2010 South Korean local elections

The 5th Local Elections were held in South Korea on 2 June 2010. It was the first local elections in South Korea to have political parties nominating candidates for Municipal Councillors. The ruling Uri Party proved its declining popularity since the 2008 general elections while the main opposition party, Grand National Party managed to clinch back lost grounds, using the opportunity for the presidential election the following year.

Left top: Results of metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial elections
Right top: Results of municipal mayoral elections
Left bottom: Results of provincial legislative elections
Right top: Results of municipal legislative elections

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   GNP    DP    LFP    DLP    CKP
   NPP    PFU    PPP    FU    PPU    Ind. The 5th local elections were held in South Korea on 2 June 2010.^[1] The voter turnout reached 54.4%, the highest in 15 years.^[2]

2010 South Korean local elections

← 2006 2 June 2010 2014 →
All 16 seats of Metropolitan Mayors and Governors (All 3,991 seats of Provincial and Municipal leaders and Assemblies)
First party Second party   Leader Chung Sye-kyun Chung Mong-joon Party Democratic Grand National Last election 3 seats (1,080 seats) 12 seats (2,345 seats) Seats won 7 (1,484) 6 (1,623) Seat change 4 (404) 6 (722)   Third party Fourth party   Leader Lee Hoi-chang Kang Gi-gap [ko] Party Liberty Forward Democratic Labor Last election - (-) 0 seats (81 seats) Seats won 1 (172) 0 (142) Seat change 1 (172) - (61)
Gubernatorial & metropolitan mayoral elections: overall results and turnouts Gubernatorial & metropolitan mayoral elections: municipal-level breakdown

Voter turnout by region

Region	Electorate	Turnout	%
Seoul	8,211,461	4,421,491	53.8
Busan	2,849,895	1,410,809	49.5
Daegu	1,928,835	886,317	45.9
Incheon	2,096,853	1,068,735	50.9
Gwangju	1,064,913	530,688	49.8
Daejeon	1,127,547	595,718	52.9
Ulsan	838,805	462,339	55.1
Gyeonggi Province	8,761,840	4,538,591	51.8
Gangwon Province	1,190,509	742,105	62.3
North Chungcheong Province	1,183,811	695,977	58.8
South Chungcheong Province	1,595,587	902,299	56.5
North Jeolla Province	1,442,805	856,846	59.3
South Jeolla Province	1,504,902	967,573	64.3
North Gyeongsang Province	2,122,905	1,260,726	59.4
South Gyeongsang	2,506,393	1,550,538	61.8
Jeju	424,098	276,134	65.1
Total	38,851,159	21,166,886	54.5
Source：투표진행상황

Provincial-level elections

Main article: Results of the South Korean local elections, 2010

The ruling GNP was able to win 4 out of 7 mayoral seats but suffer by massive landslide on the gubernatorial election winning only 2 out of 9 seats. On the other hand, DP was able to capture 2 mayoral seats and swept 5 out of 9 gubernatorial seats. The LFP won Daejeon while two independent candidates won gubernatorial seats in South Gyeongsang Province and the other in Jeju Province.

Metropolitan city mayors

City	Incumbent	Party		First elected	Result		Candidates
Seoul	Oh Se-hoon		GNP	2006	Incumbent re-elected.		Y Oh Se-hoon (GNP) 47.43% Han Myung-sook (DP) 46.83% Roh Hoe-chan (NPP) 3.26% Ji Sang-wook (LFP) 2.04% Seok Jong-hyun (FU) 0.41%
Gwangju	Park Gwang-tae		DP	2002	Incumbent retired. New mayor elected. DP hold.		Y Kang Woon-tae (DP) 56.73% Chung Chan-yong (PPP) 14.48% Chung Yong-hwa (GNP) 14.22% Chang Won-seop (DLP) 7.53% Yoon Nan-sil (NPP) 5.89% Cho Hong-kyu (PDP) 1.12%
Daegu	Kim Bum-il		GNP	2006	Incumbent re-elected.		Y Kim Bum-il (GNP) 72.92% Lee Seung-cheon (DP) 16.86% Cho Myung-rae (NPP) 10.20%
Daejeon	Park Sung-hyo		GNP	2006		Incumbent lost. New mayor elected. LFP gain.	Y Yeom Hong-cheol (LFP) 46.67% Park Sung-hyo (GNP) 28.50% Kim Won-woong (DP) 23.28% Kim Yoon-ki (NPP) 1.53%
Busan	Hur Nam-sik		GNP	2004	Incumbent re-elected.		Y Hur Nam-sik (GNP) 55.42% Kim Jeong-gil (DP) 44.57%
Ulsan	Park Maeng-woo		GNP	2002	Incumbent re-elected.		Y Park Maeng-woo (GNP) 61.26% Kim Chang-hyun (DLP) 29.25% Noh Ok-hee (NPP) 9.48%
Incheon	Ahn Sang-soo		GNP	2002		Incumbent lost. New mayor elected. DP gain.	Y Song Young-gil (DP) 52.69% Ahn Sang-soo (GNP) 44.38% Kim Sang-ha (NPP) 1.85% Paik Seok-doo (PDP) 1.06%

