Mayor of Incheon
| Mayor of Incheon | |
|---|---|
| 인천광역시장 | |
 Seal of Incheon | |
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| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Lim Hong-jae |
| Formation | 8 October 1945 |
The Mayor of Incheon (Korean: 인천광역시장; Hanja: 仁川廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Incheon who is elected to a four-year term.
List of mayors
[edit]Appointed mayors (before 1995)
[edit]From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Incheon was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Directly elected mayors (1995–present)
[edit]Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Incheon is elected by direct election.[1]
| Political parties |
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| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1st | 
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Choi Ki-sun 최기선 崔箕善 (1945–2018) |
1 July 1995 | 30 June 2002 | 7 years, 0 days | Democratic Liberal → New Korea → Grand National → United Liberal Democrats |
1995 | |
| 2nd | 1998 | |||||||
| 3rd | 
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Ahn Sang-soo 안상수 安相洙 (born 1946) |
1 July 2002 | 30 June 2010 | 8 years, 0 days | Grand National | 2002 | |
| 4th | 2006 | |||||||
| 5th | 
|
Song Young-gil 송영길 宋永吉 (born 1963) |
1 July 2010 | 30 June 2014 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD |
2010 | |
| 6th |
|
Yoo Jeong-bok 유정복 劉正福 (born 1957) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | Saenuri → Liberty Korea |
2014 | |
| 7th | 
|
Park Nam-choon 박남춘 朴南春 (born 1958) |
1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic | 2018 | |
| 8th |
|
Yoo Jeong-bok 유정복 劉正福 (born 1957) |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 178 days | People Power | 2022 | |
Elections
[edit]Source:[2]
1995
[edit]| 1995 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Choi Ki-sun | 383,965 | 40.81% | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Shin Yong-seok | 298,544 | 31.73% | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Kang Woo-hyuk | 258,175 | 27.44% | ||
| Total | 940,684 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 62.02% | |||||
1998
[edit]| 1998 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Choi Ki-sun | 375,051 | 53.49% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Ahn Sang-soo | 238,708 | 34.04% | ||
| New National | 4 | Kim Ki-jae | 87,327 | 12.45% | ||
| Total | 701,086 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 43.19% | |||||
2002
[edit]| 2002 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Ahn Sang-soo | 393,932 | 56.17% | ||
| Millennium Democratic | 2 | Park Sang-eun | 225,210 | 32.11% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Kim Chang-han | 35,234 | 5.02% | ||
| Green Peace | 3 | Shin Maeng-soon | 29,473 | 4.20% | ||
| Socialist | 5 | Kim Young-kyu | 17,404 | 2.48% | ||
| Total | 701,253 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 39.32% | |||||
2006
[edit]| 2006 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Ahn Sang-soo | 526,932 | 61.93% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Choi Ki-sun | 200,650 | 23.58% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Kim Sung-jin | 78,898 | 9.27% | ||
| Democratic | 3 | Shin Kyung-cheol | 44,339 | 5.21% | ||
| Total | 850,819 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 44.30% | |||||
2010
[edit]| 2010 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Song Young-gil | 556,902 | 52.69% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Ahn Sang-soo | 469,040 | 44.38% | ||
| New Progressive | 7 | Kim Sang-ha | 19,580 | 1.85% | ||
| Peace Democratic | 8 | Paik Seok-doo | 11,258 | 1.06% | ||
| Total | 1,056,780 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 50.91% | |||||
2014
[edit]| 2014 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Yoo Jeong-bok | 615,077 | 49.95% | ||
| NPAD | 2 | Song Young-gil | 593,555 | 48.20% | ||
| Unified Progressive | 3 | Shin Chang-hyun | 22,651 | 1.83% | ||
| Total | 1,231,283 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 53.66% | |||||
2018
[edit]| 2018 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Park Nam-choon | 766,186 | 57.66% | ||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Yoo Jeong-bok | 470,937 | 35.44% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Moon Byung-ho | 54,054 | 4.06% | ||
| Justice | 5 | Kim Eung-ho | 37,472 | 2.82% | ||
| Total | 1,328,649 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 55.27% | |||||
2022
[edit]| 2022 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| People Power | 2 | Yoo Jeong-bok | 634,250 | 51.76% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Park Nam-choon | 545,885 | 44.55% | ||
| Justice | 3 | Lee Jeong-mi | 38,921 | 3.17% | ||
| Basic Income | 4 | Kim Han-byeol | 6,079 | 0.49% | ||
| Total | 1,225,135 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 48.95% | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Previous Mayors - City Government - Introducing Incheon". Incheon Metropolitan City.
- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.