2018 South Korean local elections#Seoul

{{Short description|Korean local elections on 13 June 2018}}

{{More citations needed|article, providing no source on the electoral results,|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2018 South Korean local elections

| country = South Korea

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2014 South Korean local elections

| previous_year = 2014

| next_election = 2022 South Korean local elections

| next_year = 2022

| seats_for_election = All 17 metropolitan mayors and governors
(All 3,977 seats of provincial and municipal leaders and councillors)

| turnout = 60.2% {{increase}} 3.4 pp

| election_date = 13 June 2018

| 1blank = Regional
offices

| 2blank = Regional
offices +/–

| 3blank = Mayors

| 4blank = Mayors +/–

| 5blank = Councillors

| 6blank = Councillors +/–

| image1 = Choo Mi-ae ministerial portrait.png

| image1_size = 150x150px

| leader1 = Choo Mi-ae

| party1 = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

| color1 = 004EA2

| 1data1 = 8 governors
6 {{abbr|met.|metropolitan}} mayors

| 2data1 = {{increase}} 3 governors
{{increase}} 2 {{abbr|met.|metropolitan}} mayors

| 3data1 = 151

| 4data1 = {{increase}} 71

| 5data1 = 652 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
1,638 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| 6data1 = {{increase}} 303 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
{{increase}} 481 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| image2 = Shinzō Abe and Hong Jun-pyo at the Japanese Prime Minister's Office (cropped 2).jpg

| image2_size = 150x150px

| leader2 = Hong Jun-pyo

| party2 = Liberty Korea Party

| color2 = C9151E

| 1data2 = 1 governors
1 {{abbr|met.|metropolitan}} mayors

| 2data2 = {{decrease}} 2 governors
{{decrease}} 3 {{abbr|met.|metropolitan}} mayors

| 3data2 = 53

| 4data2 = {{decrease}} 64

| 5data2 = 137 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
1009 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| 6data2 = {{decrease}} 279 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
{{decrease}} 404 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| image3 = Cho Bae-sook, Leader of the Party for Democracy and Peace attended Lee Hyeon-ung mayor of Jeonju Mayor's election office opening ceremony.jpg

| image3_size = 150x150px

| leader3 = Cho Bae-sook

| party3 = Party for Democracy and Peace

| 1data3 = 0

| 2data3 = New party

| 3data3 = 5

| 4data3 = New party

| 5data3 = 3 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
49 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| 6data3 = New party

| image4 = Lee Jeong-mi taking a commemorative photo at the National Assembly.jpg

| image4_size = 150x150px

| leader4 = Lee Jeong-mi

| party4 = Justice Party (South Korea)

| 1data4 = 0

| 2data4 = {{nochange}} 0

| 3data4 = 0

| 4data4 = {{nochange}} 0

| 5data4 = 11 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
26 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| 6data4 = {{increase}} 11 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
{{increase}} 15 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| image5 = Yoo Seong-min in Gangneung (Cropped).jpg

| image5_size = 150x150px

| leader5 = Yoo Seung-min (pictured)
Park Joo-sun

| party5 = Bareunmirae Party

| 1data5 = 0

| 2data5 = New party

| 3data5 = 0

| 4data5 = New party

| 5data5 = 5 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
21 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| 6data5 = New party

| map = {{switcher

| 350px

| Gubernatorial & metropolitan mayoral elections: overall results and turnouts

| 350px

| Gubernatorial & metropolitan mayoral elections: municipal-level breakdown

}}

}}

{{Politics of South Korea}}

[[File:South Korean nationwide local election 2018.svg|400px|thumb|Results summary of gubernatorial (top left), municipal mayoral (top right), metropolitan and provincial councilors (bottom left), and municipal councilors (bottom right)

]]

