2014 South Korean local elections

2014 South Korean local elections
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17 regional heads; 789 regional councilors; 226 municipal mayors; 2,898 municipal councilors
Registered	41,296,228
Turnout	23,462,336; 56.8% ( 2.3pp)

The 6th local elections were held in South Korea on 4 June 2014.^[1]^[2]

Registered41,296,228

Turnout23,462,336
56.8% (

2.3pp)

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Saenuri Party	10,735,126	46.89	8	+1
	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	10,384,406	45.36	9	+2
	Unified Progressive Party	456,606	1.99	0	0
	Justice Party	207,613	0.91	0	New
	Labor Party	44,892	0.20	0	New
	New Politics Party	21,240	0.09	0	New
	Independents	1,044,118	4.56	0	0
Total		22,894,001	100.00	17	+1

Valid votes		22,894,001	97.58
Invalid/blank votes		568,335	2.42
Total votes		23,462,336	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		41,296,228	56.81
Source: National Election Commission^[3]^[4]

Province/City	Head	Incumbent		Elected
Seoul	Mayor	Park Won-soon	NPAD	Park Won-soon	NPAD
Busan	Mayor	Hur Nam-sik	Saenuri	Suh Byung-soo	Saenuri
Daegu	Mayor	Kim Bum-il	Saenuri	Kwon Young-jin	Saenuri
Incheon	Mayor	Song Young-gil	NPAD	Yoo Jeong-bok	Saenuri
Gwangju	Mayor	Kang Woon-tae	NPAD	Yoon Jang-hyun	NPAD
Daejeon	Mayor	Yeom Hong-cheol	Saenuri	Kwon Sun-taek	NPAD
Ulsan	Mayor	Park Sung-hwan (acting)	Independent	Kim Gi-hyeon	Saenuri
Sejong	Mayor	Yoo Han-sik	Saenuri	Lee Choon-hee	NPAD
Gyeonggi	Governor	Kim Moon-soo	Saenuri	Nam Kyung-pil	Saenuri
Gangwon	Governor	Choi Moon-soon	NPAD	Choi Moon-soon	NPAD
North Chungcheong	Governor	Lee Si-jong	NPAD	Lee Si-jong	NPAD
South Chungcheong	Governor	Ahn Hee-jung	NPAD	Ahn Hee-jung	NPAD
North Jeolla	Governor	Kim Wan-ju	NPAD	Song Ha-jin	NPAD
South Jeolla	Governor	Park Jun-young	NPAD	Lee Nak-yon	NPAD
North Gyeongsang	Governor	Kim Kwan-yong	Saenuri	Kim Kwan-yong	Saenuri
South Gyeongsang	Governor	Hong Joon-pyo	Saenuri	Hong Joon-pyo	Saenuri
Jeju	Governor	Woo Geun-min	Saenuri	Won Hee-ryong	Saenuri

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Park Won-soon (incumbent)	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	2,752,171	56.13
	Chung Mong-joon	Saenuri Party	2,109,869	43.03
	Chung Tae-heung	Unified Progressive Party	23,638	0.48
	Hong Jung-shik	New Politics Party	17,603	0.36
Total			4,903,281	100.00

Valid votes			4,903,281	99.08
Invalid/blank votes			45,616	0.92
Total votes			4,948,897	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			8,441,594	58.63
	NPAD hold
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Suh Byung-soo	Saenuri Party	797,926	50.66
	Oh Keo-don	Independent	777,225	49.34
Total			1,575,151	100.00

Valid votes			1,575,151	96.68
Invalid/blank votes			54,016	3.32
Total votes			1,629,167	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,932,179	55.56
	Saenuri hold
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kwon Young-jin	Saenuri Party	581,175	55.96
	Kim Boo-kyum	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	418,891	40.33
	Lee Jung-sook	Independent	14,774	1.42
	Lee Won-joon	Justice Party	12,922	1.24
	Song Young-woo	Unified Progressive Party	10,857	1.05
Total			1,038,619	100.00

Valid votes			1,038,619	98.67
Invalid/blank votes			14,019	1.33
Total votes			1,052,638	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,012,579	52.30
	Saenuri hold
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

2014 South Korean local elections

Regional head elections

Summary

Seoul

Busan

Daegu

Incheon

Gwangju

Daejeon

Ulsan

Sejong

Gyeonggi

Gangwon

North Chungcheong

South Chungcheong

North Jeolla

South Jeolla

North Gyeongsang

South Gyeongsang

Jeju

Regional council elections

Results by province or city

Constituency seats

Proportional representation seats

Municipal mayoral elections

Results by province or city

Municipal council elections

Results by province and city

Constituency seats

Proportional representation seats

References

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Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yoo Jeong-bok	Saenuri Party	615,077	49.95
	Song Young-gil (incumbent)	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	593,555	48.21
	Shin Chang-hyun	Unified Progressive Party	22,651	1.84
Total			1,231,283	100.00