Provincial governors

Province	Incumbent	Party		First elected	Result		Candidates
Gangwon	Kim Jin-sun		GNP	1998		Incumbent retired. New governor elected. DP gain.	Y Lee Kwang-jae (DP) 54.36% Lee Kye-jin (GNP) 45.63%
Gyeonggi	Kim Moon-soo		GNP	2006	Incumbent re-elected.		Y Kim Moon-soo (GNP) 52.20% Rhyu Si-min (PPP) 47.79%
North Gyeongsang	Kim Kwan-yong		GNP	2006	Incumbent re-elected.		Y Kim Kwan-yong (GNP) 75.36% Hong Eui-rak (DP) 11.82% Yoo Sung-chan (PPP) 7.20% Yoon Byung-tae (DLP) 5.60%
South Gyeongsang	Kim Tae-ho		GNP	2004		Incumbent retired. New governor elected. Independent gain.	Y Kim Doo-kwan (Independent) 53.50% Lee Dal-gon (GNP) 46.49%
North Jeolla	Kim Wan-ju		DP	2006	Incumbent re-elected.		Y Kim Wan-ju (DP) 68.67% Jeong Woon-chun (GNP) 18.20% Ha Yeon-ho (DLP) 6.30% Yeom Kyung-suk (NPP) 4.28% Kim Dae-sik (PDP) 2.52%
South Jeolla	Park Jun-young		DP	2004	Incumbent re-elected.		Y Park Jun-young (DP) 68.30% Kim Dae-sik (GNP) 13.39% Park Woong-doo (DLP) 10.90% Kim Kyung-jae (PDP) 7.39%
North Chungcheong	Chung Woo-taik		GNP	2006		Incumbent lost. New governor elected. DP gain.	Y Lee Si-jong (DP) 51.22% Chung Woo-taik (GNP) 45.91% Kim Baek-kyu (NPP) 2.86%
South Chungcheong	Lee In-hwa		Independent	Acting		Governor Lee Wan-koo resigned December 4, 2009. New governor elected. DP gain.	Y Ahn Hee-jung (DP) 42.25% Park Sang-don (LFP) 39.94% Park Hae-chun (GNP) 17.79%
Jeju	Kim Tae-hwan		Independent	2006		Incumbent retired. New governor elected. Independent gain.	Y Woo Geun-min (Independent) 41.40% Hyun Myung-gwan (Independent) 40.55% Goh Hee-bum (DP) 18.03%

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  Provincial Governor election turnout rates
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  Metropolitan Mayoral and Governor election map by party

Provincial-level councilors

Summary

Party		Constituency			Proportional			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Party	6,849,717	35.08	328	7,252,190	35.10	32	360	+228
	Grand National Party	7,755,547	39.72	252	8,229,971	39.83	36	288	–269
	Liberty Forward Party	681,024	3.49	38	936,957	4.53	3	41	New
	Democratic Labor Party	653,715	3.35	18	1,519,364	7.35	6	24	+9
	Participation Party	364,093	1.86	3	1,374,951	6.65	2	5	New
	New Progressive Party	185,380	0.95	3	647,346	3.13	0	3	New
	Future Hope Alliance	123,379	0.63	1	379,737	1.84	2	3	New
	Party of Future Union	183,385	0.94	1	159,503	0.77	0	1	New
	Other parties	86,835	0.44	0	164,349	0.80	0	0	–
	Independents	2,644,102	13.54	36				36	+22
Total		19,527,177	100.00	680	20,664,368	100.00	81	761	+28

