 33.07 58,987 22.34 3,723 1.41 721 0.27 586 0.22 4,240 1.60 499 0.18 134 0.05 263,938
Songpa District 171,592 49.61 90,144 26.06 71,367 20.63 4,952 1.43 1,207 0.34 686 0.19 4,861 1.40 780 0.22 230 0.06 345,819
Gangdong District 114,075 52.74 54,043 24.98 39,912 18.45 3,351 1.54 904 0.41 525 0.24 2,795 1.29 508 0.23 169 0.07 216,282
Total 2,619,497 52.79 1,158,487 23.34 970,374 19.55 81,664 1.64 22,134 0.44 11,222 0.22 82,874 1.67 11,599 0.23 4,021 0.08 4,961,872

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