Valid votes			1,231,283	98.94
Invalid/blank votes			13,219	1.06
Total votes			1,244,502	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,319,198	53.66
	Saenuri gain from NPAD
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yoon Jang-hyun	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	367,203	57.85
	Kang Woon-tae (incumbent)	Independent	201,666	31.77
	Lee Jung-jae	Saenuri Party	21,614	3.41
	Yoon Min-ho	Unified Progressive Party	21,200	3.34
	Lee Byung-wan	Independent	16,249	2.56
	Lee Byung-hoon	Labor Party	6,785	1.07
Total			634,717	100.00

Valid votes			634,717	97.65
Invalid/blank votes			15,291	2.35
Total votes			650,008	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,138,418	57.10
	NPAD gain from Independent
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kwon Sun-taek	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	322,762	50.08
	Park Sung-hyo	Saenuri Party	301,389	46.76
	Han Chang-min	Justice Party	11,346	1.76
	Kim Chang-geun	Unified Progressive Party	9,009	1.40
Total			644,506	100.00

Valid votes			644,506	98.75
Invalid/blank votes			8,165	1.25
Total votes			652,671	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,207,972	54.03
	NPAD gain from Saenuri
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kim Gi-hyeon	Saenuri Party	306,311	65.43
	Cho Seung-soo	Justice Party	123,736	26.43
	Lee Gap-yong	Labor Party	38,107	8.14
Total			468,154	100.00

Valid votes			468,154	91.46
Invalid/blank votes			43,727	8.54
Total votes			511,881	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			912,325	56.11
	Saenuri gain
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lee Choon-hee	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	36,203	57.78
	Yoo Han-sik (incumbent)	Saenuri Party	26,451	42.22
Total			62,654	100.00

Valid votes			62,654	98.47
Invalid/blank votes			975	1.53
Total votes			63,629	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			101,559	62.65
	NPAD gain from Saenuri
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nam Kyung-pil	Saenuri Party	2,524,981	50.43
	Kim Jin-pyo	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	2,481,824	49.57
Total			5,006,805	100.00

Valid votes			5,006,805	97.09
Invalid/blank votes			149,886	2.91
Total votes			5,156,691	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,679,317	53.28
	Saenuri hold
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Choi Moon-soon (incumbent)	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	381,338	49.76
	Choi Heung-jip	Saenuri Party	369,201	48.18
	Lee Seung-jae	Unified Progressive Party	15,774	2.06
Total			766,313	100.00

Valid votes			766,313	98.07
Invalid/blank votes			15,046	1.93
Total votes			781,359	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,255,469	62.24
	NPAD hold
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lee Si-jong (incumbent)	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	361,115	49.75
	Yoon Jin-sik	Saenuri Party	346,152	47.69
	Shin Jang-ho	Unified Progressive Party	18,590	2.56
Total			725,857	100.00

Valid votes			725,857	97.95
Invalid/blank votes			15,192	2.05
Total votes			741,049	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,261,119	58.76
	NPAD hold
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ahn Hee-jung (incumbent)	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	465,994	52.21
	Chung Jin-suk	Saenuri Party	392,315	43.96
	Kim Ki-moon	Independent	34,204	3.83
Total			892,513	100.00

Valid votes			892,513	97.41
Invalid/blank votes			23,693	2.59
Total votes			916,206	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,644,554	55.71
	NPAD hold
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Song Ha-jin	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	599,654	69.23
	Park Chul-gon	Saenuri Party	177,172	20.45
	Lee Kwang-seok	Unified Progressive Party	89,337	10.31
Total			866,163	100.00

Valid votes			866,163	96.24
Invalid/blank votes			33,866	3.76
Total votes			900,029	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,503,242	59.87
	NPAD hold
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Party		Proportional			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
	Saenuri Party	11,063,916	48.47	41	9,903,211	45.95	375	416	+84
	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	9,411,492	41.23	40	8,529,490	39.57	309	349	–11
	Unified Progressive Party	973,225	4.26	3	536,220	2.49	0	3	–26
	Justice Party	823,785	3.61	0	103,224	0.48	0	0	New
	Labor Party	267,055	1.17	0	214,115	0.99	1	1	New
	Green Party Korea	170,768	0.75	0	7,739	0.04	0	0	New
	New Politics Party	64,053	0.28	0	13,320	0.06	0	0	New
	Hannara Party	35,488	0.16	0				0	New
	Republican Party	8,578	0.04	0				0	New
	International Green Party	6,795	0.03	0				0	0
	Independents				2,246,544	10.42	20	20	–16
Total		22,825,155	100.00	84	21,553,863	100.00	705	789	+28

