2002 South Korean local elections

2002 South Korean local elections

← 1998 13 June 2002 2006 →
All 16 Metropolitan Mayors and Governors, 682 Provincial Councillors, 232 Municipal Leaders, 3,485 Municipal Councillors
Turnout	48.9%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Suh Chung-won Han Hwa-gap Kim Jong-pil Party Grand National Millennium Democratic United Liberal Democrats Metropolitan Mayors and Governors 11 (5 ) 4 (2 ) 1 (3 ) Provincial Councillors 467 (243 ) 143 (128 ) 16 (13 ) Municipal Leaders 140 (66 ) 44 (40 ) 16 (66 )   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Kwon Young-ghil Park Geun-hye Party Democratic Labor The Party of Korea Future Union Metropolitan Mayors and Governors 0 (New party) 0 (New party) Provincial Councillors 11 (New party) 2 (New party) Municipal Leaders 2 (New party) 0 (New party)
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors
Municipal Leaders ■ Grand National Party ■ Millennium Democratic Party ■ United Liberal Democrats ■ Independent ■ Democratic Labor Party

The 3rd Local Elections were held in South Korea on 13 June 2002. The ruling Millennium Democratic Party was defeated by the opposition Grand National Party, only controlled Gwangju, Jeolla and Jeju.