2006 South Korean local elections

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.

2006 South Korean local elections

31 May 2006
All 16 Metropolitan Mayors and Governors, 733 Provincial Councillors, 230 Municipal Leaders, 2888 Municipal Councillors
Turnout	51.6%
First party Second party Third party   Democratic Party Leader Park Geun-hye Han Hwa-gap Chung Dong-young Party Grand National Democratic Uri Metropolitan Mayors and Governors 12 (0 ) 2 (2 ) 1 (party newly established) Provincial Councillors 557 (57 ) 80 (63 ) 52 (party newly established) Municipal Leaders 155 (3 ) 20 (22 ) 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)
Maps of Metropolitan Mayors and Governors ■ Hannara Party ■ Democratic Party ■ Yeollin Uri Party ■ Independent
Municipal Leaders ■ Grand National Party ■ Democratic Party ■ Yeollin Uri Party ■ People First Party ■ Independent

Provincial level elections

Metropolitan Mayoral and Gubernatorial elections

Metropolitan mayoral election winners

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

Gubernatorial election winners

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

Provincial council elections

Division	Grand National	Democratic	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	Grand National	Democratic	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