2006 South Korean local elections

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2006 South Korean local elections
← 2002 31 May 2006 2010 →
All 16 Metropolitan Mayors and Governors, 733 Provincial Councillors,
230 Municipal Leaders, 2888 Municipal Councillors
Turnout51.6%
  First party Second party Third party
  Park Geun-hye Democratic
Party 		Chungdongyoung1
Leader Park Geun-hye Chung Dong-young
Party Grand National Democratic Uri
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors 12 (0 Steady) 2 (2 Decrease) 1 (party newly established)
Provincial Councillors 557 (57 Increase) 80 (63 Decrease) 52 (party newly established)
Municipal Leaders 155 (3 Increase) 20 (22 Decrease) 19 (party newly established)
Municipal Councillors 1621 (new) 276 (new) 630 (new)
  Fourth party Fifth party
  People First
Party 		Democratic Labor
Party
Leader and
Party People First Party Democratic Labor
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors 0 (party newly established) 0 (party newly established)
Provincial Councillors 15 (party newly established) 15 (party newly established)
Municipal Leaders 7 (party newly established) 0 (party newly established)
Municipal Councillors 67 (new) 66 (new)
Republic of Korea local election 2006 result (Metropolitan city or Province).png
Maps of Metropolitan Mayors and Governors
■ Hannara Party ■ Democratic Party ■ Yeollin Uri Party ■ Independent
Republic of Korea local election 2006 results map.png
Municipal Leaders
■ Grand National Party ■ Democratic Party ■ Yeollin Uri Party ■ People First Party
■ Independent

The 4th Local Elections were held in South Korea on 31 May 2006. It was the first local elections in South Korea to have political parties nominating candidates for Municipal Councillors. The ruling Uri Party proved its declining popularity since the 2004 general elections while the main opposition party, Grand National Party managed to clinch back lost grounds, using the opportunity for the presidential election next year.

Provincial level elections[]

Metropolitan Mayoral and Gubernatorial elections[]

Metropolitan mayoral election winners[]

Metropolitan cities # Candidate Party Votes Percentage Remarks
Seoul 2 Oh Se-hoon
  Grand National
 2,409,760 61.1% Grand National held
Incheon 2 Ahn Sang-soo
  Grand National
 526,932 61.9% Grand National held; Re-elected
Daejeon 2
  Grand National
 231,489 43.8% Grand National gain
Gwangju 3
  Democratic Party
 239,884 51.6% Democratic Party held; Re-elected
Daegu 2
  Grand National
 636,057 70.2% Grand National held
Busan 2 Hur Nam-sik
  Grand National
 895,214 65.6% Grand National held; Re-elected
Ulsan 2 Bak Maeng-woo
  Grand National
 261,361 63.2% Grand National held; Re-elected

Gubernatorial election winners[]

Provinces # Candidate Party Votes Percentage Remarks
Gyeonggi 2 Kim Moon-soo (politician)
  Grand National
 2,181,677 59.7% Grand National held
Gangwon 2 Kim Jin-sun
  Grand National
 471,613 70.6% Grand National held; Third term
South Chungcheong 2 Lee Wan-koo
  Grand National
 379,420 46.3% Grand National gain
North Chungcheong 2
  Grand National
 361,157 59.7% Grand National held
South Jeolla 3 Park Joon-yeong
  Democratic Party
 640,894 67.7% Democratic Party held; Re-elected
North Jeolla 1 Kim Wan-ju
  Uri
 389,436 48.1% Uri gain
South Gyeongsang 2 Kim Tae-ho (politician)
  Grand National
 852,377 63.1% Grand National held; Reelected
North Gyeongsang 2 Kim Kwan-yong
  Grand National
 961,363 76.8% Grand National held
Jeju 6
  Independent
 117,244 42.7% Re-elected

Provincial council elections[]

Division
  Grand National
  Democratic
  Uri
  PFP
  DLP
  Oth./Ind.
 Total
Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats
Seoul 102 1 2 1 106
Incheon 32 1 33
Gyeonggi 115 1 2 1 119
Gangwon 36 2 1 40
Daejeon 17 1 1 19
South Chungcheong 21 3 14 38
North Chungcheong 27 2 2 31
Gwangju 18 1 19
South Jeolla 46 3 1 1 51
North Jeolla 13 22 1 2 38
Daegu 28 1 29
Busan 45 1 1 47
Ulsan 15 4 19
South Gyeongsang 47 1 2 3 53
North Gyeongsang 51 1 1 3 55
Jeju 22 1 9 2 2 36
Grand Total 557 80 52 15 15 14 733

Municipal Level Elections[]

Municipal Leaders[]

Division
  Grand National
  Democratic
  Uri
  PFP
  Oth./Ind.
 Total
Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats
Seoul 25 25
Incheon 9 1 10
Gyeonggi 27 1 3 31
Gangwon 18 18
Daejeon 5 5
South Chungcheong 6 3 7 16
North Chungcheong 5 4 3 12
Gwangju 5 5
South Jeolla 10 5 7 22
North Jeolla 4 5 5 14
Daegu 8 8
Busan 15 1 16
Ulsan 4 1 5
South Gyeongsang 14 2 4 20
North Gyeongsang 19 1 4 23
Grand Total 155 20 19 7 29 230

Municipal Council Elections[]

Parties Constituencies Proportional Representation Total Number of Councillors
Grand National 1401 220 1621
Democratic 233 43 276
Uri 543 87 630
PFP 56 11 67
DLP 52 14 66
Oth./Ind. 228 228
Grand Total 2513 375 2888
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