2010 South Korean local elections
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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 Increase4
Increase(404) 		Decrease6
Decrease(722)
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Lee Hoi-chang Kang Gi-gap
Party Advancement Unification Democratic Labor
Last election -
(-) 		0 seats
(81 seats)
Seats won 1
(172) 		0
(142)
Seat change Increase1
Increase(172) 		-
Increase(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    DP    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

Region Electorate Turnout %
Seoul 8,211,461 4,421,491 53.8
Busan 2,849,895 1,410,809 49.5
Daegu 1,928,835 886,317 45.9
Incheon 2,096,853 1,068,735 50.9
Gwangju 1,064,913 530,688 49.8
Daejeon 1,127,547 595,718 52.9
Ulsan 838,805 462,339 55.1
Gyeonggi 8,761,840 4,538,591 51.8
Gangwon 1,190,509 742,105 62.3
North Chungcheong 1,183,811 695,977 58.8
South Chungcheong 1,595,587 902,299 56.5
North Jeolla 1,442,805 856,846 59.3
South Jeolla 1,504,902 967,573 64.3
North Gyeongsang 2,122,905 1,260,726 59.4
South Gyeongsang 2,506,393 1,550,538 61.8
Jeju 424,098 276,134 65.1
Total 38,851,159 21,166,886 54.5
Source：투표진행상황

Provincial-level elections

Main article: Results of the South Korean local elections, 2010

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

City Incumbent Party First
elected 		Result Candidates
Seoul Oh Se-hoon GNP 2006 Incumbent re-elected.
Gwangju Park Gwang-tae DP 2002 Incumbent retired.
New mayor elected.
DP hold.
  • Green tickY Kang 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 tickY Kim 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 tickY Yeom 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 tickY 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

Province Incumbent Party First
elected 		Result Candidates
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 tickY 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.
  • Green tickY Kim Doo-kwan (Independent) 53.50%
  • Lee Dal-gon (GNP) 46.49%
North Jeolla Kim Wan-ju DP 2006 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY 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 tickY Park 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-hwa Independent Acting Governor Lee Wan-koo resigned December 4, 2009.
New governor elected.
DP gain.
  • Green tickY Ahn Hee-jung (DP) 42.25%
  • Park Sang-don (LFP) 39.94%
  • Park Hae-chun (GNP) 17.79%
Jeju Kim Tae-hwan Independent 2006 Incumbent retired.
New governor elected.
Independent gain.
  • Green tickY Woo 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 Party6,849,71735.083287,252,19035.1032360+228
Grand National Party7,755,54739.722528,229,97139.8336288–269
Liberty Forward Party681,0243.4938936,9574.53341New
Democratic Labor Party653,7153.35181,519,3647.35624+9
Participation Party364,0931.8631,374,9516.6525New
New Progressive Party185,3800.953647,3463.1303New
Future Hope Alliance123,3790.631379,7371.8423New
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

Region Seats DP GNP LFP DLP PPP NPP FHA FU Ind.
Seoul 96 74 22
Busan 42 37 5
Daegu 26 25 1
Incheon 30 21 5 1 1 2
Gwangju 19 18 1
Daejeon 19 4 15
Ulsan 19 11 6 2
Gyeonggi 112 71 36 1 1 1 2
Gangwon 38 12 20 6
North Chungcheong 28 20 3 4 1
South Chungcheong 36 12 5 19
North Jeolla 34 33 1
South Jeolla 51 45 2 4
North Gyeongsang 52 44 1 1 6
South Gyeongsang 49 2 35 4 1 2 5
Jeju 29 16 9 1 3
Total 680 328 252 38 18 3 3 1 1 36

Proportional representation seats

Region Seats GNP DP DLP LFP PPP PPC
Seoul 10 5 5
Busan 5 3 2
Daegu 3 2 1
Incheon 3 1 2
Gwangju 3 2 1
Daejeon 3 1 1 1
Ulsan 3 2 1
Gyeonggi 12 6 5 1
Gangwon 4 2 2
North Chungcheong 3 1 2
South Chungcheong 4 1 1 2
North Jeolla 4 1 2 1
South Jeolla 6 1 4 1
North Gyeongsang 6 4 1 1
South Gyeongsang 5 3 1 1
Jeju 7 3 2 1 1
Total 81 36 32 6 3 2 2

Municipal-level elections

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

Municipal-level mayors

Summary

PartySeats+/–
Democratic Party92+53
Grand National Party82–73
Liberty Forward Party13New
Democratic Labor Party3+3
People's First Union1New
Party of Future Union1New
Independent36+7
Total228–2

By region

Region Mayors DP GNP LFP DLP PFU FU Ind.
Seoul 25 21 4
Busan 16 13 3
Daegu 8 6 2
Incheon 10 6 1 2 1
Gwangju 5 4 1
Daejeon 5 1 1 3
Ulsan 5 3 1 1
Gyeonggi 31 19 10 2
Gangwon 18 4 10 4
North Chungcheong 23 16 1 6
South Chungcheong 18 1 11 6
North Jeolla 14 13 1
South Jeolla 22 15 7
North Gyeongsang 12 5 3 3 1
South Gyeongsang 16 3 4 7 1 1
Total 228 92 82 13 3 1 1 36

Municipal-level councilors

Summary

PartySeats
ConstituencyProportionalTotal+/–
Grand National Party10871601247–375
Democratic Party8711541025+120
Liberty Forward Party9522117New
Democratic Labor Party9025115+49
Participation Party17724New
New Progressive Party22022New
Future Hope Alliance12719New
Party of Future Union10111New
People's First Union202New
Creative Korea Party101New
Independent305–305+77
Total25123762888–
Source: 구·시·군의회의원선거 정당별 당선인수기초의원비례대표선거 정당별 당선인수

Constituency seats

Region Seats GNP DP LFP DLP NPP PPP PPC FU PFU CKP Ind.
Seoul 366 183 173 3 4 2 1
Busan 158 93 28 9 3 2 2 1 20
Daegu 102 70 4 2 2 1 5 3 15
Incheon 97 46 43 4 2 2
Gwangju 59 44 10 2 3
Daejeon 55 11 21 23
Ulsan 43 25 13 2 1 2
Gyeonggi 363 177 165 8 2 2 1 1 7
Gangwon 146 90 36 20
North Chungcheong 114 44 45 12 2 11
South Chungcheong 152 50 34 60 2 6
North Jeolla 173 119 3 1 4 46
South Jeolla 211 146 14 2 49
North Gyeongsang 247 162 1 2 2 1 5 2 72
South Gyeongsang 226 136 12 20 4 3 51
Total 2,512 1,087 871 95 90 22 17 12 10 2 1 305

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

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