The Mayor of Sejong City (Korean: 세종특별자치시장; Hanja: 世宗特別自治市長) is the head of the local government of Sejong City who is elected to a four-year term.
| Mayor of Sejong City | |
|---|---|
| 세종특별자치시장 | |
 Seal of Sejong City | |
since 1 July 2022 | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Yoo Han-sik |
| Formation | 1 July 2012 |
List of mayors
edit| Political parties |
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| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 5th | 
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Yoo Han-sik 유한식 兪漢植 (born 1949) |
1 July 2012 | 30 June 2014 | 2 years, 0 days | Liberty Forward → Saenuri |
2012 (by-el.) | |
| 6th | 
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Lee Choon-hee 이춘희 李春熙 (born 1955) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2022 | 8 years, 0 days | NPAD → Democratic |
2014 | |
| 7th | 2018 | |||||||
| 8th |
|
Choi Min-ho 최민호 崔旼鎬 (born 1956) |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 139 days | People Power | 2022 | |
Elections
editSource:[1]
2012 (by-election)
edit| 2012 Sejong mayoral by-election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Liberty Forward | 3 | Yoo Han-sik | 19,387 | 41.73% | ||
| Democratic United | 2 | Lee Choon-hee | 17,349 | 37.35% | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Choi Min-ho | 9,716 | 20.92% | ||
| Total | 46,452 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 59.14% | |||||
2014
edit| 2014 Sejong mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| NPAD | 2 | Lee Choon-hee | 36,203 | 57.78% | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Yoo Han-sik | 26,451 | 42.21% | ||
| Total | 62,654 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 62.65% | |||||
2018
edit| 2018 Sejong mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Lee Choon-hee | 96,896 | 71.30% | ||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Song Ah-young | 24,546 | 18.06% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Heo Chul-hue | 14,444 | 10.62% | ||
| Total | 135,886 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 61.75% | |||||
2022
edit| 2022 Sejong mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| People Power | 2 | Choi Min-ho | 78,415 | 52.83% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Lee Choon-hee | 69,995 | 47.16% | ||
| Total | 148,410 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 51.24% | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.