2018 South Korean local elections

2018 South Korean local elections
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All 17 metropolitan mayors and governors
(All 3,977 seats of provincial and municipal leaders and councillors)
Turnout60.2% Increase 3.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Choo Mi-ae Hong Jun-pyo Cho Bae-sook
Party Democratic Liberty Korea Democracy and Peace
Regional
offices 		8 governors
6 met. mayors 		1 governors
1 met. mayors 		0
Regional
offices +/– 		Increase 3 governors
Increase 2 met. mayors 		Decrease 2 governors
Decrease 3 met. mayors 		New party
Mayors 151 53 5
Mayors +/– Increase 71 Decrease 64 New party
Councillors 652 (P)
1,638 (M) 		137 (P)
1009 (M) 		3 (P)
49 (M)
Councillors +/– Increase 303 (P)
Increase 481 (M) 		Decrease 279 (P)
Decrease 404 (M) 		New party
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Lee Jeong-mi Yoo Seung-min (pictured)
Park Joo-sun
Party Justice Bareunmirae
Regional
offices 		0 0
Regional
offices +/– 		Steady 0 New party
Mayors 0 0
Mayors +/– Steady 0 New party
Councillors 11 (P)
26 (M) 		5 (P)
21 (M)
Councillors +/– Increase 11 (P)
Increase 15 (M) 		New party
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Results summary of gubernatorial (top left), municipal mayoral (top right), metropolitan and provincial councilors (bottom left), and municipal councilors (bottom right)

The 7th local elections were held in South Korea on 13 June 2018. The election coincided with the by-elections for the vacant seats in the National Assembly.[1] The election was a landslide victory for the Democratic Party of Korea, the ruling party, after two successful summits with the third inter-Korean summit on 27 April and the first North Korea-United States summit in Singapore on 12 June.[2]

Metropolitan mayors and governors

A total of 17 metropolitan mayors and governors were elected.

Candidates

Bold indicates that a candidate won as metropolitan mayor or governor.

Metropolitan city/province
  Democratic
  Liberty Korea
  Bareunmirae
  Democracy and Peace
  Justice
 Others
Seoul Park Won-soon Kim Moon-soo Ahn Cheol-soo Kim Jong-min Kim Jin-sook (Minjung)
In Jie-yeun (Korean Patriots)
Sin Jie-ye (Green)
Busan Oh Keo-don Suh Byung-soo Lee Sung-guen [ko] Park Joo-mi Lee Jong-hyuk [ko] (Independent)
Daegu Im Dae-yun [ko] Kwon Young-jin Kim hyung-gi
Incheon Park Nam-chun Yoo Jung-bok [ko] Moon Byung-ho [ko] Kim Eung-ho
Gwangju Lee Yong-seop Jeon Duk-young Na Gyung-che Yoon Min-ho (Minjung)
Daejeon Heo Tae-jeong Park Sung-hyo [ko] Nam Choung-hee [ko] Kim Yoon-gi
Ulsan Song Cheol-ho Kim Ki-hyun Lee Young-hee Kim Chang-hyun [ko] (Minjung)
Sejong Lee Choon-hee Song Ae-yong Hu Chul-hue
Gyeonggi Lee Jae-myung Nam Kyung-pil Kim Yung-hwan Lee Hong-ue Hong Seong-gyu (Minjung)
Gangwon Choi Moon-soon Jung Chang-soo [ko]
North Chungcheong Lee Si-jong Park Kyung-guk [ko] Shin Yong-han
South Chungcheong Yang Seung-jo Lee In-je
North Jeolla Song Ha-jin Shin Jae-bong Im Jung-yeop Kwon Tae-hong Lee Kwang-seok (Minjung)
South Jeolla Kim Yung-rok Park Mae-ho Min Young-sam Noh Hyung-tae Lee Sung-soo (Minjung)
North Gyeongsang Oh Joong-gi [ko] Lee Cheol-woo Kwon Oe-eul Park Chang-ho Yoo Jae-hi (Korean Patriots)
South Gyeongsang Kim Kyoung-soo Kim Tae-ho Kim Yoo-geun
Jeju Moon Dae-rim [ko] Kim Bang-hoon Jang Seong-cheol Won Hee-ryong (Independent)
Ko Eun-young (Green)

Results summary

Distribution of elected metropolitan mayors and governors by political party:
  Democratic
  Liberty Korea
  Independent

Bold indicates an incumbent who was re-elected.

