2018 South Korean local elections Registered 42,907,715 Turnout 25,832,076 60.2% ( 3.4pp )
First party
Second party
Leader
Choo Mi-ae
Hong Jun-pyo
Party
Democratic
Liberty Korea
Regional seats last election
9 heads 349 councilors
8 heads 416 councilors
Municipal seats last election
80 mayors 1,157 councilors
117 mayors 1,413 councilors
Regional seats won
14 heads 652 councilors
2 heads 137 councilors
Regional seat change
5 heads 303 councilors
6 heads 279 councilors
Municipal seats won
151 mayors 1,638 councilors
53 mayors 1,009 councilors
Municipal seat change
71 mayors 481 councilors
64 mayors 404 councilors
Gubernatorial & metropolitan mayoral elections: overall results and turnouts
Gubernatorial & metropolitan mayoral elections: municipal-level breakdown
Results summary of gubernatorial (top left), municipal mayoral (top right), metropolitan and provincial councilors (bottom left), and municipal councilors (bottom right)
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]
Regional head elections
Distribution of elected metropolitan mayors and governors by political party: Independent
A total of 17 metropolitan mayors and governors were elected.
Party Votes % Seats +/– Democratic Party 14,191,438 56.01 14 +5 Liberty Korea Party 7,884,768 31.12 2 –6 Bareunmirae Party 1,912,643 7.55 0 New Justice Party 502,752 1.98 0 0 Party for Democracy and Peace 295,701 1.17 0 New Minjung Party 199,402 0.79 0 New Green Party Korea 95,062 0.38 0 New Korea 23,012 0.09 0 New Our Future 11,599 0.05 0 New Korean Patriots' Party 11,222 0.04 0 New Chinbak Yeondae 4,021 0.02 0 New Independents 204,975 0.81 1 +1 Total 25,336,595 100.00 17 0 Valid votes 25,336,595 98.08 Invalid/blank votes 495,481 1.92 Total votes 25,832,076 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 42,907,715 60.20 Source: National Election Commission[ 3] [ 4]
Seoul
Candidate Party Votes % Park Won-soon (incumbent)Democratic Party 2,619,497 52.79 Kim Moon-soo Liberty Korea Party 1,158,487 23.35 Ahn Cheol-soo Bareunmirae Party 970,374 19.56 Sin Jie-ye Green Party Korea 82,874 1.67 Kim Jong-min Justice Party 81,664 1.65 Kim Jin-sook Minjung Party 22,134 0.45 Woo In-cheol Our Future 11,599 0.23 Ihn Ji-yeon Korean Patriots' Party 11,222 0.23 Choi Tae-hyeon Chinbak Yeondae 4,021 0.08 Total 4,961,872 100.00 Valid votes 4,961,872 98.86 Invalid/blank votes 57,226 1.14 Total votes 5,019,098 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 8,380,947 59.89 Democratic holdSource: National Election Commission[ 5]
Busan
Candidate Party Votes % Oh Keo-don Democratic Party 940,469 55.23 Suh Byung-soo (incumbent)Liberty Korea Party 632,806 37.16 Lee Sung-guen Bareunmirae Party 67,502 3.96 Park Joo-mi Justice Party 35,299 2.07 Lee Jong-hyuk Independent 26,720 1.57 Total 1,702,796 100.00 Valid votes 1,702,796 98.56 Invalid/blank votes 24,888 1.44 Total votes 1,727,684 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,939,046 58.78 Democratic gain from Liberty Korea Source: National Election Commission[ 5]
Daegu
Candidate Party Votes % Kwon Young-jin (incumbent)Liberty Korea Party 619,165 53.74 Lim Dae-yun Democratic Party 458,112 39.76 Kim Hyung-gi Bareunmirae Party 74,955 6.51 Total 1,152,232 100.00 Valid votes 1,152,232 98.29 Invalid/blank votes 20,047 1.71 Total votes 1,172,279 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,047,286 57.26 Liberty Korea holdSource: National Election Commission[ 5]
Incheon
Candidate Party Votes % Park Nam-chun Democratic Party 766,186 57.67 Yoo Jeong-bok (incumbent)Liberty Korea Party 470,937 35.44 Moon Byung-ho Bareunmirae Party 54,054 4.07 Kim Eung-ho Justice Party 37,472 2.82 Total 1,328,649 100.00 Valid votes 1,328,649 98.49 Invalid/blank votes 20,435 1.51 Total votes 1,349,084 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,440,779 55.27 Democratic gain from Liberty Korea Source: National Election Commission[ 5]
Gwangju
