Daejeon Metropolitan Council

Daejeon Metropolitan Council
Hangul	대전광역시의회
Hanja	大田廣域市議會
Revised Romanization	Daejeon Gwang-yeoksi Uihoe
McCune–Reischauer	Taejŏn Kwang-yŏksi Ŭihoe

Daejeon Metropolitan Council

대전광역시의회
Daejeon Metropolitan Council ; 대전광역시의회
8th Daejeon Metropolitan Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	8 July 1991
Leadership
Chairman	Lee Sang-rae, People Power
Vice Chairman	Kim Jin-oh, People Power
Vice Chairman	Cho Won-hui, Democratic
Structure
Seats	22
Political groups	People Power (18) Democratic (4)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting First-past-the-post (19 seats); Party-list proportional representation (3 seats);
Last election	1 June 2022
Website
	Daejeon Metropolitan Council

The Daejeon Metropolitan Council (Korean: 대전광역시의회; Hanja: 大田廣域市議會) is the local council of Daejeon, South Korea.^[1]

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
People Power		18
Democratic		4
Total		22

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-chairmen
Standing Committees
- Steering Committee
- Administration and Autonomy Committee
- Welfare and Environment 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 Daejeon Metropolitan Council election results^[2]
Party		Constituency				Party list				Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	±	Votes	%	Seats	±	Seats	±
	Democratic Party of Korea	442,612	64.17	19	5	384,083	55.21	2	0	21	5
	Liberty Korea Party	211,871	30.72	0	5	183,819	26.42	1	0	1	5
	Bareunmirae Party	33,486	4.86	0	new	61,971	8.90	0	new	0	new
	Justice Party	—				54,292	7.80	1	0	0	0
	Green Party Korea	—				4,509	0.64	0	new	0	new
	Minjung Party	1,734	0.25	0	new	3,613	0.51	0	new	0	new
	Labor Party	—				3,315	0.47	0	new	0	new
Total		689,703	100.00	19	–	695,602	100.00	3	–	22	–

References

^ "제8대 대전시의회 개원…김종천 의장 "견제·감시에 충실하겠다"". Kyunghyang Shinmun. 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
^ "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템". National Election Commission.

[1] "제8대 대전시의회 개원…김종천 의장 "견제·감시에 충실하겠다"". Kyunghyang Shinmun. 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2018-08-18.

[2] "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템". National Election Commission.

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