2002 South Korean local elections

South Korean local elections, 2002

13 June, 2002
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 Seo Cheong-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 (party newly established) 0 (party newly established) Provincial Councillors 11 (party newly established) 2 (party newly established) Municipal Leaders 2 (party newly established) 0 (party newly established)

The 3th Local Elections were held in South Korea on 13 June 2002. Unlike the 1998 local elections, the ruling Millennium Democratic Party was defeated by the opposition Grand National Party.

Provincial level elections

Metropolitan Mayoral and Gubernatorial elections

Metropolitan mayoral election winners

Metropolitan cities	#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage	Remarks
Seoul	1	Lee Myung-bak	Grand National	1,819,057	52.3%	Grand National gain
Incheon	1	Ahn Sang-soo	Grand National	393,932	56.2%	Grand National gain
Daejeon	1	Yeom Hong-cheol	Grand National	191,832	46.6%	Grand National gain
Gwangju	2	Park Gwang-tae	Millennium Democratic	185,938	46.8%	Millennium Democratic held
Daegu	1	Cho Hae-nyung	Grand National	452,943	61.2%	Grand National held
Busan	1	Ahn Sang-yeong	Grand National	729,589	63.8%	Grand National held; Re-elected
Ulsan	1	Bak Maeng-woo	Grand National	197,772	53.1%	Grand National held

Gubernatorial election winners

Provinces	#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage	Remarks
Gyeonggi	1	Sohn Hak-kyu	Grand National	1,744,291	58.4%	Grand National gain
Gangwon	1	Kim Jin-sun	Grand National	468,987	71.1%	Grand National held; Re-elected
South Chungcheong	3	Sim Dae-pyung	ULD	508,796	67.0%	ULD held; Third term
North Chungcheong	1	Lee Won-Jong	Grand National	343,546	58.6%	Grand National held
South Jeolla	2	Park Tae-yeong	Millennium Democratic	563,545	57.8%	Millennium Democratic held
North Jeolla	2	Kang Hyun-wook	Millennium Democratic	571,650	74.6%	Millennium Democratic held
South Gyeongsang	1	Kim Hyuk-kyu	Grand National	920,706	74.5%	Grand National held; Third term
North Gyeongsang	1	Lee Eui-geun	Grand National	1,028,080	85.5%	Grand National held; Third term
Jeju	2	Woo Keun-min	Millennium Democratic	135,283	51.4%	Millennium Democratic held; Re-elected

Provincial council elections

Division	Grand National	Millennium Democratic	ULD	DLP	KFU	Oth./Ind.	Total
	Seats	Seats	Seats	Seats	Seats	Seats
Seoul	87	14		1			102
Incheon	25	3				1	29
Gyeonggi	90	10		1		3	104
Gangwon	33	7		1		2	43
Daejeon	9	1	9				19
South Chungcheong	7	3	19			3	32
North Chungcheong	21	1	3			2	27
Gwangju		18				1	19
South Jeolla	1	47		1		2	51
North Jeolla	1	29		1		5	36
Daegu	26				1		27
Busan	42	1		1		1	44
Ulsan	15			3		1	19
South Gyeongsang	47	1		1		1	50
North Gyeongsang	51	1			1	4	57
Jeju	11	6				2	19
Grand Total	467	143	31	11	2	26	680