Candidate Party Votes % Lee Yong-seop Democratic Party 573,995 84.08 Na Gyung-che Justice Party 40,916 5.99 Jeon Duk-young Bareunmirae Party 34,487 5.05 Yoon Min-ho Minjung Party 33,312 4.88 Total 682,710 100.00 Valid votes 682,710 98.34 Invalid/blank votes 11,542 1.66 Total votes 694,252 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,172,429 59.21 Democratic holdSource: National Election Commission[ 5]
Daejeon
Candidate Party Votes % Heo Tae-jeong Democratic Party 393,354 56.41 Park Sung-hyo Liberty Korea Party 224,306 32.17 Nam Choung-hee Bareunmirae Party 61,271 8.79 Kim Yoon-gi Justice Party 18,351 2.63 Total 697,282 100.00 Valid votes 697,282 98.63 Invalid/blank votes 9,701 1.37 Total votes 706,983 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,219,513 57.97 Democratic gainSource: National Election Commission[ 5]
Gyeonggi
Candidate Party Votes % Lee Jae-myung Democratic Party 3,370,621 56.41 Nam Kyung-pil (incumbent)Liberty Korea Party 2,122,433 35.52 Kim Young-hwan Bareunmirae Party 287,504 4.81 Lee Hong-woo Justice Party 151,871 2.54 Hong Sung-kyu Minjung Party 43,098 0.72 Total 5,975,527 100.00 Valid votes 5,975,527 98.20 Invalid/blank votes 109,428 1.80 Total votes 6,084,955 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 10,533,027 57.77 Democratic gain from Liberty Korea Source: National Election Commission[ 5]
South Chungcheong
Candidate Party Votes % Yang Seung-jo Democratic Party 615,870 62.56 Lee In-je Liberty Korea Party 345,577 35.10 Cha Gook-hwan Korea 23,012 2.34 Total 984,459 100.00 Valid votes 984,459 97.33 Invalid/blank votes 26,988 2.67 Total votes 1,011,447 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,740,413 58.12 Democratic gainSource: National Election Commission[ 5]
North Jeolla
Candidate Party Votes % Song Ha-jin (incumbent)Democratic Party 682,042 70.57 Lim Chung-yeop Party for Democracy and Peace 184,728 19.11 Kwon Tae-hong Justice Party 52,496 5.43 Shin Jae-bong Liberty Korea Party 26,374 2.73 Lee Kwang-seok Minjung Party 20,827 2.15 Total 966,467 100.00 Valid votes 966,467 96.99 Invalid/blank votes 30,037 3.01 Total votes 996,504 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,527,729 65.23 Democratic holdSource: National Election Commission[ 5]
South Jeolla
Candidate Party Votes % Kim Yung-rok Democratic Party 807,902 77.09 Min Young-sam Party for Democracy and Peace 110,973 10.59 Lee Sung-soo Minjung Party 51,410 4.91 Park Mae-ho Bareunmirae Party 40,287 3.84 Noh Hyung-tae Justice Party 37,433 3.57 Total 1,048,005 100.00 Valid votes 1,048,005 95.96 Invalid/blank votes 44,102 4.04 Total votes 1,092,107 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,577,224 69.24 Democratic gainSource: National Election Commission[ 5]
North Gyeongsang
Candidate Party Votes % Lee Cheol-woo Liberty Korea Party 732,785 52.12 Oh Joong-gi Democratic Party 482,564 34.32 Kwon Oe-eul Bareunmirae Party 143,409 10.20 Park Chang-ho Justice Party 47,250 3.36 Total 1,406,008 100.00 Valid votes 1,406,008 96.46 Invalid/blank votes 51,531 3.54 Total votes 1,457,539 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,251,538 64.74 Liberty Korea holdSource: National Election Commission[ 5]
South Gyeongsang
Candidate Party Votes % Kim Kyoung-soo Democratic Party 941,491 52.81 Kim Tae-ho Liberty Korea Party 765,809 42.96 Kim Yoo-geun Bareunmirae Party 75,418 4.23 Total 1,782,718 100.00 Valid votes 1,782,718 97.98 Invalid/blank votes 36,673 2.02 Total votes 1,819,391 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,765,485 65.79 Democratic gainSource: National Election Commission[ 5]
Jeju
Candidate Party Votes % Won Hee-ryong (incumbent)Independent 178,255 51.73 Moon Dae-rim Democratic Party 137,901 40.02 Ko Eun-young Green Party Korea 12,188 3.54 Kim Bang-hoon Liberty Korea Party 11,241 3.26 Jang Seong-cheol Bareunmirae Party 5,019 1.46 Total 344,604 100.00 Valid votes 344,604 98.19 Invalid/blank votes 6,339 1.81 Total votes 350,943 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 532,515 65.90 Independent holdSource: National Election Commission[ 5]
Regional council elections
Distribution of the major party of the metropolitan and provincial councils:
A total of 824 regional councilors were elected.
