2010 South Korean local elections

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2010 South Korean local elections
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  2006 2 June 2010 2014  

All 16 seats of Metropolitan Mayors and Governors
(All 3,991 seats of Provincial and Municipal leaders and Assemblies)
 First partySecond party
  Chung Sye-kyun.jpg CMJhyundai.JPG
Leader Chung Sye-kyun Chung Mong-joon
Party Democratic Grand National
Last election3 seats
(1,080 seats)
12 seats
(2,345 seats)
Seats won7
(1,484)
6
(1,623)
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4
Increase2.svg(404)
Decrease2.svg6
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 Third partyFourth party
  Lee Hoi-chang (2010) (cropped).jpg Kangkikab.jpg
Leader Lee Hoi-chang Kang Gi-gap  [ ko ]
Party Liberty Forward Democratic Labor
Last election-
(-)
0 seats
(81 seats)
Seats won1
(172)
0
(142)
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1
Increase2.svg(172)
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Increase2.svg(61)

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2010 Republic of Korea metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial elections, municipal-level divisions.svg

The 5th Local Elections were held in South Korea on 2 June 2010. It was the first local elections in South Korea to have political parties nominating candidates for Municipal Councillors. The ruling Uri Party proved its declining popularity since the 2008 general elections while the main opposition party, Grand National Party managed to clinch back lost grounds, using the opportunity for the presidential election the following year.

Contents

Left top: Results of metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial elections
Right top: Results of municipal mayoral elections
Left bottom: Results of provincial legislative elections
Right top: Results of municipal legislative elections
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GNP
DP
LFP
DLP
CKP

NPP
PFU
PPP
FU
PPU
Ind. The 5th local elections were held in South Korea on 2 June 2010. The voter turnout reached 54.4%, the highest in 15 years. South Korean nationwide local election 2010(Kor).svg
Left top: Results of metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial elections
Right top: Results of municipal mayoral elections
Left bottom: Results of provincial legislative elections
Right top: Results of municipal legislative elections
   GNP    DP    LFP    DLP    CKP
   NPP    PFU    PPP    FU    PPU    Ind. The 5th local elections were held in South Korea on 2 June 2010. The voter turnout reached 54.4%, the highest in 15 years.

Voter turnout by region

RegionElectorateTurnout%
Seoul 8,211,4614,421,49153.8
Busan 2,849,8951,410,80949.5
Daegu 1,928,835886,31745.9
Incheon 2,096,8531,068,73550.9
Gwangju 1,064,913530,68849.8
Daejeon 1,127,547595,71852.9
Ulsan 838,805462,33955.1
Gyeonggi Province 8,761,8404,538,59151.8
Gangwon Province 1,190,509742,10562.3
North Chungcheong Province 1,183,811695,97758.8
South Chungcheong Province 1,595,587902,29956.5
North Jeolla Province 1,442,805856,84659.3
South Jeolla Province 1,504,902967,57364.3
North Gyeongsang Province 2,122,9051,260,72659.4
South Gyeongsang 2,506,3931,550,53861.8
Jeju 424,098276,13465.1
Total38,851,15921,166,88654.5
Source:투표진행상황

Provincial-level elections

The ruling GNP was able to win 4 out of 7 mayoral seats but suffer by massive landslide on the gubernatorial election winning only 2 out of 9 seats. On the other hand, DP was able to capture 2 mayoral seats and swept 5 out of 9 gubernatorial seats. The LFP won Daejeon while two independent candidates won gubernatorial seats in South Gyeongsang Province and the other in Jeju Province.

Metropolitan city mayors

CityIncumbentPartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates
Seoul Oh Se-hoon GNP 2006 Incumbent re-elected.
Gwangju Park Gwang-tae DP 2002 Incumbent retired.
New mayor elected.
DP hold.
  • Green check.svgYKang Woon-tae (DP) 56.73%
  • Chung Chan-yong (PPP) 14.48%
  • Chung Yong-hwa (GNP) 14.22%
  • Chang Won-seop (DLP) 7.53%
  • Yoon Nan-sil (NPP) 5.89%
  • Cho Hong-kyu (PDP) 1.12%
Daegu Kim Bum-il GNP 2006 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgYKim Bum-il (GNP) 72.92%
  • Lee Seung-cheon (DP) 16.86%
  • Cho Myung-rae (NPP) 10.20%
Daejeon Park Sung-hyo GNP 2006 Incumbent lost.
New mayor elected.
LFP gain.
  • Green check.svgYYeom Hong-cheol (LFP) 46.67%
  • Park Sung-hyo (GNP) 28.50%
  • Kim Won-woong (DP) 23.28%
  • Kim Yoon-ki (NPP) 1.53%
Busan Hur Nam-sik GNP 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Ulsan Park Maeng-woo GNP 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Park Maeng-woo (GNP) 61.26%
  • Kim Chang-hyun (DLP) 29.25%
  • Noh Ok-hee (NPP) 9.48%
Incheon Ahn Sang-soo GNP 2002 Incumbent lost.
New mayor elected.
DP gain.

