Mayor of Gwangju

The Mayor of Gwangju (Korean: 광주광역시장; Hanja: 光州廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Gwangju who is elected to a four-year term.

Mayor of Gwangju
광주광역시장
Seal of Gwangju
Incumbent
Kang Gi-jung
since 1 July 2022
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderSeo Min-ho
Formation16 August 1945 (1945-08-16)

List of mayors

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Gwangju 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 Gwangju is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Term Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Elected
Took office Left office Time in office
1st Song Un-jong
송언종
宋彦鐘

(born 1937)
1 July 1995 30 June 1998 3 years, 0 days Democratic
National Congress
1995
2nd Goh Jae-yu
고재유
高在維

(born 1938)
1 July 1998 30 June 2002 4 years, 0 days National Congress
Millennium Democratic
1998
3rd Park Gwang-tae
박광태
朴光泰

(born 1943)
1 July 2002 30 June 2010 8 years, 0 days Millennium Democratic
Democratic ('00)
Democratic ('08)
2002
4th 2006
5th Kang Woon-tae
강운태
姜雲太

(born 1948)
1 July 2010 30 June 2014 4 years, 0 days Democratic ('08)
Democratic United
Democratic ('11)
NPAD
2010
6th Yoon Jang-hyun
윤장현
尹壯鉉

(born 1949)
1 July 2014 30 June 2018 4 years, 0 days NPAD
Democratic
2014
7th Lee Yong-seop
이용섭
李庸燮

(born 1951)
1 July 2018 30 June 2022 4 years, 0 days Democratic 2018
8th Kang Gi-jung
강기정
姜琪正

(born 1964)
1 July 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 119 days Democratic 2022

Elections

Source:[1]

1995

1995 Gwangju mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 2 Song Un-jong 469,570 89.71%
Democratic Liberal 1 Kim Dong-hwan 53,817 10.28%
Total 523,387 100.00%
Voter turnout 64.82%

1998

1998 Gwangju mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
National Congress 2 Goh Jae-yu 261,578 67.20%
Independent 4 Lee Seung-chae 127,626 32.79%
Total 389,204 100.00%
Voter turnout 45.07%

2002

2002 Gwangju mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Millennium Democratic 2 Park Gwang-tae 185,938 46.81%
Independent 5 Chung Dong-nyun 107,415 27.04%
Grand National 1 Lee Hwan-eui 43,695 11.00%
Democratic Labor 3 Park Jong-hyun 29,427 7.40%
Independent 6 Chung Ho-sun 20,796 5.23%
Independent 4 Chung Koo-sun 9,877 2.48%
Total 397,148 100.00%
Voter turnout 42.31%

2006

2006 Gwangju mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 3 Park Gwang-tae 239,884 51.61%
Uri 1 Cho Young-taek 157,756 33.94%
Democratic Labor 4 Oh Byung-yoon 48,617 10.46%
Grand National 2 Han Young 18,461 3.97%
Total 464,718 100.00%
Voter turnout 46.26%

2010

2010 Gwangju mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 2 Kang Woon-tae 297,003 56.73%
Participation 8 Chung Chan-yong 75,830 14.48%
Grand National 1 Chung Yong-hwa 74,490 14.22%
Democratic Labor 5 Chang Won-seop 39,455 7.53%
New Progressive 7 Yoon Nan-sil 30,834 5.89%
Peace Democratic 9 Cho Hong-kyu 5,871 1.12%
Total 523,483 100.00%
Voter turnout 49.76%

2014

2014 Gwangju mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
NPAD 2 Yoon Jang-hyun 367,203 57.85%
Independent 5 Kang Woon-tae 201,666 31.77%
Saenuri 1 Lee Jung-jae 21,614 3.40%
Unified Progressive 3 Yoon Min-ho 21,200 3.34%
Independent 7 Lee Byung-wan 16,249 2.56%
Labor 4 Lee Byung-hoon 6,785 1.06%
Total 634,717 100.00%
Voter turnout 57.10%

2018

2018 Gwangju mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Lee Yong-seop 573,995 84.07%
Justice 5 Na Gyung-che 40,916 5.99%
Bareunmirae 3 Jeon Duk-young 34,487 5.05%
Minjung 6 Yoon Min-ho 33,312 4.87%
Total 682,710 100.00%
Voter turnout 59.22%

2022

2022 Gwangju mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Kang Gi-jung 334,699 74.91%
People Power 2 Joo Ki-hwan 71,062 15.90%
Justice 3 Jang Yeun-ju 21,070 4.71%
Progressive 5 Kim Ju-eop 16,595 3.71%
Basic Income 4 Moon Hyeon-chul 3,344 0.74%
Total 446,770 100.00%
Voter turnout 37.66%

See also

References

  1. National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
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