The 7th local elections were held in South Korea on 13 June 2018. The election coincided with the by-elections for the vacant seats in the National Assembly.{{cite web|title=<막 오른 지방선거 레이스>재보선 10곳 이상 내년 지방선거는 거물급'미니총선'|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=154&oid=021&aid=0002336035|website=Munhwa Ilbo|publisher=Naver|access-date=25 December 2017}} The election was a landslide victory for the Democratic Party of Korea, the ruling party, after two successful summits with the third inter-Korean summit on 27 April and the first North Korea-United States summit in Singapore on 12 June.{{Cite journal|last1=Jung|first1=Kwangho|last2=Kang|first2=Youngju|date=2020|title=A report of the 2018 regional election in South Korea|journal=Regional & Federal Studies|volume=30|issue=3|pages=493–509|doi=10.1080/13597566.2020.1761341|s2cid=219447359|issn=1359-7566}}

Metropolitan mayors and governors

A total of 17 metropolitan mayors and governors were elected.

=Candidates=

Bold indicates that a candidate won as metropolitan mayor or governor.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+

!Metropolitan city/province

!{{legend|{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}|Democratic|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

!{{legend|{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}|Liberty Korea|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

!{{legend|#20B2AA|Bareunmirae|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

!{{legend|#40B02A|Democracy and Peace|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

!{{legend|{{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}|Justice|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

!Others

Seoul

|Park Won-soon

|Kim Moon-soo

|Ahn Cheol-soo

|

|Kim Jong-min

|Kim Jin-sook (Minjung)
In Jie-yeun (Korean Patriots)
Sin Jie-ye (Green)

Busan

|Oh Keo-don

|Suh Byung-soo

|{{ill|Lee Sung-guen|ko|이성권 (1968년)}}

|

|Park Joo-mi

|{{ill|Lee Jong-hyuk (politician)|lt=Lee Jong-hyuk|ko|이종혁 (1956년)}} (Independent)

Daegu

|{{ill|Im Dae-yun|ko|임대윤}}

|Kwon Young-jin

|Kim hyung-gi

|

|

|

Incheon

|Park Nam-chun

|{{ill|Yoo Jung-bok|ko|유정복}}

|{{ill|Moon Byung-ho|ko|문병호}}

|

|Kim Eung-ho

|

Gwangju

|Lee Yong-seop

|

|Jeon Duk-young

|

|Na Gyung-che

|Yoon Min-ho (Minjung)

Daejeon

|Heo Tae-jeong

|{{ill|Park Sung-hyo|ko|박성효}}

|{{ill|Nam Choung-hee|ko|남충희}}

|

|Kim Yoon-gi

|

Ulsan

|Song Cheol-ho

|Kim Ki-hyun

|Lee Young-hee

|

|

|{{ill|Kim Chang-hyun|ko|김창현 (1962년)}} (Minjung)

Sejong

|Lee Choon-hee

|Song Ae-yong

|Hu Chul-hue

|

|

|

Gyeonggi

|Lee Jae-myung

|Nam Kyung-pil

|Kim Yung-hwan

|

|Lee Hong-ue

|Hong Seong-gyu (Minjung)

Gangwon

|Choi Moon-soon

|{{ill|Jung Chang-soo|ko|정창수}}

|

|

|

|

North Chungcheong

|Lee Si-jong

|{{ill|Park Kyung-guk|ko|박경국}}

|Shin Yong-han

|

|

|

South Chungcheong

|Yang Seung-jo

|Lee In-je

|

|

|

|

North Jeolla

|Song Ha-jin

|Shin Jae-bong

|

|Im Jung-yeop

|Kwon Tae-hong

|Lee Kwang-seok (Minjung)

South Jeolla

|Kim Yung-rok

|

|Park Mae-ho

|Min Young-sam

|Noh Hyung-tae

|Lee Sung-soo (Minjung)

North Gyeongsang

|{{ill|Oh Joong-gi|ko|오중기}}

|Lee Cheol-woo

|Kwon Oe-eul

|

|Park Chang-ho

|Yoo Jae-hi (Korean Patriots)