Provincial governors

ProvinceIncumbentPartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates
Gangwon Kim Jin-sun GNP 1998 Incumbent retired.
New governor elected.
DP gain.
Gyeonggi Kim Moon-soo GNP 2006 Incumbent re-elected.
North Gyeongsang Kim Kwan-yong GNP 2006 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Kim Kwan-yong (GNP) 75.36%
  • Hong Eui-rak (DP) 11.82%
  • Yoo Sung-chan (PPP) 7.20%
  • Yoon Byung-tae (DLP) 5.60%
South Gyeongsang Kim Tae-ho GNP 2004 Incumbent retired.
New governor elected.
Independent gain.
North Jeolla Kim Wan-ju DP 2006 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Kim Wan-ju (DP) 68.67%
  • Jeong Woon-chun (GNP) 18.20%
  • Ha Yeon-ho (DLP) 6.30%
  • Yeom Kyung-suk (NPP) 4.28%
  • Kim Dae-sik (PDP) 2.52%
South Jeolla Park Jun-young DP 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgYPark Jun-young (DP) 68.30%
  • Kim Dae-sik (GNP) 13.39%
  • Park Woong-doo (DLP) 10.90%
  • Kim Kyung-jae (PDP) 7.39%
North Chungcheong Chung Woo-taik GNP 2006 Incumbent lost.
New governor elected.
DP gain.
South Chungcheong Lee In-hwaIndependentActingGovernor Lee Wan-koo resigned December 4, 2009.
New governor elected.
DP gain.
  • Green check.svgY Ahn Hee-jung (DP) 42.25%
  • Park Sang-don (LFP) 39.94%
  • Park Hae-chun (GNP) 17.79%
Jeju Kim Tae-hwanIndependent 2006 Incumbent retired.
New governor elected.
Independent gain.
  • Green check.svgYWoo Geun-min (Independent) 41.40%
  • Hyun Myung-gwan (Independent) 40.55%
  • Goh Hee-bum (DP) 18.03%

Provincial-level councilors

Summary

PartyConstituencyProportionalTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Democratic Party 6,849,71735.083287,252,19035.1032360+228
Grand National Party 7,755,54739.722528,229,97139.8336288–269
Liberty Forward Party 681,0243.4938936,9574.53341New
Democratic Labor Party 653,7153.35181,519,3647.35624+9
Participation Party 364,0931.8631,374,9516.6525New
New Progressive Party 185,3800.953647,3463.1303New
Future Hope Alliance 123,3790.631379,7371.8423New
Party of Future Union183,3850.941159,5030.7701New
Other parties86,8350.440164,3490.8000
Independents2,644,10213.543636+22
Total19,527,177100.0068020,664,368100.0081761+28

Constituency seats

RegionSeats DP GNP LFP DLP PPP NPP FHA FUInd.
Seoul 967422
Busan 42375
Daegu 26251
Incheon 30215112
Gwangju 19181
Daejeon 19415
Ulsan 191162
Gyeonggi 11271361112
Gangwon 3812206
North Chungcheong 2820341
South Chungcheong 3612519
North Jeolla 34331
South Jeolla 514524
North Gyeongsang 5244116
South Gyeongsang 492354125
Jeju 2916913
Total6803282523818331136

Proportional representation seats

RegionSeats GNP DP DLP LFP PPP PPC
Seoul 1055
Busan 532
Daegu 321
Incheon 312
Gwangju 321
Daejeon 3111
Ulsan 321
Gyeonggi 12651
Gangwon 422
North Chungcheong 312
South Chungcheong 4112
North Jeolla 4121
South Jeolla 6141
North Gyeongsang 6411
South Gyeongsang 5311
Jeju 73211
Total8136326322

Municipal-level elections

Municipal Mayoral elections map by party

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Municipal Mayoral elections map by party
GNP DEP LFP DLP PFU FU Ind.

Municipal-level mayors

Summary

PartySeats+/–
Democratic Party 92+53
Grand National Party 82–73
Liberty Forward Party 13New
Democratic Labor Party 3+3
People's First Union1New
Party of Future Union1New
Independent36+7
Total228–2

By region

RegionMayors DP GNP LFP DLP PFUFUInd.
Seoul 25214
Busan 16133
Daegu 862
Incheon 106121
Gwangju 541
Daejeon 5113
Ulsan 5311
Gyeonggi 3119102
Gangwon 184104
North Chungcheong 231616
South Chungcheong 181116
North Jeolla 14131
South Jeolla 22157
North Gyeongsang 125331
South Gyeongsang 1634711
Total22892821331136

Municipal-level councilors

Summary

PartySeats
ConstituencyProportionalTotal+/–
Grand National Party 10871601247–375
Democratic Party 8711541025+120
Liberty Forward Party 9522117New
Democratic Labor Party 9025115+49
Participation Party 17724New
New Progressive Party 22022New
Future Hope Alliance 12719New
Party of Future Union10111New
People's First Union202New
Creative Korea Party 101New
Independent305305+77
Total25123762888
Source: ··군의회의원선거정당별 당선인수 기초의원비례대표선거정당별 당선인수

Constituency seats

RegionSeats GNP DP LFP DLP NPP PPP PPC FUPFU CKP Ind.
Seoul 3661831733421
Busan 15893289322120
Daegu 1027042215315
Incheon 974643422
Gwangju 59441023
Daejeon 55112123
Ulsan 432513212
Gyeonggi 363177165822117
Gangwon 146903620
North Chungcheong 114444512211
South Chungcheong 15250346026
North Jeolla 17311931446
South Jeolla 21114614249
North Gyeongsang 24716212215272
South Gyeongsang 22613612204351
Total2,5121,08787195902217121021305

References

  1. Foundation, The Korea International Broadcasting. "한국을 대표하는 글로벌 방송! The World On Arirang!". June 2 Local Elections Voter Turnout : ARIRANG.
  2. [6·2 국민의 선택] 투표율 54.5%… 15년만에 최고, 조선일보