Mayor of Incheon

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Mayor of Incheon
인천광역시장
Seal of Incheon
Incumbent
Yoo Jeong-bok
since 1 July 2022
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderLim Hong-jae
Formation8 October 1945; 78 years ago (1945-10-08)

The Mayor of Incheon (Korean인천광역시장; Hanja仁川廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Incheon who is elected to a four-year term.

List of mayors[edit]

Appointed mayors (before 1995)[edit]

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Incheon 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 Incheon is elected by direct election.[1]

Political parties
Term Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Elected
Took office Left office Time in office
1st Choi Ki-sun [ko]
최기선
崔箕善

(1945–2018)
1 July 1995 30 June 2002 7 years, 0 days Democratic Liberal
New Korea
Grand National
United Liberal Democrats
1995
2nd 1998
3rd Ahn Sang-soo
안상수
安相洙

(born 1946)
1 July 2002 30 June 2010 8 years, 0 days Grand National 2002
4th 2006
5th Song Young-gil
송영길
宋永吉

(born 1963)
1 July 2010 30 June 2014 4 years, 0 days Democratic ('08)
Democratic United
Democratic ('11)
NPAD
2010
6th Yoo Jeong-bok
유정복
劉正福

(born 1957)
1 July 2014 30 June 2018 4 years, 0 days Saenuri
Liberty Korea
2014
7th Park Nam-choon
박남춘
朴南春

(born 1958)
1 July 2018 30 June 2022 4 years, 0 days Democratic 2018
8th Yoo Jeong-bok
유정복
劉正福

(born 1957)
1 July 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 307 days People Power 2022

Elections[edit]

Source:[2]

1995[edit]

1995 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Liberal 1 Choi Ki-sun 383,965 40.81%
Democratic 2 Shin Yong-seok 298,544 31.73%
United Liberal Democrats 3 Kang Woo-hyuk 258,175 27.44%
Total 940,684 100.00%
Voter turnout 62.02%

1998[edit]

1998 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
United Liberal Democrats 3 Choi Ki-sun 375,051 53.49%
Grand National 1 Ahn Sang-soo 238,708 34.04%
New National 4 Kim Ki-jae 87,327 12.45%
Total 701,086 100.00%
Voter turnout 43.19%

2002[edit]

2002 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Ahn Sang-soo 393,932 56.17%
Millennium Democratic 2 Park Sang-eun 225,210 32.11%
Democratic Labor 4 Kim Chang-han 35,234 5.02%
Green Peace 3 Shin Maeng-soon 29,473 4.20%
Socialist 5 Kim Young-kyu 17,404 2.48%
Total 701,253 100.00%
Voter turnout 39.32%

2006[edit]

2006 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 2 Ahn Sang-soo 526,932 61.93%
Uri 1 Choi Ki-sun 200,650 23.58%
Democratic Labor 4 Kim Sung-jin 78,898 9.27%
Democratic 3 Shin Kyung-cheol 44,339 5.21%
Total 850,819 100.00%
Voter turnout 44.30%

2010[edit]

2010 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 2 Song Young-gil 556,902 52.69%
Grand National 1 Ahn Sang-soo 469,040 44.38%
New Progressive 7 Kim Sang-ha 19,580 1.85%
Peace Democratic 8 Paik Seok-doo 11,258 1.06%
Total 1,056,780 100.00%
Voter turnout 50.91%

2014[edit]

2014 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Saenuri 1 Yoo Jeong-bok 615,077 49.95%
NPAD 2 Song Young-gil 593,555 48.20%
Unified Progressive 3 Shin Chang-hyun 22,651 1.83%
Total 1,231,283 100.00%
Voter turnout 53.66%

2018[edit]

2018 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Park Nam-choon 766,186 57.66%
Liberty Korea 2 Yoo Jeong-bok 470,937 35.44%
Bareunmirae 3 Moon Byung-ho 54,054 4.06%
Justice 5 Kim Eung-ho 37,472 2.82%
Total 1,328,649 100.00%
Voter turnout 55.27%

2022[edit]

2022 Incheon mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
People Power 2 Yoo Jeong-bok 634,250 51.76%
Democratic 1 Park Nam-choon 545,885 44.55%
Justice 3 Lee Jeong-mi 38,921 3.17%
Basic Income 4 Kim Han-byeol 6,079 0.49%
Total 1,225,135 100.00%
Voter turnout 48.95%

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Previous Mayors - City Government - Introducing Incheon". Incheon Metropolitan City.
  2. ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.