South Gyeongsang

|Kim Kyoung-soo

|Kim Tae-ho

|Kim Yoo-geun

|

|

|

Jeju

|{{ill|Moon Dae-rim|ko|문대림}}

|Kim Bang-hoon

|Jang Seong-cheol

|

|

|Won Hee-ryong (Independent)
Ko Eun-young (Green)

=Results summary=

File:Republic of Korea local election 2018 result - Metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial election.svg}}{{legend|{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}|Liberty Korea}}{{legend|grey|Independent}}]]

Bold indicates an incumbent who was re-elected.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Elected metropolitan mayors and governors

Metropolitan city/province

!colspan="2"| Elected candidate

PartyRemarks
Seoul

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Park Won-soon || Democratic || Hold

Incheon

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Park Nam-chun || Democratic || Gain

Gyeonggi

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Lee Jae-myung || Democratic || Gain

Gangwon

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Choi Moon-soon || Democratic || Hold

Daejeon

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Heo Tae-jeong || Democratic || Hold

Sejong

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Lee Choon-hee || Democratic || Hold

South Chungcheong

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Yang Seung-jo || Democratic || Hold

North Chungcheong

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Lee Si-jong || Democratic || Hold

Gwangju

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Lee Yong-seop || Democratic || Hold

South Jeolla

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Kim Yung-rok || Democratic || Hold

North Jeolla

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Song Ha-jin || Democratic || Hold

Busan

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Oh Keo-don || Democratic || Gain

Ulsan

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Song Cheol-ho || Democratic || Gain

South Gyeongsang

|style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};" |

| Kim Kyoung-soo || Democratic || Gain

Daegu

|style="background:{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}};" |

| Kwon Young-jin || Liberty Korea || Hold

North Gyeongsang

|style="background:{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}};" |

| Lee Cheol-woo || Liberty Korea || Hold

Jeju

|style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |

| Won Hee-ryong || Independent || Hold

=[[Seoul]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Seoul mayoral election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Park Won-soon

|votes = 2,619,497

|percentage = 52.79

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|side = k

|candidate = Kim Moon-soo

|votes = 1,158,487

|percentage = 23.34

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Ahn Cheol-soo

|votes = 970,374

|percentage = 19.55

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Green Party Korea}}

|party = Green

|candidate = Sin Jie-ye

|votes = 82,874

|percentage = 1.67

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}

|party = Justice

|candidate = Kim Jong-min

|votes = 81,664

|percentage = 1.64

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjung Party}}

|party = Minjung

|candidate = Kim Jin-sook

|votes = 22,134

|percentage = 0.44

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #DB005B

|party = Our Future

|candidate = Woo In-cheol

|votes = 11,599

|percentage = 0.23

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #080B54

|party = Korean Patriots'

|candidate = Ihn Ji-yeon

|votes = 11,222

|percentage = 0.22

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #0A50A1

|party = Chinbak Yeondae

|candidate = Choi Tae-hyeon

|votes = 4,021

|percentage = 0.08

}}

{{Election box total valid no change

|votes = 4,961,872

|percentage = –

}}

{{Election box rejected no change

|votes = 57,226

|percentage = –

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 5,019,098

|percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[Incheon]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Incheon mayoral election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Park Nam-chun

|votes = 766,186

|percentage = 57.7

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Yoo Jung-bok

|votes = 470,937

|percentage = 35.4

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Moon Byung-ho

|votes = 54,054

|percentage = 4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}

|party = Justice

|candidate = Kim Eung-ho

|votes = 37,472

|percentage = 2.8

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 1,349,084

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

|loser = Liberty Korea Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[Gyeonggi Province|Gyeonggi]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Lee Jae-myung

|votes = 3,370,621

|percentage = 56.4

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Nam Kyung-pil

|votes = 2,122,433

|percentage = 35.5

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Kim Young-hwan

|votes = 287,504

|percentage = 4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}

|party = Justice

|candidate = Lee Hong-woo

|votes = 151,871

|percentage = 2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjung Party}}

|party = Minjung

|candidate = Hong Sung-kyu

|votes = 43,098

|percentage = 0.7

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 6,084,955

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

|loser = Liberty Korea Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[Gangwon Province, South Korea|Gangwon]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Gangwon gubernatorial election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Choi Moon-soon

