Mayor of Sejong City
| Mayor of Sejong City | |
|---|---|
| 세종특별자치시장 | |
 Seal of Sejong City | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Yoo Han-sik |
| Formation | 1 July 2012 |
The Mayor of Sejong City (Korean: 세종특별자치시장; Hanja: 世宗特別自治市長) is the head of the local government of Sejong City who is elected to a four-year term.
List of mayors
| Political parties |
|---|
| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 5th |  |
Yoo Han-sik 유한식 兪漢植 (born 1949) |
1 July 2012 | 30 June 2014 | 2 years, 0 days | Liberty Forward → Saenuri |
2012 (by-el.) | |
| 6th |  |
Lee Choon-hee 이춘희 李春熙 (born 1955) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2022 | 8 years, 0 days | NPAD → Democratic |
2014 | |
| 7th | 2018 | |||||||
| 8th | .jpg) |
Choi Min-ho 최민호 崔旼鎬 (born 1956) |
1 July 2022 | 30 June 2026 | 4 years, 0 days | People Power | 2022 | |
| 9th | .jpg) |
Cho Sang-ho 조상호 趙相鎬 (born 1970) |
1 July 2026 | Incumbent | 63 days | Democratic | 2026 | |
Elections
Source:[1]
2012 (by-election)
| 2012 Sejong mayoral by-election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Liberty Forward | 3 | Yoo Han-sik | 19,387 | 41.73% | ||
| Democratic United | 2 | Lee Choon-hee | 17,349 | 37.35% | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Choi Min-ho | 9,716 | 20.92% | ||
| Total | 46,452 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 59.14% | |||||
2014
| 2014 Sejong mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| NPAD | 2 | Lee Choon-hee | 36,203 | 57.78% | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Yoo Han-sik | 26,451 | 42.21% | ||
| Total | 62,654 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 62.65% | |||||
2018
| 2018 Sejong mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Lee Choon-hee | 96,896 | 71.30% | ||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Song Ah-young | 24,546 | 18.06% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Heo Chul-hue | 14,444 | 10.62% | ||
| Total | 135,886 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 61.75% | |||||
2022
| 2022 Sejong mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| People Power | 2 | Choi Min-ho | 78,415 | 52.83% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Lee Choon-hee | 69,995 | 47.16% | ||
| Total | 148,410 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 51.24% | |||||
2026
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cho Sang-ho | Democratic Party | 116,846 | 61.04 | |
| Choi Min-ho (incumbent) | People Power Party | 68,944 | 36.02 | |
| Ha Heon-hwi | Reform Party | 5,641 | 2.95 | |
| Total | 191,431 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 191,431 | 99.08 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,784 | 0.92 | ||
| Total votes | 193,215 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 309,134 | 62.50 | ||
| Democratic gain from People Power | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ National Election Commission. 중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.