Mayor of Sejong City

Mayor of Sejong City
세종특별자치시장
Seal of Sejong City
Incumbent
Choi Min-ho
since 1 July 2022
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderYoo Han-sik
Formation1 July 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-01)

The Mayor of Sejong City (Korean: 세종특별자치시장; Hanja: 世宗特別自治市長) is the head of the local government of Sejong City who is elected to a four-year term.

List of mayors

Political parties
  Conservative
  Liberal
Term Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Elected
Took office Left office Time in office
5th Yoo Han-sik [ko]
유한식
兪漢植
(born 1949) 		1 July 2012 30 June 2014 2 years, 0 days Liberty Forward →
Saenuri 		2012 (by-el.)
6th Lee Choon-hee
이춘희
李春熙
(born 1955) 		1 July 2014 30 June 2022 8 years, 0 days NPAD →
Democratic 		2014
7th 2018
8th Choi Min-ho [ko]
최민호
崔旼鎬
(born 1956) 		1 July 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 197 days People Power 2022

Elections

Source:[1]

2012 (by-election)

2012 Sejong mayoral by-election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Liberty Forward 3 Yoo Han-sik 19,387 41.73%
Democratic United 2 Lee Choon-hee 17,349 37.35%
Saenuri 1 Choi Min-ho 9,716 20.92%
Total 46,452 100.00%
Voter turnout 59.14%

2014

2014 Sejong mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
NPAD 2 Lee Choon-hee 36,203 57.78%
Saenuri            1 Yoo Han-sik 26,451 42.21%
Total 62,654 100.00%
Voter turnout 62.65%

2018

2018 Sejong mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Lee Choon-hee 96,896 71.30%
Liberty Korea 2 Song Ah-young 24,546 18.06%
Bareunmirae 3 Heo Chul-hue 14,444 10.62%
Total 135,886 100.00%
Voter turnout 61.75%

2022

2022 Sejong mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
People Power 2 Choi Min-ho 78,415 52.83%
Democratic 1 Lee Choon-hee 69,995 47.16%
Total 148,410 100.00%
Voter turnout 51.24%

See also

References

  1. ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.