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Mayor of Incheon
인천광역시장
Incumbent
Park Nam-chun
since 1 July 2018
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderLim Hong-jae
Formation8 October 1945; 78 years ago (1945-10-08)

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

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

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

Direct elected mayors (1995–present)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Incheon is elected by direct election.[1]

Political parties
  Conservative
  Liberal
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Duration Political party Term
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;"| Choi Ki-sun [ko]
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 		1
2
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;"| Ahn Sang-soo
안상수
安相洙
(born 1946) 		1 July 2002 30 June 2010 8 years, 0 days Grand National 3
4
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;"| File:Republic of Korea, Assemblyman, Song Young Gil.jpg 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 		5
style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;"| Yoo Jeong-bok
유정복
劉正福
(born 1957) 		1 July 2014 30 June 2018 4 years, 0 days Saenuri →
Liberty Korea 		6
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;"| Park Nam-chun
박남춘
朴南春
(born 1958) 		1 July 2018 Incumbent 6 years, 42 days Democratic 7

Elections

Source: [2]

2018

2018 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party of Korea/meta/color"| Democratic 1 Park Nam-chun 766,186 57.66%
bgcolor="Template:Liberty Korea Party/meta/color"| Liberty Korea 2 Yoo Jeong-bok 470,937 35.44%
bgcolor="Template:Bareunmirae Party/meta/color"| Bareunmirae 3 Moon Byung-ho 54,054 4.06%
bgcolor="Template:Justice Party (South Korea)/meta/color"| Justice 5 Kim Eung-ho 37,472 2.82%
Total 1,328,649 100.00%
Voter turnout 55.27%

2014

2014 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Saenuri Party/meta/color"| Saenuri 1 Yoo Jeong-bok 615,077 49.95%
bgcolor="Template:New Politics Alliance for Democracy/meta/color"| NPAD 2 Song Young-gil 593,555 48.20%
bgcolor="Template:Unified Progressive Party/meta/color"| Unified Progressive 3 Shin Chang-hyun 22,651 1.83%
Total 1,231,283 100.00%
Voter turnout 53.66%

2010

2010 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008)/meta/color"| Democratic 2 Song Young-gil 556,902 52.69%
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"| Grand National 1 Ahn Sang-soo 469,040 44.38%
bgcolor="Template:New Progressive Party (South Korea)/meta/color"| 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%

2006

2006 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"| Grand National 2 Ahn Sang-soo 526,932 61.93%
bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color"| Uri 1 Choi Ki-sun 200,650 23.58%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"| Democratic Labor 4 Kim Sung-jin 78,898 9.27%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color"| Democratic 3 Shin Kyung-cheol 44,339 5.21%
Total 850,819 100.00%
Voter turnout 44.30%

2002

2002 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"| Grand National 1 Ahn Sang-soo 393,932 56.17%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color"| Millennium Democratic 2 Park Sang-eun 225,210 32.11%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"| 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%

1998

1998 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| United Liberal Democrats 3 Choi Ki-sun 375,051 53.49%
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"| 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%

1995

1995 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)/meta/color"| Democratic Liberal 1 Choi Ki-sun 383,965 40.81%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991)/meta/color"| Democratic 2 Shin Yong-seok 298,544 31.73%
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| United Liberal Democrats 3 Kang Woo-hyuk 258,175 27.44%
Total 940,684 100.00%
Voter turnout 62.02%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Previous Mayors - City Government - Introducing Incheon". Incheon Metropolitan City.
  2. ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
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