The Daejeon Metropolitan Council (Korean: 대전광역시의회; Hanja: 大田廣域市議會) is the local council of Daejeon, South Korea.[1]
There are a total of 22 members, with 19 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 3 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.
Current composition
Negotiation groups can be formed by 4 or more members. There are currently a negotiation group in the council, formed by the Democratic Party of Korea only.
Organization
The structure of Council consists of:
- Chairman
- Two Vice-chairmen
- Standing Committees
- Steering Committee
- Administration and Autonomy Committee
- Welfare and Environment Committee
- Industry and Construction Committee
- Education Committee
- Special Committees
- Special Committees on Budget and Accounts
- Special Committees on Ethics
Recent election results
2018
Summary of the 13 June 2018 Daejeon Metropolitan Council election results[2]
Party
|
Constituency
|
Party list
|
Total seats
|
Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
±
|
Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
±
|
Seats
|
±
|
|
Democratic Party of Korea
|
442,612 |
64.17 |
19 |
5
|
384,083 |
55.21 |
2 |
0
|
21 |
5
|
|
Liberty Korea Party
|
211,871 |
30.72 |
0 |
5
|
183,819 |
26.42 |
1 |
0
|
1 |
5
|
|
Bareunmirae Party
|
33,486 |
4.86 |
0 |
new
|
61,971 |
8.90 |
0 |
new
|
0 |
new
|
|
Justice Party
|
—
|
54,292 |
7.80 |
1 |
0
|
0 |
0
|
|
Green Party Korea
|
—
|
4,509 |
0.64 |
0 |
new
|
0 |
new
|
|
Minjung Party
|
1,734 |
0.25 |
0 |
new
|
3,613 |
0.51 |
0 |
new
|
0 |
new
|
|
Labor Party
|
—
|
3,315 |
0.47 |
0 |
new
|
0 |
new
|
Total
|
689,703 |
100.00 |
19 |
–
|
695,602 |
100.00 |
3 |
–
|
22 |
–
|
References