Mayor of Daejeon

The Mayor of Daejeon (Korean: 대전광역시장; Hanja: 大田廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Daejeon who is elected to a four-year term.

Mayor of Daejeon
대전광역시장
Incumbent
Heo Tae-jeong

since 1 July 2018
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderHwang In-shik
Formation16 August 1945 (1945-08-16)

List of mayors

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Daejeon was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Direct elected mayors (1995–present)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Daejeon is elected by direct election.[1]

Political parties
Status
  Denotes acting mayor
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Duration Political party Term
Hong Sun-ki
홍선기
洪善基

(born 1936)
1 July 199530 June 2002 7 years, 0 days United Liberal Democrats 1
2
Yeom Hong-cheol
염홍철
廉弘喆

(born 1944)
1 July 200230 June 2006 4 years, 0 days Grand National
Uri
3
Park Sung-hyo
박성효
朴城孝

(born 1955)
1 July 200630 June 2010 4 years, 0 days Grand National 4
Yeom Hong-cheol
염홍철
廉弘喆

(born 1944)
1 July 201030 June 2014 4 years, 0 days Liberty Forward
Saenuri
5
Kwon Sun-taek
권선택
權善宅

(born 1957)
1 July 201414 November 2017 3 years, 137 days NPAD
Democratic
6
Lee Jae-gwan
이재관
李在官

(born 1965)
14 November 201730 June 2018 229 days Independent
Heo Tae-jeong
허태정
許泰鋌

(born 1965)
1 July 2018Incumbent 2 years, 47 days Democratic 7

Elections

Source: [2]

2018

2018 Daejeon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Heo Tae-jeong 393,354 56.41%
Liberty Korea 2 Park Sung-hyo 224,306 32.16%
Bareunmirae 3 Nam Choong-hee 61,271 8.78%
Justice 5 Kim Yoon-ki 18,351 2.63%
Total 697,282 100.00%
Voter turnout 57.97%

2014

2014 Daejeon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
NPAD 2 Kwon Sun-taek 322,762 50.07%
Saenuri 1 Park Sung-hyo 301,389 46.76%
Justice 4 Han Chang-min 11,346 1.76%
Unified Progressive 3 Kim Chang-geun 9,009 1.39%
Total 644,506 100.00%
Voter turnout 54.03%

2010

2010 Daejeon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Liberty Forward 3 Yeom Hong-cheol 276,122 46.67%
Grand National 1 Park Sung-hyo 168,616 28.50%
Democratic 2 Kim Won-woong 137,751 23.28%
New Progressive 7 Kim Yoon-ki 9,074 1.53%
Total 591,563 100.00%
Voter turnout 52.92%

2006

2006 Daejeon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 2 Park Sung-hyo 231,489 43.83%
Uri 1 Yeom Hong-cheol 217,273 41.14%
People First 5 Nam Choong-hee 55,231 10.45%
Democratic Labor 4 Park Choon-ho 14,899 2.82%
Democratic 3 Choi Ki-bok 6,442 1.21%
Hanmijun 5 Koh Nak-jung 2,707 0.51%
Total 528,041 100.00%
Voter turnout 49.43%

2002

2002 Daejeon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Yeom Hong-cheol 191,832 46.61%
United Liberal Democrats 3 Hong Sun-ki 165,426 40.20%
Independent 5 Chung Ha-yong 38,445 9.34%
Independent 4 Kim Heon-tae 15,780 3.83%
Total 411,483 100.00%
Voter turnout 42.32%

1998

1998 Daejeon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
United Liberal Democrats 3 Hong Sun-ki 286,255 73.68%
New National 4 Song Chun-young 70,414 18.12%
Independent 5 Cho Myung-hyun 31,796 8.18%
Total 388,465 100.00%
Voter turnout 44.45%

1995

1995 Daejeon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
United Liberal Democrats 3 Hong Sun-ki 342,959 63.76%
Democratic Liberal 1 Yeom Hong-cheol 112,607 20.93%
Democratic 2 Pyon Pyung-sup 58,346 10.84%
Independent 4 Lee Dae-hyung 23,953 4.45%
Total 537,865 100.00%
Voter turnout 66.93%
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See also

References

  1. "Previous Mayors - Introducing Daejeon". Daejeon Metropolitan City (in Korean).
  2. National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
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