Valid votes		22,825,155	97.32		21,553,863	97.35
Invalid/blank votes		628,225	2.68		587,150	2.65
Total votes		23,453,380	100.00		22,141,013	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		41,296,228	56.79		39,032,462	56.72
Source: National Election Commission^[3]^[4]

Party		Proportional			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
	Saenuri Party	9,602,401	49.01	207	10,014,175	46.11	1,206	1,413	+30
	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	9,040,141	46.14	168	7,658,369	35.26	989	1,157	+132
	Unified Progressive Party	673,525	3.44	3	634,931	2.92	31	34	–105
	Justice Party	225,409	1.15	1	268,701	1.24	10	11	New
	Labor Party	31,834	0.16	0	75,788	0.35	6	6	New
	New Politics Party	16,849	0.09	0	7,619	0.04	0	0	New
	Republican Party	1,172	0.01	0				0	New
	Green Party Korea				15,354	0.07	0	0	New
	Hannara Party				260	0.00	0	0	New
	Independents				3,041,433	14.01	277	277	–16
Total		19,591,331	100.00	379	21,716,630	100.00	2,519	2,898	+10

Valid votes		19,591,331	96.92		21,716,630	96.30
Invalid/blank votes		622,557	3.08		835,461	3.70
Total votes		20,213,888	100.00		22,552,091	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		35,965,453	56.20		39,777,060	56.70
Source: National Election Commission^[3]^[4]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lee Nak-yon	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	755,233	77.97
	Lee Sung-soo	Unified Progressive Party	120,868	12.48
	Lee Joong-hyo	Saenuri Party	92,549	9.55
Total			968,650	100.00

Valid votes			968,650	95.37
Invalid/blank votes			47,038	4.63
Total votes			1,015,688	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,549,440	65.55
	NPAD hold
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kim Kwan-yong (incumbent)	Saenuri Party	986,989	77.74
	Oh Joong-gi	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	189,603	14.93
	Park Chang-ho	Justice Party	59,609	4.69
	Yoon Byung-tae	Unified Progressive Party	33,458	2.64
Total			1,269,659	100.00

Valid votes			1,269,659	96.56
Invalid/blank votes			45,266	3.44
Total votes			1,314,925	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,211,734	59.45
	Saenuri hold
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hong Joon-pyo (incumbent)	Saenuri Party	913,162	58.86
	Kim Kyoung-soo	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	559,367	36.05
	Kang Byung-ki	Unified Progressive Party	79,015	5.09
Total			1,551,544	100.00

Valid votes			1,551,544	97.60
Invalid/blank votes			38,129	2.40
Total votes			1,589,673	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,658,347	59.80
	Saenuri hold
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Won Hee-ryong	Saenuri Party	172,793	59.97
	Shin Koo-bum	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	99,493	34.53
	Goh Seung-wan	Unified Progressive Party	12,209	4.24
	Joo Jong-geun	New Politics Party	3,637	1.26
Total			288,132	100.00

Valid votes			288,132	98.23
Invalid/blank votes			5,191	1.77
Total votes			293,323	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			467,182	62.79
	Saenuri hold
Source: National Election Commission^[5]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Saenuri Party	9,863,138	43.97	117	+22
	New Politics Alliance for Democracy	8,829,609	39.36	80	–12
	Unified Progressive Party	427,874	1.91	0	–3
	Justice Party	146,346	0.65	0	New
	New Politics Party	26,006	0.12	0	New
	Green Party Korea	7,121	0.03	0	New
	Labor Party	4,386	0.02	0	New
	Corea Global Community Party	2,652	0.01	0	New
	Republican Party	398	0.00	0	New
	Independents	3,124,341	13.93	29	–7
Total		22,431,871	100.00	226	–2

Valid votes		22,431,871	97.87
Invalid/blank votes		489,046	2.13
Total votes		22,920,917	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		40,380,237	56.76
Source: National Election Commission^[3]^[4]

Province/City	Mayors	Saenuri	NPAD	IND
Province/City	Mayors
Seoul	25	5	20
Busan	16	15		1
Daegu	8	8
Incheon	10	6	3	1
Gwangju	5		5
Daejeon	5	1	4
Ulsan	5	5
Gyeonggi	31	13	17	1
Gangwon	18	15	1	2
North Chungcheong	11	6	3	2
South Chungcheong	15	9	5	1
North Jeolla	14		7	7
South Jeolla	22		14	8
North Gyeongsang	23	20		3
South Gyeongsang	18	14	1	3
Total	226	117	80	29
Source: National Election Commission^[4]