Mayor of Daejeon

Mayor of Daejeon
Mayor of Daejeon
대전광역시장
	Incumbent; Heo Tae-jeong; since 1 July 2018
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Hwang In-shik
Formation	16 August 1945; 78 years ago

The Mayor of Daejeon (Korean: 대전광역시장; Hanja: 大田廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Daejeon who is elected to a four-year term.

List of mayors

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Daejeon 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 Daejeon is elected by direct election.^[1]

Political parties
Conservative Liberal Independent
Status
Denotes acting mayor

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Duration	Political party	Term
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;"\|	Hong Sun-ki [ko] 홍선기 洪善基 (born 1936)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days	United Liberal Democrats	1
2	Hong Sun-ki [ko] 홍선기 洪善基 (born 1936)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days	United Liberal Democrats
style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color; border-bottom-style:hidden;"\|	Yeom Hong-cheol [ko] 염홍철 廉弘喆 (born 1944)	1 July 2002	30 June 2006	4 years, 0 days	Grand National → Uri	3
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;"\|	Yeom Hong-cheol [ko] 염홍철 廉弘喆 (born 1944)	1 July 2002	30 June 2006	4 years, 0 days	Grand National → Uri	3
style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;"\|	Park Sung-hyo [ko] 박성효 朴城孝 (born 1955)	1 July 2006	30 June 2010	4 years, 0 days	Grand National	4
style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;"\|	Yeom Hong-cheol [ko] 염홍철 廉弘喆 (born 1944)	1 July 2010	30 June 2014	4 years, 0 days	Liberty Forward → Saenuri	5
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;"\|	Kwon Sun-taek [ko] 권선택 權善宅 (born 1957)	1 July 2014	14 November 2017	3 years, 137 days	NPAD → Democratic	6
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"\|	Lee Jae-gwan [ko] 이재관 李在官 (born 1965)	14 November 2017	30 June 2018	229 days	Independent	6
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;"\|	Heo Tae-jeong 허태정 許泰鋌 (born 1965)	1 July 2018	Incumbent	5 years, 332 days	Democratic	7

Elections

Source: ^[2]

2018

2018 Daejeon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party of Korea/meta/color"\|	Democratic	1	Heo Tae-jeong	393,354	56.41%
bgcolor="Template:Liberty Korea Party/meta/color"\|	Liberty Korea	2	Park Sung-hyo	224,306	32.16%
bgcolor="Template:Bareunmirae Party/meta/color"\|	Bareunmirae	3	Nam Choong-hee	61,271	8.78%
bgcolor="Template:Justice Party (South Korea)/meta/color"\|	Justice	5	Kim Yoon-ki	18,351	2.63%
Total				697,282	100.00%
Voter turnout				57.97%

2014

2014 Daejeon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:New Politics Alliance for Democracy/meta/color"\|	NPAD	2	Kwon Sun-taek	322,762	50.07%
bgcolor="Template:Saenuri Party/meta/color"\|	Saenuri	1	Park Sung-hyo	301,389	46.76%
bgcolor="Template:Justice Party (South Korea)/meta/color"\|	Justice	4	Han Chang-min	11,346	1.76%
bgcolor="Template:Unified Progressive Party/meta/color"\|	Unified Progressive	3	Kim Chang-geun	9,009	1.39%
Total				644,506	100.00%
Voter turnout				54.03%

2010

2010 Daejeon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Liberty Forward Party/meta/color"\|	Liberty Forward	3	Yeom Hong-cheol	276,122	46.67%
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"\|	Grand National	1	Park Sung-hyo	168,616	28.50%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008)/meta/color"\|	Democratic	2	Kim Won-woong	137,751	23.28%
bgcolor="Template:New Progressive Party (South Korea)/meta/color"\|	New Progressive	7	Kim Yoon-ki	9,074	1.53%
Total				591,563	100.00%
Voter turnout				52.92%

2006

2006 Daejeon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"\|	Grand National	2	Park Sung-hyo	231,489	43.83%
bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color"\|	Uri	1	Yeom Hong-cheol	217,273	41.14%
	People First	5	Nam Choong-hee	55,231	10.45%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"\|	Democratic Labor	4	Park Choon-ho	14,899	2.82%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color"\|	Democratic	3	Choi Ki-bok	6,442	1.21%
	Hanmijun	5	Koh Nak-jung	2,707	0.51%
Total				528,041	100.00%
Voter turnout				49.43%

2002

2002 Daejeon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"\|	Grand National	1	Yeom Hong-cheol	191,832	46.61%
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color"\|	United Liberal Democrats	3	Hong Sun-ki	165,426	40.20%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Independent	5	Chung Ha-yong	38,445	9.34%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Independent	4	Kim Heon-tae	15,780	3.83%
Total				411,483	100.00%
Voter turnout				42.32%

1998

1998 Daejeon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color"\|	United Liberal Democrats	3	Hong Sun-ki	286,255	73.68%
	New National	4	Song Chun-young	70,414	18.12%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Independent	5	Cho Myung-hyun	31,796	8.18%
Total				388,465	100.00%
Voter turnout				44.45%

1995

1995 Daejeon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color"\|	United Liberal Democrats	3	Hong Sun-ki	342,959	63.76%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)/meta/color"\|	Democratic Liberal	1	Yeom Hong-cheol	112,607	20.93%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991)/meta/color"\|	Democratic	2	Pyon Pyung-sup	58,346	10.84%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Independent	4	Lee Dae-hyung	23,953	4.45%
Total				537,865	100.00%
Voter turnout				66.93%

References

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

[1] "Previous Mayors - Introducing Daejeon". Daejeon Metropolitan City (in Korean).

[2] National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

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