2018 South Korean local elections

The 7th local elections were held in South Korea on 13 June 2018. The election coincided with the by-elections for the vacant seats in the National Assembly. The election was a landslide victory for the Democratic Party of Korea, the ruling party, after two successful summits with the third inter-Korean summit on 27 April and the first North Korea-United States summit in Singapore on 12 June.

2018 South Korean local elections

13 June 2018

All 17 metropolitan mayors and governors
(All 3,977 seats of provincial and municipal leaders and councillors)
Turnout60.2% 3.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Choo Mi-ae Hong Jun-pyo Cho Bae-sook
Party Democratic Liberty Korea Democracy and Peace
Regional
offices
8 governors
6 met. mayors
1 governors
1 met. mayors
0
Regional
offices +/–
3 governors
2 met. mayors
2 governors
3 met. mayors
New party
Mayors 151 53 5
Mayors +/– 71 64 New party
Councillors 652 (P)
1,638 (M)
137 (P)
1009 (M)
3 (P)
49 (M)
Councillors +/– 303 (P)
481 (M)
279 (P)
404 (M)
New party

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Lee Jeong-mi Yoo Seung-min (pictured)
Park Joo-sun
Party Justice Bareunmirae
Regional
offices
0 0
Regional
offices +/–
0 New party
Mayors 0 0
Mayors +/– 0 New party
Councillors 11 (P)
26 (M)
5 (P)
21 (M)
Councillors +/– 11 (P)
15 (M)
New party

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