Governor of South Jeolla Province

Governor of South Jeolla Province
Governor of South Jeolla Province
전라남도지사
	Seal of South Jeolla
	Incumbent; Kim Yung-rok; since 1 July 2018
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Choi Young-wook
Formation	15 February 1946; 78 years ago
Website	governor.jeonnam.go.kr

The Governor of South Jeolla Province (Korean: 전라남도지사; Hanja: 全羅南道知事) is the head of the local government of South Jeolla Province who is elected to a four-year term.

List of governors

Appointed governors (before 1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Governor of South Jeolla Province was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Directly elected governors (1995–present)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of South Jeolla Province is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Liberal Independent
Status
Denotes acting governor

Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected
Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Elected
1st		Heo Kyeong-man [ko] 허경만 許京萬 (born 1938)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days		Democratic → National Congress → Millennium Democratic	1995
2nd		Heo Kyeong-man [ko] 허경만 許京萬 (born 1938)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days		Democratic → National Congress → Millennium Democratic	1998
3rd		Park Tae-young [ko] 박태영 朴泰榮 (1941–2004)	1 July 2002	29 April 2004	1 year, 304 days		Millennium Democratic	2002
		Song Kwang-woon [ko] 송광운 宋光運 (born 1953) Acting	30 April 2004	5 June 2004	37 days		Independent	—
		Park Jun-young [ko] 박준영 朴晙瑩 (born 1946)	6 June 2004	30 June 2014	8 years, 25 days		Millennium Democratic → Democratic ('00) → Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD	2004 (by-el.)
4th								2006
5th								2010
6th		Lee Nak-yon 이낙연 李洛淵 (born 1951)	1 July 2014	12 May 2017	2 years, 316 days		NPAD → Democratic	2014
		Kim Gap-seop 김갑섭 金甲燮 (born 1958) Acting	13 May 2017	11 September 2017	122 days		Independent	—
		Lee Jae-young 이재영 李在榮 (born 1966) Acting	12 September 2017	30 June 2018	292 days		Independent	—
7th		Kim Yung-rok 김영록 金瑛錄 (born 1956)	1 July 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 144 days		Democratic	2018
8th		Kim Yung-rok 김영록 金瑛錄 (born 1956)	1 July 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 144 days		Democratic	2022

Elections

Source:^[1]

1995

1995 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	2	Heo Kyeong-man	769,538	73.50%
	Democratic Liberal	1	Chun Suk-hong	277,386	26.49%
Total				1,046,924	100.00%
Voter turnout				76.06%

1998

1998 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	National Congress	2	Heo Kyeong-man	918,300	100.00%
Total				918,300	100.00%
Voter turnout				68.22%

2002

2002 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Millennium Democratic	2	Park Tae-young	563,545	57.76%
	Independent	3	Song Jae-gu	236,558	24.24%
	Independent	4	Song Ha-sung	89,487	9.17%
	Grand National	1	Hwang Soo-youn	51,504	5.27%
	Independent	5	Ahn Su-won	34,439	3.53%
Total				975,533	100.00%
Voter turnout				65.63%

2004 (by-election)

2004 South Jeolla gubernatorial by-election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Millennium Democratic	4	Park Jun-young	308,299	57.60%
	Uri	1	Min Hwa-sik	187,168	35.00%
	Democratic Labor	3	Kim Sun-dong	39,774	7.43%
Total				535,241	100.00%
Voter turnout				36.29%

2006

2006 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	3	Park Jun-young	640,894	67.69%
	Uri	1	Seo Beom-seok	181,756	19.19%
	Democratic Labor	4	Park Woong-doo	68,702	7.25%
	Grand National	2	Park Jae-soon	55,444	5.85%
Total				946,796	100.00%
Voter turnout				64.33%

2010

2010 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	2	Park Jun-young	629,984	68.30%
	Grand National	1	Kim Dae-sik	123,548	13.39%
	Democratic Labor	5	Park Woong-doo	100,581	10.90%
	Peace Democratic	7	Kim Kyung-jae	68,220	7.39%
Total				922,333	100.00%
Voter turnout				64.28%

2014

2014 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	NPAD	2	Lee Nak-yon	755,233	77.96%
	Unified Progressive	3	Lee Sung-soo	120,868	12.47%
	Saenuri	1	Lee Joong-hyo	92,549	9.55%
Total				968,650	100.00%
Voter turnout				65.55%

2018

2018 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	1	Kim Yung-rok	807,902	77.08%
	Democracy and Peace	4	Min Young-sam	110,973	10.58%
	Minjung	6	Lee Sung-soo	51,410	4.90%
	Bareunmirae	3	Park Mae-ho	40,287	3.84%
	Justice	5	Noh Hyung-tae	37,433	3.57%
Total				1,048,005	100.00%
Voter turnout				69.24%

2022

2022 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	1	Kim Yung-rok	672,433	75.74%
	People Power	2	Lee Jung-hyun	167,020	18.81%
	Progressive	4	Min Jeom-ki	48,336	5.44%
Total				887,789	100.00%
Voter turnout				58.44%

References

^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

[1] National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

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