Constituency seats

Region	Seats	DP	GNP	LFP	DLP	PPP	NPP	FHA	FU	Ind.
Seoul	96	74	22
Busan	42		37							5
Daegu	26		25							1
Incheon	30	21	5		1	1				2
Gwangju	19	18			1
Daejeon	19	4		15
Ulsan	19		11		6					2
Gyeonggi	112	71	36		1	1	1			2
Gangwon	38	12	20							6
North Chungcheong	28	20	3	4	1
South Chungcheong	36	12	5	19
North Jeolla	34	33			1
South Jeolla	51	45			2					4
North Gyeongsang	52		44					1	1	6
South Gyeongsang	49	2	35		4	1	2			5
Jeju	29	16	9		1					3
Total	680	328	252	38	18	3	3	1	1	36

Proportional representation seats

Region	Seats	GNP	DP	DLP	LFP	PPP	PPC
Seoul	10	5	5
Busan	5	3	2
Daegu	3	2					1
Incheon	3	1	2
Gwangju	3		2	1
Daejeon	3	1	1		1
Ulsan	3	2		1
Gyeonggi	12	6	5			1
Gangwon	4	2	2
North Chungcheong	3	1	2
South Chungcheong	4	1	1		2
North Jeolla	4	1	2	1
South Jeolla	6	1	4	1
North Gyeongsang	6	4	1				1
South Gyeongsang	5	3	1	1
Jeju	7	3	2	1		1
Total	81	36	32	6	3	2	2

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  GNP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
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  DEP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
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  LFP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
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  DLP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
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  NPP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections
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  PPP Winning Margins on PR seats for provincial legislative elections

Municipal-level elections

Municipal Mayoral elections map by party
■ GNP ■ DEP ■ LFP ■ DLP ■ PFU ■ FU ■ Ind.

Municipal-level mayors

Summary

Party		Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party	92	+53
	Grand National Party	82	–73
	Liberty Forward Party	13	New
	Democratic Labor Party	3	+3
	People's First Union	1	New
	Party of Future Union	1	New
	Independent	36	+7
Total		228	–2

By region

Region	Mayors	DP	GNP	LFP	DLP	PFU	FU	Ind.
Seoul	25	21	4
Busan	16		13					3
Daegu	8		6					2
Incheon	10	6	1		2			1
Gwangju	5	4						1
Daejeon	5	1	1	3
Ulsan	5		3		1			1
Gyeonggi	31	19	10					2
Gangwon	18	4	10					4
North Chungcheong	23		16				1	6
South Chungcheong	18	1	11					6
North Jeolla	14	13						1
South Jeolla	22	15						7
North Gyeongsang	12	5	3	3				1
South Gyeongsang	16	3	4	7		1		1
Total	228	92	82	13	3	1	1	36

Municipal-level councilors

Summary

Party		Seats
		Constituency	Proportional	Total	+/–
	Grand National Party	1087	160	1247	–375
	Democratic Party	871	154	1025	+120
	Liberty Forward Party	95	22	117	New
	Democratic Labor Party	90	25	115	+49
	Participation Party	17	7	24	New
	New Progressive Party	22	0	22	New
	Future Hope Alliance	12	7	19	New
	Party of Future Union	10	1	11	New
	People's First Union	2	0	2	New
	Creative Korea Party	1	0	1	New
	Independent	305	–	305	+77
Total		2512	376	2888	–
Source: 구·시·군의회의원선거 정당별 당선인수기초의원비례대표선거 정당별 당선인수

Constituency seats

Region	Seats	GNP	DP	LFP	DLP	NPP	PPP	PPC	FU	PFU	CKP	Ind.
Seoul	366	183	173		3	4	2					1
Busan	158	93	28		9	3	2	2	1			20
Daegu	102	70	4		2	2	1	5	3			15
Incheon	97	46	43		4	2						2
Gwangju	59		44		10		2					3
Daejeon	55	11	21	23
Ulsan	43	25			13	2	1					2
Gyeonggi	363	177	165		8	2	2		1		1	7
Gangwon	146	90	36									20
North Chungcheong	114	44	45	12	2							11
South Chungcheong	152	50	34	60						2		6
North Jeolla	173		119		3	1	4					46
South Jeolla	211		146		14		2					49
North Gyeongsang	247	162	1		2	2	1	5	2			72
South Gyeongsang	226	136	12		20	4			3			51
Total	2,512	1,087	871	95	90	22	17	12	10	2	1	305