South Korean local elections, 2010

South Korean local elections, 2010

June 2, 2010

All 16 seats of Metropolitan Mayors and Governors (All 3,991 seats of Provincial and Municipal leaders and Assemblies)   First party Second party   Leader Chung Sye-kyun Chung Mong-joon Party Democratic Grand National Last election 3 seats (1,080 seats) 12 seats (2,345 seats) Seats won 7 (1,484) 6 (1,623) Seat change 4 (404) 6 (722)   Third party Fourth party   Leader Lee Hoi-chang Kang Gi-gap Party Liberty Forward Democratic Labor Last election - (-) 0 seats (81 seats) Seats won 1 (172) 0 (142) Seat change 1 (172) - (61)

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        DEP        LFP        DLP        CKP        NPP        PFU        PPP        FU        PPU        Ind.

The 5th local elections were held in South Korea on 2 June 2010.^[1] The voter turnout reached 54.4%, the highest in 15 years.^[2]

Voter turnout by region

• Overall voter turnout: 54.5% (electoral: 38,851,159 Name / Number of votes: 21,166,886 people)

Division	Electoral	Turnout	Percentage
Seoul	8,211,461	4,426,182	53.8
Busan	2,849,895	1,410,126	49.5
Daegu	1,928,835	886,035	45.9
Incheon	2,096,853	1,067,431	50.9
Gwangju	1,064,913	529,901	49.8
Daejeon	1,127,547	596,683	52.9
Ulsan	838,805	462,103	55.1
Gyeonggi-do	8,761,840	4,534,771	51.8
Gangwon-do	1,190,509	741,724	62.3
Chungcheongbuk-do	1,183,811	696,393	58.8
Chungcheongnam-do	1,595,587	901,863	56.5
Jeollabuk-do	1,442,805	856,111	59.3
Jeollanam-do	1,504,902	967,338	64.3
Gyeongsangbuk-do	2,122,905	1,260,591	59.4
Gyeongnam	2,506,393	1,549,690	61.8
Jeju-do	424,098	276,056	65.1

Source：투표진행상황

Provincial level elections

Metropolitan Mayoral and Gubernatorial 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, DEP 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 one in Gyeongsangnam-do and the other in Jeju-do.

Metropolitan mayoral election winners

Metropolitan cities	#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage	Remarks
Seoul	1	Oh Se-hoon	■ Grand National	2,086,127	47.43%
Gwangju	2	Gang Un-tae	■ Democratic	297,003	56.73%
Daegu	1	Kim Bum-il	■ Grand National	633,118	72.92%
Daejeon	3	Yum Hong-cheol	■ Liberty Forward	276,122	46.67%
Busan	1	Heo Nam-sik	■ Grand National	770,507	55.42%
Ulsan	1	Park Maeng-woo	■ Grand National	279,421	61.26%
Incheon	2	Song Young-kil	■ Democratic	556,902	52.69%

Gubernatorial election winners

Provinces	#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage	Remarks
Gangwon-do	2	Lee Kwang-jae	■ Democratic	388,443	54.36%
Gyeonggi-do	1	Kim Moon-soo	■ Grand National	2,271,492	52.20%
Gyeongsangnam-do	7	Kim Doo-kwan	■ Independent	812,336	53.50%
Gyeongsangbuk-do	1	Kim Kwan-young	■ Grand National	913,812	75.36%
Jeollanam-do	2	Park Chun-young	■ Democratic	629,984	68.3%
Jeollabuk-do	2	Kim Wan-ju	■ Democratic	569,980	68.67%
Chungcheongnam-do	2	Ahn Hee-cheong	■ Democratic	367,288	42.25%
Chungcheongbuk-do	2	Lee Shi-chong	■ Democratic	349,913	51.22%
Jeju-do	9	Woo Keun-min	■ Independent	110,603	41.40%

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  Provincial Governor election turnout rates

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  Metropolitan Mayoral and Governor election map by party

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  GNP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
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  DEP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
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  LFP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
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  DLP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
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  NPP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
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  PPP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections

Provincial legislative elections

Division	■ GNP		■ DEP		■ LFP		■ DLP		■ NPP		■ PPP		■ FU		■ PPU		■ Ind.	Total
	Seats	PR Seats	Seats	PR Seats	Seats	PR Seats	Seats	PR Seats	Seats	PR Seats	Seats	PR Seats	Seats	PR Seats	Seats	PR Seats	Seats
Seoul	22	5	74	5														106
Gwangju			18	2			1	1										22
Daegu	25	2														1	1	29
Daejeon		1	4	1	15	1												22
Busan	37	3		2													5	47
Ulsan	11	2					6	1									2	22
Incheon	5	1	21	2			1				1						2	33
Gangwon-do	20	2	12	2													6	42
Gyeonggi-do	36	6	71	5			1		1		1	1					2	124
Gyeongsangnam-do	35	3	2	1			4	1	2		1						5	54
Gyeongsangbuk-do	44	4		1									1		1	1	6	58
Jeollanam-do		1	45	4			2	1									4	57
Jeollabuk-do	1		33	2			1	1										38
Chungcheongnam-do	5	1	12	1	19	2												40
Chungcheongbuk-do	3	1	20	2	4		1											31
Jeju-do	9	3	16	2			1	1				1					3	36
Grand Total	253	35	328	32	38	3	18	6	3	0	3	2	1	0	1	2	36	761

Municipal level elections

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

Mayoral elections

Division	■ GNP	■ DEP	■ LFP	■ DLP	■ PFU	■ FU	■ Ind.	Total
Seoul	4	21						25
Gwangju		4					1	5
Daejeon	1	1	3					5
Daegu	6						2	8
Busan	13						3	16
Ulsan	3			1			1	5
Incheon	1	6		2			1	10
Gangwon-do	10	4					4	18
Gyeonggi-do	10	19					2	31
Gyeongsangnam-do	11	1					6	18
Gyeongsangbuk-do	16					1	6	23
Jeollanam-do		15					7	22
Jeollabuk-do		13					1	14
Chungcheongnam-do	4	3	7		1		1	16
Chungcheongbuk-do	3	5	3				1	12
Jeju-do	No elections
Grand Total	82	92	13	3	1	1	36	228

Municipal legislative elections

Party	Seats	PR Seats	Total
■ GNP	1,087	160	1,247
■ DEP	871	154	1,025
■ LFP	95	22	117
■ DLP	90	25	115
■ NPP	22	0	22
■ PPP	17	7	24
■ PPU	12	7	19
■ FU	10	1	11
■ PFU	2	0	2
■ CKP	1	0	1
■ Ind.	305	0	305
Grand Total	2,512	376	2,888

Source:

구·시·군의회의원선거 정당별 당선인수

기초의원비례대표선거 정당별 당선인수

References

1. Arirang: June 2 Local Elections Voter Turnout
2. [6·2 국민의 선택] 투표율 54.5%… 15년만에 최고, 조선일보

External links

• 5th local elections results - the Central Election Management Committee