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2022 South Korean local elections
Public vote for local offices in the Republic of Korea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 8th local elections were held in South Korea on 1 June 2022. These elections came after the presidential election in March 2022,[1] and coincided with the by-elections for the vacant seats in the National Assembly. It was the first nationwide election under President Yoon Suk Yeol after taking office on 10 May.
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Quick Facts All 17 metropolitan mayors and governorsAll 226 municipal mayorsAll 824 seats for provincial and metropolitan councillors All 2926 seats for municipal councillors, Turnout ...
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All 17 metropolitan mayors and governors All 226 municipal mayors All 824 seats for provincial and metropolitan councillors All 2926 seats for municipal councillors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 50.9% ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Distribution of elected metropolitan mayors and governors by political party: |
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President Yoon Suk-yeol's party, the People Power Party, decisively won the local elections.[2][3][4][5] The 50.9% turnout is the lowest since 2002.