Party Proportional Constituency Total seats +/– Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Democratic Party 12,996,592 51.42 47 14,071,432 57.47 605 652 +303 Liberty Korea Party 7,017,554 27.76 24 7,640,074 31.20 113 137 –279 Justice Party 2,267,690 8.97 10 107,937 0.44 1 11 +11 Bareunmirae Party 1,973,141 7.81 4 1,034,387 4.22 1 5 New Party for Democracy and Peace 385,202 1.52 2 466,185 1.90 1 3 New Minjung Party 245,437 0.97 0 180,082 0.74 0 0 New Green Party Korea 175,988 0.70 0 0 0 Korean Patriots' Party 97,828 0.39 0 8,632 0.04 0 0 New Labor Party 60,913 0.24 0 18,255 0.07 0 0 –1 Our Future 27,444 0.11 0 0 New Chinbak Yeondae 18,840 0.07 0 0 New Saenuri Party 7,978 0.03 0 0 New International Green Party 2,559 0.01 0 437 0.00 0 0 0 Korean National Party 612 0.00 0 0 New Hongik Party 467 0.00 0 0 New Independents 957,801 3.91 16 16 –4 Total 25,277,166 100.00 87 24,486,301 100.00 737 824 +35 Valid votes 25,277,166 97.88 24,486,301 97.08 Invalid/blank votes 548,235 2.12 735,459 2.92 Total votes 25,825,401 100.00 25,221,760 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 42,907,715 60.19 41,939,321 60.14 Source: National Election Commission[ 3] [ 4]
Results by province or city
Proportional representation seats
Municipal mayoral elections
Distribution of elected municipal mayors by political party: Independent
A total of 226 municipal mayors (municipal city , county , autonomous district ) were elected.
Party Votes % Seats +/– Democratic Party 13,453,673 54.14 151 +71 Liberty Korea Party 7,566,555 30.45 53 –64 Bareunmirae Party 1,302,798 5.24 0 New Party for Democracy and Peace 653,324 2.63 5 New Justice Party 218,590 0.88 0 0 Minjung Party 73,322 0.30 0 New Korean Patriots' Party 17,940 0.07 0 New Green Party Korea 4,431 0.02 0 0 Korean National Party 936 0.00 0 New Future Korean Peninsula Union 745 0.00 0 New Independents 1,557,021 6.27 17 –12 Total 24,849,335 100.00 226 0 Valid votes 24,849,335 98.05 Invalid/blank votes 494,130 1.95 Total votes 25,343,465 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 42,152,348 60.12 Source: National Election Commission[ 3] [ 4]
Results by province or city
Municipal council elections
Distribution of the major party of the municipal councils: Independents majority
No major party
A total of 2,926 municipal councilors were elected.
Party Proportional Constituency Total seats +/– Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Democratic Party 13,465,648 57.45 238 12,918,190 53.52 1,400 1,638 +481 Liberty Korea Party 6,815,604 29.08 133 6,729,645 27.88 876 1,009 –404 Bareunmirae Party 1,687,604 7.20 2 1,606,605 6.66 19 21 New Justice Party 922,066 3.93 9 467,302 1.94 17 26 +15 Party for Democracy and Peace 340,176 1.45 3 406,433 1.68 46 49 New Minjung Party 165,429 0.71 0 305,278 1.26 11 11 New Korean Patriots' Party 34,921 0.15 0 13,832 0.06 0 0 New Green Party Korea 4,567 0.02 0 24,156 0.10 0 0 0 Korean National Party 1,605 0.01 0 164 0.00 0 0 New Labor Party 23,524 0.10 0 0 –6 Our Future 9,706 0.04 0 0 New Saenuri Party 278 0.00 0 0 New Korea Party 223 0.00 0 0 New Independents 1,630,647 6.76 172 172 –105 Total 23,437,620 100.00 385 24,135,983 100.00 2,541 2,926 +28 Valid votes 23,437,620 96.84 24,135,983 96.23 Invalid/blank votes 765,140 3.16 946,006 3.77 Total votes 24,202,760 100.00 25,081,989 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 40,410,606 59.89 41,726,123 60.11 Source: National Election Commission[ 3] [ 4]
Results by province or city
Proportional representation seats