2010 South Korean local elections
# 2010 South Korean local elections

The 5th local elections were held in South Korea on 2 June 2010. The voter turnout reached 54.4%, the highest in 15 years.

## 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 | 8,761,840 | 4,538,591 | 51.8 |
| Gangwon | 1,190,509 | 742,105 | 62.3 |
| North Chungcheong | 1,183,811 | 695,977 | 58.8 |
| South Chungcheong | 1,595,587 | 902,299 | 56.5 |
| North Jeolla | 1,442,805 | 856,846 | 59.3 |
| South Jeolla | 1,504,902 | 967,573 | 64.3 |
| North Gyeongsang | 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

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 | Result | Candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Seoul | Oh Se-hoon | GNP | 2006 | Incumbent re-elected. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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% |

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

### Provincial-level councilors

**Summary**

| Party | Party | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Proportional | Proportional | Proportional | Total seats | +/– |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total 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 | 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 |

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

## Municipal-level elections

### Municipal-level mayors

**Summary**

| Party | 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 | 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 | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | 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 | 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 |