|votes = 518,447

|percentage = 64.73

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Jeong Chang-soo

|votes = 282,456

|percentage = 35.26

}}

{{Election box total valid no change

|votes = 800,903

|percentage = –

}}

{{Election box rejected no change

|votes = 18,290

|percentage = –

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 819,193

|percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[Daejeon]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Daejeon mayoral election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Heo Tae-jeong

|votes = 393,354

|percentage = 56.4

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Park Sung-hyo

|votes = 224,306

|percentage = 32.2

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Nam Choung-hee

|votes = 61,271

|percentage = 8.8

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}

|party = Justice

|candidate = Kim Yoon-gi

|votes = 18,351

|percentage = 2.6

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 706,983

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[Sejong City|Sejong]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Sejong mayoral election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Lee Choon-hee

|votes = 96,896

|percentage = 71.3

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Song Ah-young

|votes = 24,546

|percentage = 18.1

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Heo Chul-hue

|votes = 14,444

|percentage = 10.6

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 137,603

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[South Chungcheong Province|South Chungcheong]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Yang Seung-jo

|votes = 615,870

|percentage = 62.6

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Lee In-je

|votes = 345,577

|percentage = 35.1

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #6F0000

|party = Let's go Korea

|candidate = Cha Gook-hwan

|votes = 23,012

|percentage = 2.4

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 984,459

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[North Chungcheong Province|North Chungcheong]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 North Chungcheong gubernatorial election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Lee Si-jong

|votes = 468,750

|percentage = 61.2

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Park Kyung-guk

|votes = 227,371

|percentage = 29.7

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Shin Yong-han

|votes = 70,330

|percentage = 9.2

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 782,316

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[Gwangju]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Gwangju mayoral election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Lee Yong-seop

|votes = 573,995

|percentage = 84.1

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}

|party = Justice

|candidate = Na Gyung-che

|votes = 40,916

|percentage = 6.0

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Jeon Duk-young

|votes = 34,487

|percentage = 5.1

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjung Party}}

|party = Minjung

|candidate = Yoon Min-ho

|votes = 33,312

|percentage = 4.9

}}

{{Election box total valid no change

|votes = 682,710

|percentage = –

}}

{{Election box rejected no change

|votes = 11,542

|percentage = –

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 694,252

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[South Jeolla Province|South Jeolla]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 South Jeolla gubernatorial election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Kim Yung-rok

|votes = 807,902

|percentage = 77.1

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #40B02A

|party = Democracy and Peace

|candidate = Min Young-sam

|votes = 110,973

|percentage = 10.6

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjung Party}}

|party = Minjung

|candidate = Lee Sung-soo

|votes = 51,410

|percentage = 4.9

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Park Mae-ho

|votes = 40,287

|percentage = 3.8

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}

|party = Justice

|candidate = Noh Hyung-tae

|votes = 37,433

|percentage = 3.6

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 1,092,107

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[North Jeolla Province|North Jeolla]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 North Jeolla gubernatorial election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Song Ha-jin

|votes = 682,042

|percentage = 70.6

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #40B02A

|party = Democracy and Peace

|candidate = Lim Chung-yeop

|votes = 184,728

|percentage = 19.1

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}

|party = Justice

|candidate = Kwon Tae-hong

|votes = 52,496

|percentage = 5.4

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Shin Jae-bong

|votes = 26,374

|percentage = 2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjung Party}}

|party = Minjung

|candidate = Lee Kwang-seok

|votes = 20,827

|percentage = 2.2

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 996,504

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[Busan]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Busan mayoral election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Oh Keo-don

