2011 Seoul mayoral by-election

The 2011 Seoul mayoral by-election was held on 26 October 2011 after Oh Se-hoon resigned due to his failure in the Seoul Free Lunch Referendum. It was part of the by-elections in 2011.

2011 Seoul mayoral by-election

26 October 2011
Turnout4,066,566 (48.56%)
 
Candidate Park Won-soon Na Kyung-won
Party Independent Grand National
Popular vote 2,158,476 1,867,880
Percentage 53.40% 46.21%

Mayor before election

Oh Se-hoon
Grand National

Elected Mayor

Park Won-soon
Independent

Background

As the controversy over the free school lunch program has not subsided, Mayor of Seoul Oh Se-hoon proposed a local referendum to the Seoul Metropolitan Council to directly ask the citizens' opinions regarding the free school lunch program.[1] But the Metropolitan Council rejected his proposal, finally under the leadership of Mayor Oh, it decided to hold a local referendum on the scope of free school lunch, and the vote was scheduled to take place on 24 August 2011.

On 21 August, Mayor Oh announced three days before the referendum that he would step down if he lost because of unachievable voter turnout not achieved or low approval ratings after counting.

In the referendum held on 24 August, it was not able to count the votes because it was less than the minimum turnout rate of 33.3%. This has raised interest in the timing of Oh's resignation, because the by-election date will vary depending on his resignation date.[2] If he resigns after 30 September 2011, the mayoral by-election will take with the legislative election on 11 April 2012. So the Grand National Party called for him to resign in October 2011. However, Mayor Oh announced his resignation on 26 August.[3]

Selection of candidates

Grand National Party

Na Kyung-won was the only candidate in the Grand National Party to run alone. Other candidates initially ran, but withdrew.

Pan-opposition

The candidate who received the highest support in pan-opposition was Ahn Cheol-soo. However, he was on 6 September 2011, expressed its endorsement of Park Won-soon, a lawyer.[4][5]

On 3 October 2011, pan-opposition primary were held to claimed unification of opposition candidates. In this primary, Park Won-soon was elected as the single candidate for the pan-opposition bloc by defeating Park Young-sun of the Democratic Party and Choi Kyu-youp of the Democratic Labor Party.[6]

Final candidates

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Park Won-soonIndependent (DP, DLP)2,158,47653.40
Na Kyung-wonGrand National Party1,867,88046.21
Bae Il-doIndependent15,4080.38
Total4,041,764100.00
Valid votes4,041,76499.39
Invalid/blank votes24,7930.61
Total votes4,066,557100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,374,06748.56

By district

Districts Na Kyung-won
GNP
Bae Il-do
Ind.
Park Won-soon
Ind.
Total
votes
Votes %Votes %Votes %
Jongno District 31,92645.632770.4037,77053.98 69,973
Jung District 26,56447.662100.3828,96551.97 55,739
Yongsan District 50,84751.833380.3546,92347.83 98,108
Seongdong District 54,05945.334350.3764,76654.31 119,260
Gwangjin District 63,12843.815140.3680,44955.83 144,091
Dongdaemun District 65,14045.246140.4378,22154.33 143,975
Jungnang District 68,50144.766760.4483,87054.80 153,047
Seongbuk District 81,90242.747430.39108,97656.87 191,621
Gangbuk District 54,53142.575550.4372,98156.97 128,097
Dobong District 64,11044.885670.4078,17954.73 142,856
Nowon District 104,25144.089550.40131,29355.52 236,499
Eunpyeong District 78,25242.657120.39104,53356.97 183,497
Seodaemun District 55,18143.044950.3972,54256.58 128,218
Mapo District 67,29742.015110.3292,37557.67 160,183
Yangcheon District 89,22745.981,0520.54103,78053.48 194,059
Gangseo District 95,93444.148740.40120,53755.46 217,345
Guro District 71,85043.156460.3994,01556.46 166,511
Geumcheon District 36,19441.124020.4651,41858.42 88,014
Yeongdeungpo District 73,83346.015670.3586,06953.64 160,469
Dongjak District 73,34143.605830.3594,28356.05 168,207
Gwanak District 78,47336.868570.40133,58762.74 212,917
Seocho District 111,01460.124880.2673,13939.61 184,641
Gangnam District 140,10961.336720.2987,65738.37 228,438
Songpa District 140,18351.129470.35133,08748.53 274,217
Gangdong District 92,03347.987180.3799,06151.65 191,812
Total 1,867,88046.2115,4080.382,158,47653.41 4,041,764

References

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