Mayor of Ulsan
| Mayor of Ulsan | |
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| 울산광역시장 | |
 Seal of Ulsan | |
since 1 July 2018 | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Choi Dong-yong |
| Formation | 24 October 1945 |
The Mayor of Ulsan (Korean: 울산광역시장; Hanja: 蔚山廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Ulsan who is elected to a four-year term.
List of mayors
Appointed mayors (before 1995)
From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Ulsan 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 Ulsan is elected by direct election.
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Denotes acting mayor
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Mayor of municipal city period (1995–1997) | |||||||
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Term of office | Duration | Political party | Term | ||
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Shim Wan-koo 심완구 沈完求 (1938-2020) |
1 July 1995 | 14 July 1997 | 2 years, 14 days | Democratic Liberal → New Korea |
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Mayors of metropolitan city period (1997–present) | |||||||
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Term of office | Duration | Political party | Term | ||
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Shim Wan-koo 심완구 沈完求 (1938-2020) |
15 July 1997 | 26 June 2002 | 4 years, 347 days | New Korea → Grand National → National Congress → Millennium Democratic |
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Park Maeng-woo 박맹우 朴孟雨 (born 1951) |
1 July 2002 | 31 March 2014 | 11 years, 274 days | Grand National → Saenuri |
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Park Sung-hwan 박성환 朴成換 (unknown) (acting) |
1 April 2014 | 30 June 2014 | 91 days | Independent | |
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Kim Ki-hyun 김기현 金起炫 (born 1959) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | Saenuri → Liberty Korea |
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Song Cheol-ho 송철호 宋哲鎬 (born 1949) |
1 July 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 141 days | Democratic | 7 |
Elections
Source: [1]
2018
| 2018 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party of Korea/meta/color"| | Democratic | 1 | Song Cheol-ho | 317,341 | 52.88% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Liberty Korea Party/meta/color"| | Liberty Korea | 2 | Kim Ki-hyun | 240,475 | 40.07% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Minjung Party/meta/color"| | Minjung | 6 | Kim Chang-hyun | 28,621 | 4.76% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Bareunmirae Party/meta/color"| | Bareunmirae | 3 | Lee Young-hee | 13,589 | 2.26% | |
| Total | 600,026 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 64.79% | |||||
2014
| 2014 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Saenuri Party/meta/color"| | Saenuri | 1 | Kim Ki-hyun | 306,311 | 65.42% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Justice Party (South Korea)/meta/color"| | Justice | 4 | Cho Seung-soo | 123,736 | 26.43% | |
| Labor | 5 | Lee Gap-yong | 38,107 | 8.13% | ||
| Total | 468,154 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 56.11% | |||||
2010
| 2010 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"| | Grand National | 1 | Park Maeng-woo | 279,421 | 61.26% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"| | Democratic Labor | 5 | Kim Chang-hyun | 133,437 | 29.25% | |
| bgcolor="Template:New Progressive Party (South Korea)/meta/color"| | New Progressive | 7 | Noh Ok-hee | 43,256 | 9.48% | |
| Total | 456,114 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 55.09% | |||||
2006
| 2006 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"| | Grand National | 2 | Park Maeng-woo | 261,361 | 63.23% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"| | Democratic Labor | 4 | Noh Ok-hee | 104,384 | 25.25% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color"| | Uri | 1 | Sim Kyu-myung | 47,579 | 11.51% | |
| Total | 413,324 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.79% | |||||
2002
| 2002 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"| | Grand National | 1 | Park Maeng-woo | 197,772 | 53.07% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"| | Democratic Labor | 3 | Song Cheol-ho | 162,546 | 43.61% | |
| Socialist | 4 | Ahn Seung-chun | 12,329 | 3.30% | ||
| Total | 372,647 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.31% | |||||
1998
| 1998 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"| | Grand National | 1 | Shim Wan-koo | 160,491 | 42.74% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"| | Independent | 5 | Song Cheol-ho | 148,126 | 39.44% | |
| New National | 4 | Kang Chung-ho | 37,139 | 9.89% | ||
| bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| | United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Cha Hwa-joon | 29,725 | 7.91% | |
| Total | 375,481 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 57.58% | |||||
1995 (municipal)
| 1995 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)/meta/color"| | Democratic Liberal | 1 | Shim Wan-koo | 122,326 | 30.43% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991)/meta/color"| | Democratic | 2 | Lee Kyu-chung | 87,690 | 21.81% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"| | Independent | 4 | Koh Won-joon | 85,250 | 21.21% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"| | Independent | 5 | Kim Myung-kyu | 67,483 | 16.79% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"| | Independent | 3 | Kang Chung-ho | 27,259 | 6.78% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"| | Independent | 6 | Kim Young-hae | 7,719 | 1.92% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"| | Independent | 7 | Yoon Byung-yi | 4,165 | 1.03% | |
| Total | 401,892 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 67.58% | |||||
See also
References
- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.