South Korean local elections, 2006

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South Korean local elections, 2006

← 2002 31 May, 2006 2010 →

All 16 Metropolitan Mayors and Governors, 733 Provincial Councillors,
230 Municipal Leaders, 2888 Municipal Councillors
Turnout 51.6%
  First party Second party Third party
  Park Geun-hye Democratic
Party
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Leader Park Geun-hye Han Hwa-gap Chung Dong-young
Party Grand National Democratic Party Uri
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors 12 (0 Steady) 4 (0 Steady) 1 (party newly established)
Provincial Councillors 557 (57 Increase) 80 (63 Decrease) 52 (party newly established)
Municipal Leaders 155 (3 Increase) 20 (22 Decrease) 19 (party newly established)
Municipal Councillors 1621 (new) 276 (new) 630 (new)

  Fourth party Fifth party
  People First
Party
Democratic Labor
Party
Leader Shim Dae-pyung and Shin Gook-hwan Moon Sung-hyeon
Party People First Party Democratic Labor
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors 0 (party newly established) 0 (party newly established)
Provincial Councillors 15 (party newly established) 15 (party newly established)
Municipal Leaders 7 (party newly established) 0 (party newly established)
Municipal Councillors 67 (new) 66 (new)

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Maps of Metropolitan Mayors and Governors. Blue refers to Grand National, Green refers to Democratic Party, Yellow refers to Uri Party.

The 4th Local Elections were held in South Korea on 31 May 2006. 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 2004 general elections while the main opposition party, Grand National Party managed to clinch back lost grounds, using the opportunity for the presidential election next year.

Provincial level elections

Metropolitan Mayoral and Gubernatorial elections

Metropolitan mayoral election winners

Metropolitan cities # Candidate Party Votes Percentage Remarks
Seoul 2 Oh Se-hoon 2,409,760 61.1% Grand National held
Incheon 2 Ahn Sang-soo 526,932 61.9% Grand National held; Re-elected
Daejeon 2 Park Sung-hyo 231,489 43.8% Grand National gain
Gwangju 3 Park Gwang-tae 239,884 51.6% Democratic Party held; Re-elected
Daegu 2 Kim Bum-il 636,057 70.2% Grand National held
Busan 2 Hur Nam-sik 895,214 65.6% Grand National held; Re-elected
Ulsan 2 Bak Maeng-woo 261,361 63.2% Grand National held; Re-elected

Gubernatorial election winners

Provinces # Candidate Party Votes Percentage Remarks
Gyeonggi 2 Kim Moon-soo (politician) 2,181,677 59.7% Grand National held
Gangwon 2 Kim Jin-sun 471,613 70.6% Grand National held; Third term
South Chungcheong 2 Lee Wan-koo 379,420 46.3% Grand National gain
North Chungcheong 2 Jeong Woo-tek 361,157 59.7% Grand National held
South Jeolla 3 Park Joon-yeong 640,894 67.7% Democratic Party held; Re-elected
North Jeolla 1 Kim Wan-ju
  Uri
389,436 48.1% Uri gain
South Gyeongsang 2 Kim Tae-ho (politician) 852,377 63.1% Grand National held; Reelected
North Gyeongsang 2 Kim Kwan-yong 961,363 76.8% Grand National held
Jeju 6 Kim Tae-hwan
  Independent
117,244 42.7% Re-elected

Provincial council elections

Division
  Uri
  PFP
  DLP
  Oth./Ind.
Total
Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats
Seoul 102 1 2 1 106
Incheon 32 1 33
Gyeonggi 115 1 2 1 119
Gangwon 36 2 1 40
Daejeon 17 1 1 19
South Chungcheong 21 3 14 38
North Chungcheong 27 2 2 31
Gwangju 18 1 19
South Jeolla 46 3 1 1 51
North Jeolla 13 22 1 2 38
Daegu 28 1 29
Busan 45 1 1 47
Ulsan 15 4 19
South Gyeongsang 47 1 2 3 53
North Gyeongsang 51 1 1 3 55
Jeju 22 1 9 2 2 36
Grand Total 557 80 52 15 15 14 733

Municipal Level Elections

Municipal Leaders

Division
  Uri
  PFP
  Oth./Ind.
Total
Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats
Seoul 25 25
Incheon 9 1 10
Gyeonggi 27 1 3 31
Gangwon 18 18
Daejeon 5 5
South Chungcheong 6 3 7 16
North Chungcheong 5 4 3 12
Gwangju 5 5
South Jeolla 10 5 7 22
North Jeolla 4 5 5 14
Daegu 8 8
Busan 15 1 16
Ulsan 4 1 5
South Gyeongsang 14 2 4 20
North Gyeongsang 19 1 4 23
Grand Total 155 20 19 7 29 230

Municipal Council Elections

Parties Constituencies Proportional Representation Total Number of Councillors
Grand National 1401 220 1621
Democratic 233 43 276
Uri 543 87 630
PFP 56 11 67
DLP 52 14 66
Oth./Ind. 228 228
Grand Total 2513 375 2888