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2018 South Korean local elections

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]

2018 South Korean local elections
← 2014 13 June 2018 2022 →
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

Metropolitan mayors and governors edit

A total of 17 metropolitan mayors and governors were elected.

Candidates edit

Bold on the candidate's name indicates that a candidate has 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 edit

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

Bold represents incumbent 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "<막 오른 지방선거 레이스>재보선 10곳 이상 내년 지방선거는 거물급'미니총선'". Munhwa Ilbo. Naver. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ^ Jung, Kwangho; Kang, Youngju (2020). "A report of the 2018 regional election in South Korea". Regional & Federal Studies. 30 (3): 493–509. doi:10.1080/13597566.2020.1761341. ISSN 1359-7566. S2CID 219447359.
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