Busan Metropolitan Council
The Busan Metropolitan Council (Korean: 부산광역시의회; Hanja: 釜山廣域市議會) is the local council of Busan, South Korea.
Busan Metropolitan Council 부산광역시의회 | |
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| 8th Busan Metropolitan Council | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 8 July 1991 |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | Park In-young, Democratic |
Vice Chairman | Lee Sung-sook, Democratic |
Vice Chairman | Kim Jin-hong, Liberty Korea |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 47 |
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Political groups |
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Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
Parallel voting
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Last election | 13 June 2018 |
| Website | |
| Busan Metropolitan Council (Korean) Busan Metropolitan Council (English) | |
| Busan Metropolitan Council | |
| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Busan Gwang-yeoksi Uihoe |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pusan Kwang-yŏksi Ŭihoe |
There is a total of 47 members, with 42 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 5 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.
Current composition
| Composition of the Busan Metropolitan Council[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Political party | Seats | |
| Democratic Party of Korea | 41 | |
| Liberty Korea Party | 5 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Total | 47 | |
Negotiation groups can be formed by five or more members. There are currently two negotiation groups in the Council, formed by the Democratic Party of Korea and the Liberty Korea Party.
Organization
The structure of Council consists of:[2]
- Chairman
- Two Vice Chairmans
- Standing Committees
- Steering Committee
- Plannung and Administration Committee
- Economy and Culture Committee
- Welfare and Environmental Committee
- Maritime Affairs and Transportation Committee
- Urban Safety Committee
- Education Committee
- Special Committee
- Special Committee on Buddet & Accounts
- Special Committee on Ethics
- Special Committee on Decentralization
- Special Committee on Local Economy
- Council Secretariat
- Secretary General
- General Affairs Division
- General Affairs
- Management
- Proceedings Division
- Proceedings
- Bill Records
- Public Relations Division
- Public Relations
- News
- Legislative Policy Division
- Legislations
- Policy Research
- Expert Commissioners
- Steering Committee
- Plannung and Administration Committee
- Economy and Culture Committee
- Welfare and Environmental Committee
- Maritime Affairs and Transportation Committee
- Urban Safety Committee
- Education Committee
- General Affairs Division
- Secretary General
Recent election results
2018
| Party | Constituency | Party list | Total seats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | ± | Votes | % | Seats | ± | Seats | ± | |||
| Democratic Party of Korea | 889,481 | 53.02 | 38 |  |
825,832 | 48.81 | 3 | |
41 | | ||
| Liberty Korea Party | 690,812 | 41.17 | 4 |  |
621,446 | 36.73 | 2 | |
6 | | ||
| Bareunmirae Party | 54,744 | 3.26 | 0 | new | 113,881 | 6.73 | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Justice Party | 2,085 | 0.12 | 0 |  |
92,157 | 5.44 | 0 | |
0 | | ||
| Green Party Korea | N/A | 11,915 | 0.70 | 0 | |
0 | | |||||
| Minjung Party | 8,831 | 0.53 | 0 | new | 11,833 | 0.69 | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Korean Patriots' Party | N/A | 7,523 | 0.44 | 0 | new | 0 | new | |||||
| Party for Democracy and Peace | N/A | 7,289 | 0.43 | 0 | new | 0 | new | |||||
| Other parties | 612 | 0.04 | 0 | |
N/A | 0 | | |||||
| Independents | 31,224 | 1.86 | 0 | |
N/A | 0 | | |||||
| Total | 1,677,789 | 100.00 | 42 | – | 1,691,876 | 100.00 | 5 | – | 47 | – | ||
References
- http://council.busan.go.kr/council/past05
- "Organization (English)". Official website of the Busan Metropolitan Council.
- "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템". National Election Commission.
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