Ulsan Metropolitan Council

The Ulsan Metropolitan Council (Korean: 울산광역시의회; Hanja: 蔚山廣域市議會) is the local council of Ulsan, South Korea.[1]

Ulsan Metropolitan Council 울산광역시의회
7th Ulsan Metropolitan Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	15 July 1997 (1997-07-15)
Leadership
Chairman	Hwang Se-young, Democratic
Vice Chairman	Lee Mi-young, Democratic
Vice Chairman	Ko Ho-geun, Liberty Korea
Structure
Seats	22
Political groups	Democratic (17)      United Future (5)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting First-past-the-post (19 seats) Party-list proportional representation (3 seats)
Last election	13 June 2018
Website
Ulsan Metropolitan Council (Korean Ulsan Metropolitan Council (English

Ulsan Metropolitan Council
Hangul	울산광역시의회
Hanja	蔚山廣域市議會
Revised Romanization	Ulsan Gwang-yeoksi Uihoe
McCune–Reischauer	Ulsan Kwang-yŏksi Ŭihoe

There are a total of 22 members, with 19 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		17
United Future		5
Total		22

The Ulsan Metropolitan Council has no regulations on the negotiation group.

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 Committee
• Special Committees
  • Special Committees on Budget and Accounts
  • Special Committees on Ethics

Recent election results

2018

 Summary of the 13 June 2018 Ulsan Metropolitan Council election results[2]

Party			Constituency				Party list				Total seats
			Votes	%	Seats	±	Votes	%	Seats	±	Seats	±
	Democratic Party of Korea		277,409	46.95	15	15	281,772	47.00	2	1	17	16
	Liberty Korea Party		231,240	39.14	4	15	199,505	33.28	1	1	5	16
	Justice Party		3,366	0.57	0	0	38,680	6.45	0	0	0	0
	Minjung Party		52,159	8.83	0	new	31,932	5.32	0	new	0	new
	Bareunmirae Party		3,597	0.61	0	new	31,414	5.24	0	new	0	new
	Labor Party		6,458	1.09	0	0	10,439	1.74	0	0	0	0
	Korean Patriots' Party		N/A				2,872	0.47	0	new	0	new
	Green Party Korea		N/A				2,824	0.47	0	new	0	new
	Other parties		679	0.11	0	0	N/A				0	0
	Independents		15,962	2.70	0	0	N/A				0	0
Total			590,870	100.00	19	–	599,438	100.00	3	–	22	–

References

1. "제7대 울산시의회 개원…본격 의정활동 개시". 뉴스1 (News 1). 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
2. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템". National Election Commission.