2010 South Korean local elections

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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
  Chung Sye-kyun.jpg CMJhyundai.JPG
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
  Lee Hoi-chang (2010).jpg Kangkikab.jpg
Leader Lee Hoi-chang Kang Gi-gap
Party Liberty Forward Party Democratic Labor
Last election -
(-) 		0 seats
(81 seats)
Seats won 1
(172) 		0
(142)
Seat change Increase1
Increase(172) 		-
Increase(61)
South Korean nationwide local election 2010(Kor).svg
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    DEP    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[]

  • Overall voter turnout: 54.5% (electoral: 38,851,159 Name / Number of votes: 21,166,886 people)
Division Electoral Turnout Percentage
Seoul 8,211,461 4,426,182 53.8
Busan 2,849,895 1,410,126 49.5
Daegu 1,928,835 886,035 45.9
Incheon 2,096,853 1,067,431 50.9
Gwangju 1,064,913 529,901 49.8
Daejeon 1,127,547 596,683 52.9
Ulsan 838,805 462,103 55.1
Gyeonggi-do 8,761,840 4,534,771 51.8
Gangwon-do 1,190,509 741,724 62.3
Chungcheongbuk-do 1,183,811 696,393 58.8
Chungcheongnam-do 1,595,587 901,863 56.5
Jeollabuk-do 1,442,805 856,111 59.3
Jeollanam-do 1,504,902 967,338 64.3
Gyeongsangbuk-do 2,122,905 1,260,591 59.4
Gyeongnam 2,506,393 1,549,690 61.8
Jeju-do 424,098 276,056 65.1
Source：투표진행상황

Provincial level elections[]

Metropolitan Mayoral and Gubernatorial 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, DEP 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 one in Gyeongsangnam-do and the other in Jeju-do.

Metropolitan mayoral election winners[]

Metropolitan cities # Candidate Party Votes Percentage Remarks
Seoul 1 Oh Se-hoon ■ Grand National 2,086,127 47.43%
Gwangju 2 ■ Democratic 297,003 56.73%
Daegu 1 ■ Grand National 633,118 72.92%
Daejeon 3 ■ Liberty Forward 276,122 46.67%
Busan 1 ■ Grand National 770,507 55.42%
Ulsan 1 Park Maeng-woo ■ Grand National 279,421 61.26%
Incheon 2 ■ Democratic 556,902 52.69%

Gubernatorial election winners[]

Provinces # Candidate Party Votes Percentage Remarks
Gangwon-do 2 Lee Kwang-jae ■ Democratic 388,443 54.36%
Gyeonggi-do 1 Kim Moon-soo ■ Grand National 2,271,492 52.20%
Gyeongsangnam-do 7 Kim Doo-kwan ■ Independent 812,336 53.50%
Gyeongsangbuk-do 1 ■ Grand National 913,812 75.36%
Jeollanam-do 2 ■ Democratic 629,984 68.3%
Jeollabuk-do 2 Kim Wan-ju ■ Democratic 569,980 68.67%
Chungcheongnam-do 2 Ahn Hee-jung ■ Democratic 367,288 42.25%
Chungcheongbuk-do 2 Lee Si-jong ■ Democratic 349,913 51.22%
Jeju-do 9 ■ Independent 110,603 41.40%

  • Provincial Governor election turnout rates

  • Metropolitan Mayoral and Governor election map by party

  • GNP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
  • DEP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
  • LFP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
  • DLP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
  • NPP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
  • PPP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections

Provincial legislative elections[]

Division ■ GNP ■ DEP ■ LFP ■ DLP ■ NPP ■ PPP ■ FU ■ PPU ■ Ind. Total
Seats PR Seats Seats PR Seats Seats PR Seats Seats PR Seats Seats PR Seats Seats PR Seats Seats PR Seats Seats PR Seats Seats
Seoul 22 5 74 5 106
Gwangju 18 2 1 1 22
Daegu 25 2 1 1 29
Daejeon 1 4 1 15 1 22
Busan 37 3 2 5 47
Ulsan 11 2 6 1 2 22
Incheon 5 1 21 2 1 1 2 33
Gangwon-do 20 2 12 2 6 42
Gyeonggi-do 36 6 71 5 1 1 1 1 2 124
Gyeongsangnam-do 35 3 2 1 4 1 2 1 5 54
Gyeongsangbuk-do 44 4 1 1 1 1 6 58
Jeollanam-do 1 45 4 2 1 4 57
Jeollabuk-do 1 33 2 1 1 38
Chungcheongnam-do 5 1 12 1 19 2 40
Chungcheongbuk-do 3 1 20 2 4 1 31
Jeju-do 9 3 16 2 1 1 1 3 36
Grand Total 253 35 328 32 38 3 18 6 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 36 761

Municipal level elections[]

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

Mayoral elections[]

Division ■ GNP ■ DEP ■ LFP ■ DLP ■ PFU ■ FU ■ Ind. Total
Seoul 4 21 25
Gwangju 4 1 5
Daejeon 1 1 3 5
Daegu 6 2 8
Busan 13 3 16
Ulsan 3 1 1 5
Incheon 1 6 2 1 10
Gangwon-do 10 4 4 18
Gyeonggi-do 10 19 2 31
Gyeongsangnam-do 11 1 6 18
Gyeongsangbuk-do 16 1 6 23
Jeollanam-do 15 7 22
Jeollabuk-do 13 1 14
Chungcheongnam-do 4 3 7 1 1 16
Chungcheongbuk-do 3 5 3 1 12
Jeju-do No elections
Grand Total 82 92 13 3 1 1 36 228

Municipal legislative elections[]

Party Seats PR Seats Total
■ GNP 1,087 160 1,247
■ DEP 871 154 1,025
■ LFP 95 22 117
■ DLP 90 25 115
■ NPP 22 0 22
■ PPP 17 7 24
■ PPU 12 7 19
■ FU 10 1 11
■ PFU 2 0 2
■ CKP 1 0 1
■ Ind. 305 0 305
Grand Total 2,512 376 2,888
Source:
구·시·군의회의원선거 정당별 당선인수
기초의원비례대표선거 정당별 당선인수

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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