2022 South Korean local elections

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2022 South Korean local elections

← 2018 1 June 2022 2026 →
All 17 metropolitan mayors and governors All 226 municipal mayors All 824 seats for provincial and metropolitan councillors All 2926 seats for municipal councillors
Turnout	50.9% 9.3 pp
First party Second party   Leader Lee Jun-seok Yun Ho-jung & Park Ji-hyun Party People Power Democratic Regional offices 5 governors 7 met. mayors 4 governors 1 met. mayor Regional offices +/– 4 governors 6 met. mayors 3 governors 6 met. mayors Mayors 145 63 Mayors +/– 92 88 Councillors 540 (P) 1,435 (M) 322 (P) 1,384 (M) Councillors +/– 403 (P) 426 (M) 330 (P) 255 (M)   Third party Fourth party   Leader Kim Jae-yeon Yeo Yeong-gug Party Progressive Justice Regional offices 0 governor 0 met. mayor 0 governor 0 met. mayor Regional offices +/– 0 0 Mayors 1 0 Mayors +/– 1 0 Councillors 3 (P) 17 (M) 2 (P) 7 (M) Councillors +/– 3 (P) 6 (M) 9 (P) 19 (M)
Distribution of elected metropolitan mayors and governors by political party:   Democratic   People Power

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The 8th local elections were held in South Korea on 1 June 2022. These elections came after the presidential election in March 2022,^[1] and coincided with the by-elections for the vacant seats in the National Assembly. It was the first nationwide election under President Yoon Suk Yeol after taking office on 10 May.

President Yoon Suk-yeol's party, the People Power Party, decisively won the local elections.^[2][3][4][5] The 50.9% turnout is the lowest since 2002.