Mayor of Daegu
 | This article relies on a single source. (October 2019) |
| Mayor of Daegu | |
|---|---|
| 대구광역시장 | |
 Seal of Daegu | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Lee Kyung-hee |
| Formation | 16 August 1945 |
The Mayor of Daegu (Korean: 대구광역시장; Hanja: 大邱廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Daegu who is elected to a four-year term.
List of mayors
[edit]Appointed mayors (before 1995)
[edit]From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Daegu was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Directly elected mayors (1995–present)
[edit]Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Daegu is elected by direct election.
| Political parties |
|---|
| Status |
| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1st |  |
Moon Hee-gap 문희갑 文熹甲 (born 1937) |
1 July 1995 | 30 June 2002 | 7 years, 0 days | Independent → Grand National |
1995 | |
| 2nd | 1998 | |||||||
| 3rd | |
Cho Hae-nyung 조해녕 曺海寧 (born 1943) |
1 July 2002 | 30 June 2006 | 4 years, 0 days | Grand National | 2002 | |
| 4th |  |
Kim Bum-il 김범일 金範鎰 (born 1950) |
1 July 2006 | 30 June 2014 | 8 years, 0 days | Grand National → Saenuri |
2006 | |
| 5th | 2010 | |||||||
| 6th | |
Kwon Young-jin 권영진 權泳臻 (born 1962) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2022 | 8 years, 0 days | Saenuri → Liberty Korea → United Future → People Power |
2014 | |
| 7th | 2018 | |||||||
| 8th |  |
Hong Joon-pyo 홍준표 洪準杓 (born 1953) |
1 July 2022 | 11 April 2025 | 2 years, 285 days | People Power | 2022 | |
|
Kim Jeong-gi 김정기 金正基 |
11 April 2025 | 30 June 2026 | 1 year, 81 days | Independent | — | ||
| 9th | .png) |
Choo Kyung-ho 추경호 秋慶鎬 (born 1960) |
1 July 2026 | Incumbent | 32 days | People Power | 2026 | |
Elections
[edit]Source:[1]
1995
[edit]| 1995 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Independent | 3 | Moon Hee-gap | 383,272 | 36.79% | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 2 | Lee Eui-ik | 230,668 | 22.14% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Lee Hae-bong | 222,409 | 21.35% | ||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Cho Hae-nyung | 175,749 | 16.87% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Ahn Yu-ho | 29,617 | 2.84% | ||
| Total | 1,041,715 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 63.97% | |||||
1998
[edit]| 1998 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Moon Hee-gap | 570,167 | 71.98% | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Lee Eui-ik | 163,653 | 20.66% | ||
| New National | 4 | Yoo Sung-hwan | 58,243 | 7.35% | ||
| Total | 792,063 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 46.81% | |||||
2002
[edit]| 2002 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Cho Hae-nyung | 452,943 | 61.18% | ||
| Independent | 3 | Lee Jae-yong | 287,396 | 38.81% | ||
| Total | 740,339 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 41.45% | |||||
2006
[edit]| 2006 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Kim Bum-il | 636,057 | 70.15% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Lee Jae-yong | 191,131 | 21.08% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Lee Youn-jae | 35,497 | 3.91% | ||
| Independent | 6 | Paik Seung-hong | 35,232 | 3.88% | ||
| People First | 5 | Park Seung-gook | 8,764 | 0.96% | ||
| Total | 906,681 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 48.54% | |||||
2010
[edit]| 2010 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Kim Bum-il | 633,118 | 72.92% | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Lee Seung-cheon | 146,458 | 16.86% | ||
| New Progressive | 7 | Cho Myung-rae | 88,599 | 10.20% | ||
| Total | 868,175 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 45.94% | |||||
2014
[edit]| 2014 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Kwon Young-jin | 581,175 | 55.95% | ||
| NPAD | 2 | Kim Boo-kyum | 418,891 | 40.33% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Lee Jung-sook | 14,774 | 1.42% | ||
| Justice | 4 | Lee Won-joon | 12,922 | 1.24% | ||
| Unified Progressive | 3 | Song Young-woo | 10,857 | 1.04% | ||
| Total | 1,038,619 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.30% | |||||
2018
[edit]| 2018 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Kwon Young-jin | 619,165 | 53.73% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Lim Dae-yun | 458,112 | 39.75% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Kim Hyung-gi | 74,955 | 6.50% | ||
| Total | 1,152,232 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 57.26% | |||||
2022
[edit]| 2022 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| People Power | 2 | Hong Joon-pyo | 685,159 | 78.75% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Seo Jae-heon | 156,429 | 17.97% | ||
| Justice | 3 | Han Min-jeong | 20,904 | 2.40% | ||
| Basic Income | 4 | Shin Won-ho | 7,542 | 0.86% | ||
| Total | 870,034 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 43.19% | |||||
2026
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choo Kyung-ho | People Power Party | 702,421 | 53.92 | |
| Kim Boo-kyum | Democratic Party | 586,927 | 45.06 | |
| Lee Su-chan | Reform Party | 13,324 | 1.02 | |
| Total | 1,302,672 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,302,672 | 98.92 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 14,158 | 1.08 | ||
| Total votes | 1,316,830 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,049,683 | 64.25 | ||
| People Power hold | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ National Election Commission. 중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.