South Korean local elections, 2006

South Korean local elections, 2006
31 May 2006
All 16 Metropolitan Mayors and Governors, 733 Provincial Councillors,
230 Municipal Leaders, 2888 Municipal Councillors
Turnout 51.6%

  First party Second party Third party
  Democratic
Party
Leader Park Geun-hye Han Hwa-gap Chung Dong-young
Party Grand National Democratic Party 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 Shim Dae-pyung and Shin Gook-hwan Moon Sung-hyeon
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)
Maps of Metropolitan Mayors and Governors
■ Hannara Party ■ Democratic Party ■ Yeollin Uri 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#CandidatePartyVotesPercentageRemarks
Seoul2Oh Se-hoon2,409,76061.1%Grand National held
Incheon2Ahn Sang-soo526,93261.9%Grand National held; Re-elected
Daejeon2Park Sung-hyo231,48943.8%Grand National gain
Gwangju3Park Gwang-tae239,88451.6%Democratic Party held; Re-elected
Daegu2Kim Bum-il636,05770.2%Grand National held
Busan2Hur Nam-sik895,21465.6%Grand National held; Re-elected
Ulsan2Bak Maeng-woo261,36163.2%Grand National held; Re-elected

Gubernatorial election winners

Provinces#CandidatePartyVotesPercentageRemarks
Gyeonggi2Kim Moon-soo (politician)2,181,67759.7%Grand National held
Gangwon2Kim Jin-sun471,61370.6%Grand National held; Third term
South Chungcheong2Lee Wan-koo379,42046.3%Grand National gain
North Chungcheong2Jeong Woo-tek361,15759.7%Grand National held
South Jeolla3Park Joon-yeong640,89467.7%Democratic Party held; Re-elected
North Jeolla1Kim Wan-ju
  Uri
389,43648.1%Uri gain
South Gyeongsang2Kim Tae-ho (politician)852,37763.1%Grand National held; Reelected
North Gyeongsang2Kim Kwan-yong961,36376.8%Grand National held
Jeju6Kim Tae-hwan
  Independent
117,24442.7%Re-elected

Provincial council elections

Division
  Uri
  PFP
  DLP
  Oth./Ind.
 Total
SeatsSeatsSeatsSeatsSeatsSeats
Seoul 102121106
Incheon 32133
Gyeonggi 115121119
Gangwon 362140
Daejeon 171119
South Chungcheong 2131438
North Chungcheong 272231
Gwangju 18119
South Jeolla 4631151
North Jeolla 13221238
Daegu 28129
Busan 451147
Ulsan 15419
South Gyeongsang 4712353
North Gyeongsang 5111355
Jeju 22192236
Grand Total 5578052151514733

Municipal Level Elections

Municipal Leaders

Division
  Uri
  PFP
  Oth./Ind.
 Total
SeatsSeatsSeatsSeatsSeats
Seoul 2525
Incheon 9110
Gyeonggi 271331
Gangwon 1818
Daejeon 55
South Chungcheong 63716
North Chungcheong 54312
Gwangju 55
South Jeolla 105722
North Jeolla 45514
Daegu 88
Busan 15116
Ulsan 415
South Gyeongsang 142420
North Gyeongsang 191423
Grand Total 1552019729230

Municipal Council Elections

Parties Constituencies Proportional Representation Total Number of Councillors
Grand National 14012201621
Democratic 23343276
Uri 54387630
PFP 561167
DLP 521466
Oth./Ind. 228228
Grand Total 25133752888


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