|votes = 940,469

|percentage = 55.2

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Suh Byung-soo

|votes = 632,806

|percentage = 37.2

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Lee Sung-guen

|votes = 67,502

|percentage = 4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}

|party = Justice

|candidate = Park Joo-mi

|votes = 35,299

|percentage = 2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Independent (politician)}}

|party = Independent

|candidate = Lee Jong-hyuk

|votes = 26,720

|percentage = 1.6

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 1,727,684

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

|loser = Liberty Korea Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[Ulsan]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Ulsan mayoral election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Song Cheol-ho

|votes = 317,341

|percentage = 52.9

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Kim Ki-hyun

|votes = 240,475

|percentage = 40.1

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjung Party}}

|party = Minjung

|candidate = Kim Chang-hyun

|votes = 28,621

|percentage = 4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Lee Young-hee

|votes = 13,489

|percentage = 2.3

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 610,698

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

|loser = Liberty Korea Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[South Gyeongsang Province|South Gyeongsang]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Kim Kyoung-soo

|votes = 941,491

|percentage = 52.8

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Kim Tae-ho

|votes = 765,809

|percentage = 43.0

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Kim Yoo-geun

|votes = 75,418

|percentage = 4.2

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 1,819,391

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

|loser = Liberty Korea Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[Daegu]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Daegu mayoral election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Kwon Young-jin

|votes = 619,165

|percentage = 53.7

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Lim Dae-yun

|votes = 458,112

|percentage = 39.8

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Kim Hyung-gi

|votes = 74,955

|percentage = 6.5

}}

{{Election box total valid no change

|votes = 1,152,232

|percentage = –

}}

{{Election box rejected no change

|votes = 20,047

|percentage = –

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 1,172,279

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Liberty Korea Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[North Gyeongsang Province|North Gyeongsang]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 North Gyeongsang gubernatorial election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Lee Cheol-woo

|votes = 732,785

|percentage = 52.1

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Oh Joong-gi

|votes = 482,564

|percentage = 34.3

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Kwon Oe-eul

|votes = 143,409

|percentage = 10.2

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}

|party = Justice

|candidate = Park Chang-ho

|votes = 47,250

|percentage = 3.4

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 1,457,539

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Liberty Korea Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

=[[Jeju Province|Jeju]]=

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Jeju gubernatorial election}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Independent (politician)}}

|party = Independent

|candidate = Won Hee-ryong

|votes = 178,255

|percentage = 51.7

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}}

|party = Democratic

|candidate = Moon Dae-rim

|votes = 137,901

|percentage = 40.0

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Green Party Korea}}

|party = Green

|candidate = Ko Eun-young

|votes = 12,188

|percentage = 3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = {{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}

|party = Liberty Korea

|candidate = Kim Bang-hoon

|votes = 11,241

|percentage = 3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

|color = #20B2AA

|party = Bareunmirae

|candidate = Jang Seong-cheol

|votes = 5,019

|percentage = 1.5

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 350,943

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

Metropolitan and provincial councillors

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A total of 824 metropolitan and provincial councillors were elected.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Metropolitan city/province

!Democratic

!Liberty Korea

!Justice

!Bareunmirae

!Democracy and Peace

!Independent

!colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Total

style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Bareunmirae Party}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Party for Democracy and Peace}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|

