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1995 South Korean local elections Turnout 68.4%
Gubernatorial & metropolitan mayoral elections: overall results and turnouts Gubernatorial & metropolitan mayoral elections: municipal-level breakdown
Local elections were held in South Korea on 27 June 1995. It was the first election of provincial and municipal officials since the May 16 coup of 1961.[ 1]
Metropolitan city mayoral elections [ edit ] Candidate Party Votes % Cho Soon Democratic 2,051,441 42.36 Park Chan-jong Independent 1,623,356 33.52 Chung Won-shik Democratic Liberal 1,001,446 20.68 Hwang San-sung Independent 97,709 2.02 Park Hong-rae People First 25,054 0.52 Kim Ok-sun Independent 17,728 0.37 Goh Soon-bok Korea 10,488 0.22 Kim Myung-ho Independent 9,992 0.21 Chung Ki-yong Independent 6,156 0.13 Total 4,843,370 100.00 Valid votes 4,843,370 98.40 Invalid/blank votes 78,840 1.60 Total votes 4,922,210 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 7,438,025 66.18 Democratic gain from Democratic Liberal [ 2]
Candidate Party Votes % Moon Jung-soo Democratic Liberal 885,433 51.41 Roh Moo-hyun Democratic 647,297 37.58 Kim Hyun-ok Independent 169,652 9.85 Bae Sang-han Independent 20,008 1.16 Total 1,722,390 100.00 Valid votes 1,722,390 97.84 Invalid/blank votes 38,014 2.16 Total votes 1,760,404 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,658,224 66.22 Democratic Liberal gain[ 2]
Candidate Party Votes % Moon Hee-gap Independent 383,272 36.79 Lee Eui-ik United Liberal Democrats 230,668 22.14 Lee Hae-bong Independent 222,409 21.35 Cho Hae-nyung Democratic Liberal 175,749 16.87 Ahn Yu-ho Independent 29,617 2.84 Total 1,041,715 100.00 Valid votes 1,041,715 97.88 Invalid/blank votes 22,538 2.12 Total votes 1,064,253 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,663,614 63.97 Independent gain[ 2]
Candidate Party Votes % Song Un-jong Democratic 469,570 89.72 Kim Dong-hwan Democratic Liberal 53,817 10.28 Total 523,387 100.00 Valid votes 523,387 98.12 Invalid/blank votes 10,006 1.88 Total votes 533,393 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 822,880 64.82 Democratic gain[ 2]
Gubernatorial elections [ edit ] Candidate Party Votes % Lee In-je Democratic Liberal 1,264,914 40.56 Chang Kyoung-woo Democratic 923,069 29.60 Im Sa-bin Independent 613,624 19.68 Kim Moon-won United Liberal Democrats 316,637 10.15 Total 3,118,244 100.00 Valid votes 3,118,244 97.79 Invalid/blank votes 70,627 2.21 Total votes 3,188,871 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 5,043,054 63.23 Democratic Liberal gain[ 2]
Candidate Party Votes % Ju Byeong-deok United Liberal Democrats 250,105 36.43 Lee Yong-hee Democratic 168,209 24.50 Kim Deok-young Democratic Liberal 159,911 23.30 Cho Nam-sung Independent 54,748 7.98 Yoon Suk-jo Independent 27,880 4.06 Yang Sung-youn Independent 25,603 3.73 Total 686,456 100.00 Valid votes 686,456 97.17 Invalid/blank votes 20,024 2.83 Total votes 706,480 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 972,170 72.67 United Liberal Democrats gain[ 2]
Candidate Party Votes % Heo Kyeong-man Democratic 769,538 73.50 Chun Suk-hong Democratic Liberal 277,386 26.50 Total 1,046,924 100.00 Valid votes 1,046,924 91.48 Invalid/blank votes 97,523 8.52 Total votes 1,144,447 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,504,598 76.06 Democratic gain[ 2]
Candidate Party Votes % Lee Eui-geun Democratic Liberal 541,535 37.95 Lee Pan-suk Independent 489,999 34.34 Park Jun-hong United Liberal Democrats 395,496 27.71 Total 1,427,030 100.00 Valid votes 1,427,030 96.53 Invalid/blank votes 51,343 3.47 Total votes 1,478,373 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,926,274 76.75 Democratic Liberal gain[ 2]
Candidate Party Votes % Kim Hyuk-kyu Democratic Liberal 1,177,397 63.84 Kim Yong-kyun United Liberal Democrats 666,756 36.16 Total 1,844,153 100.00 Valid votes 1,844,153 96.31 Invalid/blank votes 70,620 3.69 Total votes 1,914,773 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,621,029 73.05 Democratic Liberal gain[ 2]
Candidate Party Votes % Shin Koo-bum Independent 111,205 40.65 Woo Geun-min Democratic Liberal 89,000 32.53 Kang Bo-sung Democratic 66,406 24.27 Shin Doo-wan Independent 6,961 2.54 Total 273,572 100.00 Valid votes 273,572 97.64 Invalid/blank votes 6,625 2.36 Total votes 280,197 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 348,191 80.47 Independent gain[ 2]
Provincial-level council elections [ edit ] Proportional representation seats [ edit ] Municipal-level mayoral elections [ edit ] Municipal-level council elections [ edit ] 4,541 seats in municipal-level councils were contested by candidates who were all running as independents.
President Kim Young-sam 's Democratic Liberal Party (DLP) won only five of the top fifteen posts.
The main opposition, the liberal Democratic Party led by Kim Dae-jung , took control of Seoul by winning the mayoral office and 23 of the city’s 25 wards. The newly founded right-wing United Liberal Democrats , formed after Kim Jong-pil quit as leader of the DLP, won three governorships.[ 1]
