Sejong City Council
The Sejong City Council (Korean: 세종특별자치시의회; Hanja: 世宗特別自治市議會) is the local council of Sejong City, South Korea.[1]
Sejong City Council 세종특별자치시의회 | |
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| 3rd Sejong City Council | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 July 2012 |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | Seo Gum-taic, Democratic |
Vice Chairman | Ahn Chang-young, Democratic |
Vice Chairman | Lee Young-se, Democratic |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 18 |
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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 | |
| Sejong City Council (Korean) Sejong City Council (English) | |
| Sejong City Council | |
| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Sejong Teukbyeol Jachisi Uihoe |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sechong T’ŭkpyŏl Chach’isi Ŭihoe |
There are a total of 18 members, with 16 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 2 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.
Current composition
| Composition of the Sejong City Council[2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Political party | Seats | |
| Democratic Party of Korea | 17 | |
| Liberty Korea Party | 1 | |
| Total | 18 | |
Negotiation groups can be formed by 3 or more members. There are currently a negotiation group in the Council, formed by the Democratic Party of Korea only.
Organization
The structure of Council consists of:
- Chairman
- Two Vice Chairmans
- Standing Committees
- Steering Committee of Council
- Administration and Welfare Committee
- Industry and Construction Committee
- Education Committee
- Special Committees
- Special Committees on Budget and Accounts
- Special Committees on Ethics
Recent election results
2018
| Party | Constituency | Party list | Total seats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | ± | Votes | % | Seats | ± | Seats | ± | |||
| Democratic Party of Korea | 85,299 | 62.97 | 16 |  |
79,752 | 59.01 | 1 |  |
17 | | ||
| Liberty Korea Party | 22,513 | 16.62 | 0 |  |
23,567 | 17.43 | 1 | |
1 | | ||
| Justice Party | N/A | 17,369 | 12.85 | 0 | new | 0 | new | |||||
| Bareunmirae Party | 18,224 | 13.45 | 0 | new | 14,455 | 10.69 | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Independents | 9,433 | 6.96 | 0 | |
N/A | 0 | | |||||
| Total | 135,469 | 100.00 | 16 | – | 135,143 | 100.00 | 2 | – | 18 | – | ||
References
- "제3대 세종시의회 개원식… 파사현정(破邪顯正) 의정활동 다짐". 충청뉴스. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- http://council.sejong.go.kr/mnu/pom/introductionMemberByName.do
- "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템". National Election Commission.
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