2002 South Korean local elections

2002 South Korean local elections

13 June 2002

All 16 Metropolitan Mayors and Governors, 682 Provincial Councillors,
232 Municipal Leaders, 3,485 Municipal Councillors
Turnout48.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Suh Chung-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 Korean Coalition for the Future
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors 0 (New party) 0 (New party)
Provincial Councillors 11 (New party) 2 (New party)
Municipal Leaders 2 (New party) 0 (New party)


The 3rd Local Elections were held in South Korea on 13 June 2002. The ruling Millennium Democratic Party was defeated by the opposition Grand National Party, only controlled Gwangju, Jeolla and Jeju.