Mayor of Gwangju

Mayor of Gwangju
광주광역시장
Seal of Gwangju
Incumbent Kang Gi-jung since 1 July 2022
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Seo Min-ho
Formation	16 August 1945; 79 years ago (1945-08-16)

The Mayor of Gwangju (Korean: 광주광역시장; Hanja: 光州廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Gwangju who is elected to a four-year term.

List of mayors

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Gwangju was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Directly elected mayors (1995–present)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Gwangju is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Liberal

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		Song Un-jong [ko] 송언종 宋彦鐘 (born 1937)	1 July 1995	30 June 1998	3 years, 0 days		Democratic → National Congress	1995
2nd		Goh Jae-yu 고재유 高在維 (born 1938)	1 July 1998	30 June 2002	4 years, 0 days		National Congress → Millennium Democratic	1998
3rd		Park Gwang-tae [ko] 박광태 朴光泰 (born 1943)	1 July 2002	30 June 2010	8 years, 0 days		Millennium Democratic → Democratic ('00) → Democratic ('08)	2002
4th		Park Gwang-tae [ko] 박광태 朴光泰 (born 1943)	1 July 2002	30 June 2010	8 years, 0 days		Millennium Democratic → Democratic ('00) → Democratic ('08)	2006
5th		Kang Woon-tae [ko] 강운태 姜雲太 (born 1948)	1 July 2010	30 June 2014	4 years, 0 days		Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD	2010
6th		Yoon Jang-hyun [ko] 윤장현 尹壯鉉 (born 1949)	1 July 2014	30 June 2018	4 years, 0 days		NPAD → Democratic	2014
7th		Lee Yong-seop 이용섭 李庸燮 (born 1951)	1 July 2018	30 June 2022	4 years, 0 days		Democratic	2018
8th		Kang Gi-jung [ko] 강기정 姜琪正 (born 1964)	1 July 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 190 days		Democratic	2022

Elections

Source:^[1]

1995

1995 Gwangju mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	2	Song Un-jong	469,570	89.71%
	Democratic Liberal	1	Kim Dong-hwan	53,817	10.28%
Total				523,387	100.00%
Voter turnout				64.82%

1998

1998 Gwangju mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	National Congress	2	Goh Jae-yu	261,578	67.20%
	Independent	4	Lee Seung-chae	127,626	32.79%
Total				389,204	100.00%
Voter turnout				45.07%

2002

2002 Gwangju mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Millennium Democratic	2	Park Gwang-tae	185,938	46.81%
	Independent	5	Chung Dong-nyun	107,415	27.04%
	Grand National	1	Lee Hwan-eui	43,695	11.00%
	Democratic Labor	3	Park Jong-hyun	29,427	7.40%
	Independent	6	Chung Ho-sun	20,796	5.23%
	Independent	4	Chung Koo-sun	9,877	2.48%
Total				397,148	100.00%
Voter turnout				42.31%

2006

2006 Gwangju mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	3	Park Gwang-tae	239,884	51.61%
	Uri	1	Cho Young-taek	157,756	33.94%
	Democratic Labor	4	Oh Byung-yoon	48,617	10.46%
	Grand National	2	Han Young	18,461	3.97%
Total				464,718	100.00%
Voter turnout				46.26%

2010

2010 Gwangju mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	2	Kang Woon-tae	297,003	56.73%
	Participation	8	Chung Chan-yong	75,830	14.48%
	Grand National	1	Chung Yong-hwa	74,490	14.22%
	Democratic Labor	5	Chang Won-seop	39,455	7.53%
	New Progressive	7	Yoon Nan-sil	30,834	5.89%
	Peace Democratic	9	Cho Hong-kyu	5,871	1.12%
Total				523,483	100.00%
Voter turnout				49.76%

2014

2014 Gwangju mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	NPAD	2	Yoon Jang-hyun	367,203	57.85%
	Independent	5	Kang Woon-tae	201,666	31.77%
	Saenuri	1	Lee Jung-jae	21,614	3.40%
	Unified Progressive	3	Yoon Min-ho	21,200	3.34%
	Independent	7	Lee Byung-wan	16,249	2.56%
	Labor	4	Lee Byung-hoon	6,785	1.06%
Total				634,717	100.00%
Voter turnout				57.10%

2018

2018 Gwangju mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	1	Lee Yong-seop	573,995	84.07%
	Justice	5	Na Gyung-che	40,916	5.99%
	Bareunmirae	3	Jeon Duk-young	34,487	5.05%
	Minjung	6	Yoon Min-ho	33,312	4.87%
Total				682,710	100.00%
Voter turnout				59.22%

2022

2022 Gwangju mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	1	Kang Gi-jung	334,699	74.91%
	People Power	2	Joo Ki-hwan	71,062	15.90%
	Justice	3	Jang Yeun-ju	21,070	4.71%
	Progressive	5	Kim Ju-eop	16,595	3.71%
	Basic Income	4	Moon Hyeon-chul	3,344	0.74%
Total				446,770	100.00%
Voter turnout				37.66%

See also

References

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