2022 South Korean local elections

The 8th local elections were held in South Korea on 1 June 2022. These elections came after the presidential election in March 2022, and coincided with the by-elections for the vacant seats in the National Assembly. It was the first nationwide election under President Yoon Suk Yeol after taking office on 10 May.

2022 South Korean local elections

1 June 2022

All 17 metropolitan mayors and governors
All 226 municipal mayors
All 824 seats for provincial and metropolitan councillors
All 2926 seats for municipal councillors
Turnout50.9% 9.3 pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Lee Jun-seok Yun Ho-jung
& Park Ji-hyun
Party People Power Democratic
Regional
offices
5 governors
7 met. mayors
4 governors
1 met. mayor
Regional
offices +/–
4 governors
6 met. mayors
3 governors
6 met. mayors
Mayors 145 63
Mayors +/– 92 88
Councillors 540 (P)
1,435 (M)
322 (P)
1,384 (M)
Councillors +/– 403 (P)
426 (M)
330 (P)
255 (M)

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Kim Jae-yeon Yeo Yeong-gug
Party Progressive Justice
Regional
offices
0 governor
0 met. mayor
0 governor
0 met. mayor
Regional
offices +/–
0 0
Mayors 1 0
Mayors +/– 1 0
Councillors 3 (P)
17 (M)
2 (P)
7 (M)
Councillors +/– 3 (P)
6 (M)
9 (P)
19 (M)

Distribution of elected metropolitan mayors and governors by political party:
  People Power

President Yoon Suk-yeol's party, the People Power Party, decisively won the local elections. The 50.9% turnout is the lowest since 2002.

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