Mayor of Ulsan
| Mayor of Ulsan | |
|---|---|
| 울산광역시장 | |
 Seal of Ulsan | |
Incumbent since 1 July 2022Kim Doo-gyum | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Choi Dong-yong |
| Formation | 24 October 1945 |
The Mayor of Ulsan (Korean: 울산광역시장; Hanja: 蔚山廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Ulsan who is elected to a four-year term.
List of mayors
[edit]Appointed mayors (before 1995)
[edit]From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Ulsan 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 Ulsan is elected by direct election.
| Political parties |
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| Status |
Denotes acting mayor
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| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| Ulsan City, South Gyeongsang Province (1995–1997) | ||||||||
| 1st | 
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Shim Wan-koo 심완구 沈完求 (1938-2020) |
1 July 1995 | 14 July 1997 | 2 years, 14 days | Democratic Liberal → New Korea |
1995 | |
| Ulsan Metropolitan City (1997–present) | ||||||||
| (1st) |
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Shim Wan-koo 심완구 沈完求 (1938-2020) |
15 July 1997 | 26 June 2002 | 4 years, 347 days | New Korea → Grand National → National Congress → Millennium Democratic |
(1995) | |
| 2nd | 1998 | |||||||
| 3rd |
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Park Maeng-woo 박맹우 朴孟雨 (born 1951) |
1 July 2002 | 31 March 2014 | 11 years, 274 days | Grand National → Saenuri |
2002 | |
| 4th | 2006 | |||||||
| 5th | 2010 | |||||||
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Park Sung-hwan 박성환 朴成換 (born 1956) Acting |
1 April 2014 | 30 June 2014 | 91 days | Independent | — | ||
| 6th | 
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Kim Gi-hyeon 김기현 金起炫 (born 1959) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | Saenuri → Liberty Korea |
2014 | |
| 7th |
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Song Cheol-ho 송철호 宋哲鎬 (born 1949) |
1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic | 2018 | |
| 8th |
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Kim Doo-gyum 김두겸 金斗謙 (born 1958) |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 138 days | People Power | 2022 | |
Elections
[edit]Source:[1]
1995 (municipal)
[edit]| 1995 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Shim Wan-koo | 122,326 | 30.43% | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Lee Kyu-chung | 87,690 | 21.81% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Koh Won-joon | 85,250 | 21.21% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Kim Myung-kyu | 67,483 | 16.79% | ||
| Independent | 3 | Kang Chung-ho | 27,259 | 6.78% | ||
| Independent | 6 | Kim Young-hae | 7,719 | 1.92% | ||
| Independent | 7 | Yoon Byung-yi | 4,165 | 1.03% | ||
| Total | 401,892 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 67.58% | |||||
1998
[edit]| 1998 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Shim Wan-koo | 160,491 | 42.74% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Song Cheol-ho | 148,126 | 39.44% | ||
| New National | 4 | Kang Chung-ho | 37,139 | 9.89% | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Cha Hwa-joon | 29,725 | 7.91% | ||
| Total | 375,481 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 57.58% | |||||
2002
[edit]| 2002 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Park Maeng-woo | 197,772 | 53.07% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 3 | Song Cheol-ho | 162,546 | 43.61% | ||
| Socialist | 4 | Ahn Seung-chun | 12,329 | 3.30% | ||
| Total | 372,647 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.31% | |||||
2006
[edit]| 2006 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Park Maeng-woo | 261,361 | 63.23% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Noh Ok-hee | 104,384 | 25.25% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Sim Kyu-myung | 47,579 | 11.51% | ||
| Total | 413,324 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.79% | |||||
2010
[edit]| 2010 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Park Maeng-woo | 279,421 | 61.26% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 5 | Kim Chang-hyun | 133,437 | 29.25% | ||
| New Progressive | 7 | Noh Ok-hee | 43,256 | 9.48% | ||
| Total | 456,114 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 55.09% | |||||
2014
[edit]| 2014 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Kim Gi-hyeon | 306,311 | 65.42% | ||
| Justice | 4 | Cho Seung-soo | 123,736 | 26.43% | ||
| Labor | 5 | Lee Gap-yong | 38,107 | 8.13% | ||
| Total | 468,154 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 56.11% | |||||
2018
[edit]| 2018 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Song Cheol-ho | 317,341 | 52.88% | ||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Kim Gi-hyeon | 240,475 | 40.07% | ||
| Minjung | 6 | Kim Chang-hyun | 28,621 | 4.76% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Lee Young-hee | 13,589 | 2.26% | ||
| Total | 600,026 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 64.79% | |||||
2022
[edit]| 2022 Ulsan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| People Power | 2 | Kim Doo-gyum | 290,563 | 59.78% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Song Cheol-ho | 195,430 | 40.21% | ||
| Total | 485,993 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.26% | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.