Mayor of Daegu
대구광역시장
Seal of Daegu
Incumbent
Hong Joon-pyo
since 1 July 2022
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderLee Kyung-hee
Formation16 August 1945 (1945-08-16)

The Mayor of Daegu (Korean: 대구광역시장; Hanja: 大邱廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Daegu who is elected to a four-year term.

List of mayors

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Daegu was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Directly elected mayors (1995–present)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Daegu is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Term Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Elected
Took office Left office Time in office
1st Moon Hee-gap
문희갑
文熹甲

(born 1937)
1 July 1995 30 June 2002 7 years, 0 days Independent
Grand National
1995
2nd 1998
3rd Cho Hae-nyung
조해녕
曺海寧

(born 1943)
1 July 2002 30 June 2006 4 years, 0 days Grand National 2002
4th Kim Bum-il
김범일
金範鎰

(born 1950)
1 July 2006 30 June 2014 8 years, 0 days Grand National
Saenuri
2006
5th 2010
6th Kwon Young-jin
권영진
權泳臻

(born 1962)
1 July 2014 30 June 2022 8 years, 0 days Saenuri
Liberty Korea
United Future
People Power
2014
7th 2018
8th Hong Joon-pyo
홍준표
洪準杓

(born 1953)
1 July 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 202 days People Power 2022

Elections

Source:[1]

1995

1995 Daegu mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Independent 3 Moon Hee-gap 383,272 36.79%
United Liberal Democrats 2 Lee Eui-ik 230,668 22.14%
Independent 5 Lee Hae-bong 222,409 21.35%
Democratic Liberal 1 Cho Hae-nyung 175,749 16.87%
Independent 4 Ahn Yu-ho 29,617 2.84%
Total 1,041,715 100.00%
Voter turnout 63.97%

1998

1998 Daegu mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Moon Hee-gap 570,167 71.98%
United Liberal Democrats 3 Lee Eui-ik 163,653 20.66%
New National 4 Yoo Sung-hwan 58,243 7.35%
Total 792,063 100.00%
Voter turnout 46.81%

2002

2002 Daegu mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Cho Hae-nyung 452,943 61.18%
Independent 3 Lee Jae-yong 287,396 38.81%
Total 740,339 100.00%
Voter turnout 41.45%

2006

2006 Daegu mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 2 Kim Bum-il 636,057 70.15%
Uri 1 Lee Jae-yong 191,131 21.08%
Democratic Labor 4 Lee Youn-jae 35,497 3.91%
Independent 6 Paik Seung-hong 35,232 3.88%
People First 5 Park Seung-gook 8,764 0.96%
Total 906,681 100.00%
Voter turnout 48.54%

2010

2010 Daegu mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Kim Bum-il 633,118 72.92%
Democratic 2 Lee Seung-cheon 146,458 16.86%
New Progressive 7 Cho Myung-rae 88,599 10.20%
Total 868,175 100.00%
Voter turnout 45.94%

2014

2014 Daegu mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Saenuri 1 Kwon Young-jin 581,175 55.95%
NPAD 2 Kim Boo-kyum 418,891 40.33%
Independent 5 Lee Jung-sook 14,774 1.42%
Justice 4 Lee Won-joon 12,922 1.24%
Unified Progressive 3 Song Young-woo 10,857 1.04%
Total 1,038,619 100.00%
Voter turnout 52.30%

2018

2018 Daegu mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Liberty Korea 2 Kwon Young-jin 619,165 53.73%
Democratic 1 Lim Dae-yun 458,112 39.75%
Bareunmirae 3 Kim Hyung-gi 74,955 6.50%
Total 1,152,232 100.00%
Voter turnout 57.26%

2022

2022 Daegu mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
People Power 2 Hong Joon-pyo 685,159 78.75%
Democratic 1 Seo Jae-heon 156,429 17.97%
Justice 3 Han Min-jeong 20,904 2.40%
Basic Income 4 Shin Won-ho 7,542 0.86%
Total 870,034 100.00%
Voter turnout 43.19%

See also

References

  1. National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.