Elected metropolitan mayors and governors
Metropolitan city/province Elected candidate Party Remarks
Seoul Park Won-soon Democratic Hold
Incheon Park Nam-chun Democratic Gain
Gyeonggi Lee Jae-myung Democratic Gain
Gangwon Choi Moon-soon Democratic Hold
Daejeon Heo Tae-jeong Democratic Hold
Sejong Lee Choon-hee Democratic Hold
South Chungcheong Yang Seung-jo Democratic Hold
North Chungcheong Lee Si-jong Democratic Hold
Gwangju Lee Yong-seop Democratic Hold
South Jeolla Kim Yung-rok Democratic Hold
North Jeolla Song Ha-jin Democratic Hold
Busan Oh Keo-don Democratic Gain
Ulsan Song Cheol-ho Democratic Gain
South Gyeongsang Kim Kyoung-soo Democratic Gain
Daegu Kwon Young-jin Liberty Korea Hold
North Gyeongsang Lee Cheol-woo Liberty Korea Hold
Jeju Won Hee-ryong Independent Hold

Seoul

2018 Seoul mayoral election
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
Korean Patriots' Ihn Ji-yeon 11,222 0.22
Chinbak Yeondae Choi Tae-hyeon 4,021 0.08
Total valid votes 4,961,872 –
Rejected ballots 57,226 –
Total votes 5,019,098 100.00
Democratic hold

Incheon

2018 Incheon mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Park Nam-chun 766,186 57.7
Liberty Korea Yoo Jung-bok 470,937 35.4
Bareunmirae Moon Byung-ho 54,054 4.1
Justice Kim Eung-ho 37,472 2.8
Total votes 1,349,084 100.0
Democratic gain from Liberty Korea

Gyeonggi

2018 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lee Jae-myung 3,370,621 56.4
Liberty Korea Nam Kyung-pil 2,122,433 35.5
Bareunmirae Kim Young-hwan 287,504 4.8
Justice Lee Hong-woo 151,871 2.5
Minjung Hong Sung-kyu 43,098 0.7
Total votes 6,084,955 100.0
Democratic gain from Liberty Korea

Gangwon

2018 Gangwon gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Choi Moon-soon 518,447 64.73
Liberty Korea Jeong Chang-soo 282,456 35.26
Total valid votes 800,903 –
Rejected ballots 18,290 –
Total votes 819,193 100.00
Democratic hold

Daejeon

2018 Daejeon mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Heo Tae-jeong 393,354 56.4
Liberty Korea Park Sung-hyo 224,306 32.2
Bareunmirae Nam Choung-hee 61,271 8.8
Justice Kim Yoon-gi 18,351 2.6
Total votes 706,983 100.0
Democratic hold

Sejong

2018 Sejong mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lee Choon-hee 96,896 71.3
Liberty Korea Song Ah-young 24,546 18.1
Bareunmirae Heo Chul-hue 14,444 10.6
Total votes 137,603 100.0
Democratic hold

South Chungcheong

2018 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Yang Seung-jo 615,870 62.6
Liberty Korea Lee In-je 345,577 35.1
Let's go Korea Cha Gook-hwan 23,012 2.4
Total votes 984,459 100.0
Democratic hold

North Chungcheong

2018 North Chungcheong gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lee Si-jong 468,750 61.2
Liberty Korea Park Kyung-guk 227,371 29.7
Bareunmirae Shin Yong-han 70,330 9.2
Total votes 782,316 100.0
Democratic hold

Gwangju

2018 Gwangju mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lee Yong-seop 573,995 84.1
Justice Na Gyung-che 40,916 6.0
Bareunmirae Jeon Duk-young 34,487 5.1
Minjung Yoon Min-ho 33,312 4.9
Total valid votes 682,710 –
Rejected ballots 11,542 –
Total votes 694,252 100.0
Democratic hold

South Jeolla

2018 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kim Yung-rok 807,902 77.1
Democracy and Peace Min Young-sam 110,973 10.6
Minjung Lee Sung-soo 51,410 4.9
Bareunmirae Park Mae-ho 40,287 3.8
Justice Noh Hyung-tae 37,433 3.6
Total votes 1,092,107 100.0
Democratic hold

North Jeolla

2018 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Song Ha-jin 682,042 70.6
Democracy and Peace Lim Chung-yeop 184,728 19.1
Justice Kwon Tae-hong 52,496 5.4
Liberty Korea Shin Jae-bong 26,374 2.7
Minjung Lee Kwang-seok 20,827 2.2
Total votes 996,504 100.0
Democratic hold

Busan

2018 Busan mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Oh Keo-don 940,469 55.2
Liberty Korea Suh Byung-soo 632,806 37.2
Bareunmirae Lee Sung-guen 67,502 4.0
Justice Park Joo-mi 35,299 2.1
Independent Lee Jong-hyuk 26,720 1.6
Total votes 1,727,684 100.0
Democratic gain from Liberty Korea

