Gwangju Metropolitan Council
The Gwangju Metropolitan Council (Korean: 광주광역시의회; Hanja: 光州廣域市議會) is the local council of Gwangju, South Korea.[1]
Gwangju Metropolitan Council 광주광역시의회 | |
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| 8th Gwangju Metropolitan Council | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 8 July 1991 |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | Kim Dong-chan, Democratic |
Vice Chairman | Jang Jae-sung, Democratic |
Vice Chairman | Lim Mi-ran, Democratic |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 23 |
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Political groups |
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Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
Parallel voting
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Last election | 13 June 2018 |
| Website | |
| Gwangju Metropolitan Council (Korean) Gwangju Metropolitan Council (English) | |
| Gwangju Metropolitan Council | |
| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gwangju Gwang-yeoksi Uihoe |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kwangju Kwang-yŏksi Ŭihoe |
There are a total of 23 members, with 20 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 3 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.
Current composition
| Political party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 22 | |
| Justice | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | |
Negotiation groups can be formed by 4 or more members. There are currently a negotiation group in the Council, formed by the Democratic Party of Korea only.
Organization
The structure of Council consists of:
- Chairman
- Two Vice Chairmans
- Standing Committees
- Steering Committee of Council
- Administration and Autonomy Committee
- Environment and Welfare Committee
- Industry and Construction Committee
- Education and Culture Committee
- Special Committees
- Special Committees on Budget and Accounts
- Special Committees on Ethics
Recent election results
2018
| Party | Constituency | Party list | Total seats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | ± | Votes | % | Seats | ± | Seats | ± | |||
| Democratic Party of Korea | 423,304 | 73.98 | 20 |  |
461,406 | 67.47 | 2 |  |
22 | | ||
| Justice Party | N/A | 87,327 | 12.77 | 1 | |
1 | | |||||
| Party for Democracy and Peace | 72,568 | 12.68 | 0 | new | 56,341 | 8.23 | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Minjung Party | 32,129 | 5.62 | 0 | new | 31,417 | 4.59 | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Bareunmirae Party | 35,160 | 6.15 | 0 | new | 30,015 | 4.38 | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Liberty Korea Party | N/A | 9,465 | 1.38 | 0 | |
0 | | |||||
| Labor Party | N/A | 4,257 | 0.62 | 0 | |
0 | | |||||
| Green Party Korea | N/A | 3,610 | 0.52 | 0 | new | 0 | new | |||||
| Independents | 8,989 | 1.57 | 0 | |
N/A | 0 | | |||||
| Total | 572,150 | 100.00 | 20 | – | 683,838 | 100.00 | 3 | – | 23 | – | ||
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References
- "광주시의회 우여곡절 끝 개원…4년간의 항해 시작". 뉴시스 (Newsis). 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템". National Election Commission.
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