2002 South Korean local elections

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2002 South Korean local elections
← 1998 13 June 2002 2006 →
All 16 Metropolitan Mayors and Governors, 682 Provincial Councillors,
232 Municipal Leaders, 3,485 Municipal Councillors
Turnout48.9%
  First party Second party Third party
  Star연예인 시민봉사단 발대식에 있는 서청원.png Kim Jong-pil 1999.png
Leader Suh Chung-won Kim Jong-pil
Party Grand National Democratic ULD
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors 11 (5 Increase) 4 (2 Decrease) 1 (3 Decrease)
Provincial Councillors 467 (243 Increase) 143 (128 Decrease) 16 (13 Decrease)
Municipal Leaders 140 (66 Increase) 44 (40 Decrease) 16 (66 Decrease)
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Kwon Young-Ghil.png Park Geun-hye.jpg
Leader Kwon Young-ghil Park Geun-hye
Party Democratic Labor
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors 0 (New party) 0 (New party)
Provincial Councillors 11 (New party) 2 (New party)
Municipal Leaders 2 (New party) 0 (New party)
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Metropolitan Mayors and Governors
Republic of Korea local election 2002 results map.png
Municipal Leaders
■ Grand National Party ■ Millennium Democratic Party
■ United Liberal Democrats ■ Independent
■ Democratic Labor Party

The 3rd Local Elections were held in South Korea on 13 June 2002. Unlike the , the ruling Millennium Democratic Party was defeated by the opposition Grand National Party, which[clarification needed] they[who?] only controlled Gwangju, Jeolla and Jeju.

Provincial level elections[]

Metropolitan Mayoral and Gubernatorial elections[]

Metropolitan mayoral election winners[]

Metropolitan cities # Candidate Party Votes Percentage Remarks
Seoul 1 Lee Myung-bak
  Grand National
 1,819,057 52.3% Grand National gain
Incheon 1 Ahn Sang-soo
  Grand National
 393,932 56.2% Grand National gain
Daejeon 1
  Grand National
 191,832 46.6% Grand National gain
Gwangju 2
  Millennium Democratic
 185,938 46.8% Millennium Democratic held
Daegu 1
  Grand National
 452,943 61.2% Grand National held
Busan 1 Ahn Sang-yeong
  Grand National
 729,589 63.8% Grand National held; Re-elected
Ulsan 1 Bak Maeng-woo
  Grand National
 197,772 53.1% Grand National held

Gubernatorial election winners[]

Provinces # Candidate Party Votes Percentage Remarks
Gyeonggi 1 Sohn Hak-kyu
  Grand National
 1,744,291 58.4% Grand National gain
Gangwon 1 Kim Jin-sun
  Grand National
 468,987 71.1% Grand National held; Re-elected
South Chungcheong 3
  ULD
 508,796 67.0% ULD held; Third term
North Chungcheong 1
  Grand National
 343,546 58.6% Grand National held
South Jeolla 2
  Millennium Democratic
 563,545 57.8% Millennium Democratic held
North Jeolla 2 Kang Hyun-wook
  Millennium Democratic
 571,650 74.6% Millennium Democratic held
South Gyeongsang 1
  Grand National
 920,706 74.5% Grand National held; Third term
North Gyeongsang 1 Lee Eui-geun
  Grand National
 1,028,080 85.5% Grand National held; Third term
Jeju 2
  Millennium Democratic
 135,283 51.4% Millennium Democratic held; Re-elected

Provincial council elections[]

Division
  Grand National
  Millennium Democratic
  ULD
  DLP
  
  Oth./Ind.
 Total
Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats
Seoul 87 14 1 102
Incheon 25 3 1 29
Gyeonggi 90 10 1 3 104
Gangwon 33 7 1 2 43
Daejeon 9 1 9 19
South Chungcheong 7 3 19 3 32
North Chungcheong 21 1 3 2 27
Gwangju 18 1 19
South Jeolla 1 47 1 2 51
North Jeolla 1 29 1 5 36
Daegu 26 1 27
Busan 42 1 1 1 44
Ulsan 15 3 1 19
South Gyeongsang 47 1 1 1 50
North Gyeongsang 51 1 1 4 57
Jeju 11 6 2 19
Grand Total 467 143 31 11 2 26 680
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