Ulsan

2018 Ulsan mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Song Cheol-ho 317,341 52.9
Liberty Korea Kim Ki-hyun 240,475 40.1
Minjung Kim Chang-hyun 28,621 4.8
Bareunmirae Lee Young-hee 13,489 2.3
Total votes 610,698 100.0
Democratic gain from Liberty Korea

South Gyeongsang

2018 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kim Kyoung-soo 941,491 52.8
Liberty Korea Kim Tae-ho 765,809 43.0
Bareunmirae Kim Yoo-geun 75,418 4.2
Total votes 1,819,391 100.0
Democratic gain from Liberty Korea

Daegu

2018 Daegu mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberty Korea Kwon Young-jin 619,165 53.7
Democratic Lim Dae-yun 458,112 39.8
Bareunmirae Kim Hyung-gi 74,955 6.5
Total valid votes 1,152,232 –
Rejected ballots 20,047 –
Total votes 1,172,279 100.0
Liberty Korea hold

North Gyeongsang

2018 North Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberty Korea Lee Cheol-woo 732,785 52.1
Democratic Oh Joong-gi 482,564 34.3
Bareunmirae Kwon Oe-eul 143,409 10.2
Justice Park Chang-ho 47,250 3.4
Total votes 1,457,539 100.0
Liberty Korea hold

Jeju

2018 Jeju gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Won Hee-ryong 178,255 51.7
Democratic Moon Dae-rim 137,901 40.0
Green Ko Eun-young 12,188 3.5
Liberty Korea Kim Bang-hoon 11,241 3.3
Bareunmirae Jang Seong-cheol 5,019 1.5
Total votes 350,943 100.0

Metropolitan and provincial councillors

Distribution of the major party of the metropolitan and provincial councils:
  Democratic
  Liberty Korea

A total of 824 metropolitan and provincial councillors were elected.

Metropolitan city/province Democratic Liberty Korea Justice Bareunmirae Democracy and Peace Independent Total
Seoul 102 6 1 1 110
Incheon 34 2 1 37
Gyeonggi 135 4 2 1 142
Gangwon 35 11 46
Daejeon 21 1 22
Sejong 17 1 18
South Chungcheong 33 8 1 42
North Chungcheong 28 4 32
Gwangju 22 1 23
South Jeolla 54 2 2 58
North Jeolla 36 1 1 1 39
Busan 41 6 47
Ulsan 17 5 22
South Gyeongsang 34 21 1 2 58
Daegu 5 25 30
North Gyeongsang 9 41 1 9 60
Jeju 29 2 1 2 4 38
Total 652 137 11 5 3 16 824

Municipal mayors

Distribution of elected municipal mayors by political party:
  Democratic
  Liberty Korea
  Democracy and Peace
  Independent

A total of 226 municipal mayors (municipal city, county, autonomous district) were elected.

Metropolitan city/province Democratic Liberty Korea Democracy and Peace Independent Total
Seoul 24 1 25
Incheon 9 1 10
Gyeonggi 29 2 31
Gangwon 11 5 2 18
Daejeon 5 5
South Chungcheong 11 4 15
North Chungcheong 7 4 11
Gwangju 5 5
South Jeolla 14 3 5 22
North Jeolla 10 2 2 14
Busan 13 2 1 16
Ulsan 5 5
South Gyeongsang 7 10 1 18
Daegu 7 1 8
North Gyeongsang 1 17 5 23
Total 151 53 5 17 226

Municipal councillors

Distribution of the major party of the municipal councils:
  Democratic
  Liberty Korea
  Independents majority
  No major party

A total of 2,926 municipal councillors (municipal city, county, autonomous district) were elected.

Metropolitan city/province Democratic Liberty Korea Democracy and Peace Justice Bareunmirae Minjung Independent Total
Seoul 249 157 5 9 3 423
Incheon 71 46 1 118
Gyeonggi 290 144 5 4 2 2 446
Gangwon 93 63 1 12 169
Daejeon 38 25 63
South Chungcheong 98 66 1 6 171
North Chungcheong 86 43 1 2 132
Gwangju 55 9 1 3 68
South Jeolla 178 26 3 4 32 243
North Jeolla 147 14 6 2 28 197
Busan 103 78 1 182
Ulsan 27 21 1 1 50
South Gyeongsang 104 133 3 1 23 264
Daegu 50 62 1 2 1 116
North Gyeongsang 50 171 1 2 60 284
Total 1,638 1,009 49 26 21 11 172 2,927

See also

References

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