Governor of North Gyeongsang Province

Governor of North Gyeongsang Province
Governor of North Gyeongsang Province
경상북도지사
	Incumbent; Lee Cheol-woo; since 1 July 2018
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Kim Dae-woo
Formation	15 August 1945; 76 years ago

The Governor of North Gyeongsang Province (Korean: 경상북도지사; Hanja: 慶尙北道知事) is the head of the local government of North Gyeongsang Province who is elected to a four-year term.

List of governors[]

Appointed governors (before 1995)[]

From 1945 to 1995, the Governor of North Gyeongsang Province was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Direct elected governors (1995–present)[]

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of North Gyeongsang Province is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Conservative

#	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Term
#	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Term
26		Lee Eui-geun 이의근 李義根 (1938–2009)	1 July 1995	30 June 2006	11 years, 0 days		Democratic Liberal → New Korea → Grand National	1st
27
28								3rd
29		Kim Kwan-yong 김관용 金寬容 (born 1942)	1 July 2006	30 June 2018	12 years, 0 days		Grand National → Saenuri → Liberty Korea	4th
30								5th
31								6th
32		Lee Cheol-woo 이철우 李喆雨 (born 1955)	1 July 2018	Incumbent	3 years, 237 days		Liberty Korea → United Future → People Power	7th

Elections[]

Source:^[1]

1995[]

1995 North Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic Liberal	1	Lee Eui-geun	541,535	37.94%
	Independent	3	Lee Pan-suk	489,999	34.33%
	United Liberal Democrats	2	Park Jun-hong	395,496	27.71%
Total				1,427,030	100.00%
Voter turnout				76.75%

1998[]

1998 North Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Lee Eui-geun	911,728	71.96%
	United Liberal Democrats	3	Lee Pan-suk	355,149	28.03%
Total				1,266,877	100.00%
Voter turnout				64.88%

2002[]

2002 North Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Lee Eui-geun	1,028,080	85.49%
	Independent	3	Cho Young-gun	174,472	14.50%
Total				1,202,552	100.00%
Voter turnout				60.37%

2006[]

2006 North Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	2	Kim Kwan-yong	961,363	76.80%
	Uri	1	Park Myung-jae	290,358	23.19%
Total				1,251,721	100.00%
Voter turnout				61.52%

2010[]

2010 North Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Kim Kwan-yong	913,812	75.36%
	Democratic	2	Hong Eui-rak	143,347	11.82%
	Participation	7	Yoo Sung-chan	87,346	7.20%
	Democratic Labor	5	Yoon Byung-tae	68,015	5.60%
Total				1,212,520	100.00%
Voter turnout				59.38%

2014[]

2014 North Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Saenuri	1	Kim Kwan-yong	986,989	77.73%
	NPAD	2	Oh Joong-gi	189,603	14.93%
	Justice	4	Park Chang-ho	59,609	4.69%
	Unified Progressive	3	Yoon Byung-tae	33,458	2.63%
Total				1,269,659	100.00%
Voter turnout				59.45%

2018[]

2018 North Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Liberty Korea	2	Lee Cheol-woo	732,785	52.11%
	Democratic	1	Oh Joong-gi	482,564	34.32%
	Bareunmirae	3	Kwon Oe-eul	143,409	10.19%
	Justice	5	Park Chang-ho	47,250	3.36%
Total				1,406,008	100.00%
Voter turnout				64.74%

References[]

^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

[1] National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

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