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.

Gwangju Metropolitan Council 광주광역시의회
9th Gwangju Metropolitan Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	8 July 1991 (1991-07-08)
Leadership
Chairman	Kim Yong-jip, Democratic
Vice Chairman	Cho Seok-ho, Democratic
Vice Chairman	Cheong Sun-ae, Democratic
Structure
Seats	23
Political groups	Democratic (22)   People Power (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting First-past-the-post (20 seats) Party-list proportional representation (3 seats)
Last election	1 June 2022
Website
Gwangju Metropolitan Council (Korean) Gwangju Metropolitan Council (English)

Gwangju Metropolitan Council
Hangul	광주광역시
Hanja	光州廣域市議會
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
People Power		1
Total		23

Negotiation groups can be formed by four 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 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

Summary of the 13 June 2018 Gwangju Metropolitan Council election results

Party			Constituency				Party list				Total seats
			Votes	%	Seats	±	Votes	%	Seats	±	Seats	±
	Democratic Party of Korea		423,304	73.98	20	1	461,406	67.47	2	0	22	1
	Justice Party		—				87,327	12.77	1	1	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		—				9,465	1.38	0	0	0	0
	Labor Party		—				4,257	0.62	0	0	0	0
	Green Party Korea		—				3,610	0.52	0	new	0	new
	Independents		8,989	1.57	0	0	—				0	0
Total			572,150	100.00	20	–	683,838	100.00	3	–	23	–