2018 South Korean local elections
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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 on the candidate's name indicates that a candidate has won as metropolitan mayor or governor.
Results summary
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Bold represents incumbent re-elected.
Metropolitan City/Province | Elected candidate | Party | Remarks | |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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A total of 824 Metropolitan and provincial councillors were elected.
Metropolitan City/Province | Democratic | Liberty Korea | Justice | Bareunmirae | Democracy and Peace | Independent | Total | |
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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
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A total of 226 municipal mayors (municipal city, county, autonomous district) were elected.
Metropolitan City/Province | Democratic | Liberty Korea | Democracy and Peace | Independent | Total | |
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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
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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 | |
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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
External links
- National Election Commission Archived 2020-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
References
- ^ "<막 오른 지방선거 레이스>재보선 10곳 이상 내년 지방선거는 거물급'미니총선'". Munhwa Ilbo. Naver. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ 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.