Mayor of Ulsan
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The Mayor of Ulsan (Korean: 울산광역시장; Hanja: 蔚山廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Ulsan who is elected to a four-year term.
| Mayor of Ulsan | |
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| 울산광역시장 | |
Seal of Ulsan | |
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| Inaugural holder | Choi Dong-yong |
| Formation | 24 October 1945 |
List of mayors
Appointed mayors (before 1995)
From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Ulsan was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Directly elected mayors (1995–present)
Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Ulsan is elected by direct election.
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| Status |
| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| Ulsan, South Gyeongsang Province (1995–1997) | ||||||||
| 1st |  |
Shim Wan-koo 심완구 沈完求 (1938–2020) |
1 July 1995 | 14 July 1997 | 2 years, 14 days | Democratic Liberal → New Korea |
1995 | |
| Ulsan (1997–present) | ||||||||
| (1st) | |
Shim Wan-koo 심완구 沈完求 (1938–2020) |
15 July 1997 | 26 June 2002 | 4 years, 347 days | New Korea → Grand National → National Congress → Millennium Democratic |
(1995) | |
| 2nd | 1998 | |||||||
| 3rd | |
Park Maeng-woo 박맹우 朴孟雨 (born 1951) |
1 July 2002 | 31 March 2014 | 11 years, 274 days | Grand National → Saenuri |
2002 | |
| 4th | 2006 | |||||||
| 5th | 2010 | |||||||
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Park Sung-hwan 박성환 朴成換 (born 1956) Acting |
1 April 2014 | 30 June 2014 | 91 days | Independent | — | ||
| 6th |  |
Kim Gi-hyeon 김기현 金起炫 (born 1959) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | Saenuri → Liberty Korea |
2014 | |
| 7th | |
Song Cheol-ho 송철호 宋哲鎬 (born 1949) |
1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic | 2018 | |
| 8th | .jpg) |
Kim Doo-gyum 김두겸 金斗謙 (born 1958) |
1 July 2022 | 30 June 2026 | 4 years, 0 days | People Power | 2022 | |
| 9th | .jpg) |
King Sang-wook 김상욱 金相旭 (born 1980) |
1 July 2026 | Incumbent | 74 days | Democratic | 2026 | |
Elections
Source:[1]
1995 (municipal)
| 1995 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Shim Wan-koo | 122,326 | 30.43% | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Lee Kyu-chung | 87,690 | 21.81% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Koh Won-joon | 85,250 | 21.21% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Kim Myung-kyu | 67,483 | 16.79% | ||
| Independent | 3 | Kang Chung-ho | 27,259 | 6.78% | ||
| Independent | 6 | Kim Young-hae | 7,719 | 1.92% | ||
| Independent | 7 | Yoon Byung-yi | 4,165 | 1.03% | ||
| Total | 401,892 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 67.58% | |||||
1998
| 1998 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Shim Wan-koo | 160,491 | 42.74% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Song Cheol-ho | 148,126 | 39.44% | ||
| New National | 4 | Kang Chung-ho | 37,139 | 9.89% | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Cha Hwa-joon | 29,725 | 7.91% | ||
| Total | 375,481 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 57.58% | |||||
2002
| 2002 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Park Maeng-woo | 197,772 | 53.07% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 3 | Song Cheol-ho | 162,546 | 43.61% | ||
| Socialist | 4 | Ahn Seung-chun | 12,329 | 3.30% | ||
| Total | 372,647 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.31% | |||||
2006
| 2006 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Park Maeng-woo | 261,361 | 63.23% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Noh Ok-hee | 104,384 | 25.25% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Sim Kyu-myung | 47,579 | 11.51% | ||
| Total | 413,324 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.79% | |||||
2010
| 2010 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Park Maeng-woo | 279,421 | 61.26% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 5 | Kim Chang-hyun | 133,437 | 29.25% | ||
| New Progressive | 7 | Noh Ok-hee | 43,256 | 9.48% | ||
| Total | 456,114 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 55.09% | |||||
2014
| 2014 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Kim Gi-hyeon | 306,311 | 65.42% | ||
| Justice | 4 | Cho Seung-soo | 123,736 | 26.43% | ||
| Labor | 5 | Lee Gap-yong | 38,107 | 8.13% | ||
| Total | 468,154 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 56.11% | |||||
2018
| 2018 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Song Cheol-ho | 317,341 | 52.88% | ||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Kim Gi-hyeon | 240,475 | 40.07% | ||
| Minjung | 6 | Kim Chang-hyun | 28,621 | 4.76% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Lee Young-hee | 13,589 | 2.26% | ||
| Total | 600,026 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 64.79% | |||||
2022
| 2022 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| People Power | 2 | Kim Doo-gyum | 290,563 | 59.78% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Song Cheol-ho | 195,430 | 40.21% | ||
| Total | 485,993 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.26% | |||||
2026
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Sang-wook | Democratic Party | 285,294 | 48.73 | |
| Kim Doo-gyeom (incumbent) | People Power Party | 267,789 | 45.74 | |
| Park Maeng-woo | Independent | 32,363 | 5.53 | |
| Total | 585,446 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 585,446 | 97.59 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 14,444 | 2.41 | ||
| Total votes | 599,890 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 936,171 | 64.08 | ||
| Democratic gain from People Power | ||||