Seoul

| 102

| 6

| 1

| 1

|

|

! 110

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Incheon

| 34

| 2

| 1

|

|

|

! 37

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Gyeonggi

| 135

| 4

| 2

| 1

|

|

! 142

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Gangwon

| 35

| 11

|

|

|

|

! 46

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Daejeon

| 21

| 1

|

|

|

|

! 22

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Sejong

| 17

| 1

|

|

|

|

! 18

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

South Chungcheong

| 33

| 8

| 1

|

|

|

! 42

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

North Chungcheong

| 28

| 4

|

|

|

|

! 32

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Gwangju

| 22

|

| 1

|

|

|

! 23

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

South Jeolla

| 54

|

| 2

|

| 2

|

! 58

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

North Jeolla

| 36

|

| 1

|

| 1

| 1

! 39

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Busan

| 41

| 6

|

|

|

|

! 47

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Ulsan

| 17

| 5

|

|

|

|

! 22

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

South Gyeongsang

| 34

| 21

| 1

|

|

| 2

! 58

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Daegu

| 5

| 25

|

|

|

|

! 30

!style="background:{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}};"|

North Gyeongsang

| 9

| 41

|

| 1

|

| 9

! 60

!style="background:{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}};"|

Jeju

| 29

| 2

| 1

| 2

|

| 4

! 38

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Total

! 652

! 137

! 11

! 5

! 3

! 16

!colspan="2"| 824

Municipal mayors

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A total of 226 municipal mayors (municipal city, county, autonomous district) were elected.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Metropolitan city/province

!Democratic

!Liberty Korea

!Democracy and Peace

!Independent

!colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Total

style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Party for Democracy and Peace}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|

Seoul

| 24

| 1

|

|

! 25

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Incheon

| 9

| 1

|

|

! 10

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Gyeonggi

| 29

| 2

|

|

! 31

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Gangwon

| 11

| 5

|

| 2

! 18

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Daejeon

| 5

|

|

|

! 5

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

South Chungcheong

| 11

| 4

|

|

! 15

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

North Chungcheong

| 7

| 4

|

|

! 11

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Gwangju

| 5

|

|

|

! 5

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

South Jeolla

| 14

|

| 3

| 5

! 22

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

North Jeolla

| 10

|

| 2

| 2

! 14

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Busan

| 13

| 2

|

| 1

! 16

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

Ulsan

| 5

|

|

|

! 5

!style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

South Gyeongsang

| 7

| 10

|

| 1

! 18

!style="background:{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}};"|

Daegu

|

| 7

|

| 1

! 8

!style="background:{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}};"|

North Gyeongsang

| 1

| 17

|

| 5

! 23

!style="background:{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}};"|

Total

! 151

! 53

! 5

! 17

!colspan="2"| 226

Municipal councillors

File:Republic of Korea local election 2018 result - Municipal legislative election.svg}}{{legend|{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}|Liberty Korea}}{{legend|grey|Independents majority}}{{legend|lightgrey|No major party}}]]

A total of 2,926 municipal councillors (municipal city, county, autonomous district) were elected.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Metropolitan city/province

!Democratic

!Liberty Korea

!Democracy and Peace

!Justice

!Bareunmirae

!Minjung

!Independent

!rowspan="2"| Total

style="background:{{party color|Minjoo Party of Korea}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Party for Democracy and Peace}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Bareunmirae Party}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Minjung Party}};"|

|style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|

Seoul

| 249

| 157

|

| 5

| 9

|

| 3

! 423

Incheon

| 71

| 46

|

|

|

|

| 1

! 118

Gyeonggi

| 290

| 144

|

| 5

| 4

| 2

| 2

! 446

Gangwon

| 93

| 63

|

|

| 1

|

| 12

! 169

Daejeon

| 38

| 25

|

|

|

|

|

! 63

South Chungcheong

| 98

| 66

|

|

| 1

|

| 6

! 171

North Chungcheong

| 86

| 43

|

| 1

|

|

| 2

! 132

Gwangju

| 55

|

| 9

| 1

|

| 3

|

! 68

South Jeolla

| 178

|

| 26

| 3

|

| 4

| 32

! 243

North Jeolla

| 147

|

| 14

| 6

| 2

|

| 28

! 197

Busan

| 103

| 78

|

|

|

|

| 1

! 182

Ulsan

| 27

| 21

|

|

|

| 1

| 1

! 50

South Gyeongsang

| 104

| 133

|

| 3

|

| 1

| 23

! 264

Daegu

| 50

| 62

|

| 1

| 2

|

| 1

! 116

North Gyeongsang

| 50

| 171

|

| 1

| 2

|

| 60

! 284

Total

! 1,638

! 1,009

! 49

! 26

! 21

! 11

! 172

!colspan="2"| 2,927

See also

References