1995 South Korean local elections

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.

Provincial-level council elections

Constituency seats

Region	Seats	DP	DLP	ULD	Ind.
Seoul	133	122	11
Busan	55		50		5
Daegu	37		8	7	22
Incheon	32	18	13		1
Gwangju	23	23
Daejeon	23			23
Gyeonggi	123	57	52		14
Gangwon	52	6	27	1	18
North Chungcheong	36	10	12	4	10
South Chungcheong	55	2	3	49	1
North Jeolla	52	49			3
South Jeolla	68	62	1		5
North Gyeongsang	84	1	50	2	31
South Gyeongsang	85		52		33
Jeju	17	2	7		8
Total	875	352	286	86	151
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations

Proportional representation seats

Region	Seats	DLP	DP	ULD
Seoul	14	6	8
Busan	6	4	2
Daegu	4	2	1	1
Incheon	3	2	1
Gwangju	3	1	2
Daejeon	3		1	2
Gyeonggi	13	7	6
Gangwon	6	4	2
North Chungcheong	4	2	1	1
South Chungcheong	6	2		4
North Jeolla	6	2	4
South Jeolla	7	3	4
North Gyeongsang	8	6	2
South Gyeongsang	9	6	3
Jeju	3	2	1
Total	95	49	38	8
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations

Municipal-level mayoral elections

By region

Region	Mayors	DP	DLP	ULD	Ind.
Seoul	25	23	2
Busan	16		14		2
Daegu	8		2	1	5
Incheon	10	5	5
Gwangju	5	5
Daejeon	5	1		4
Gyeonggi	31	11	13		7
Gangwon	18	1	9	1	7
North Chungcheong	11	2	4	2	3
South Chungcheong	15			15
North Jeolla	14	13			1
South Jeolla	24	22			2
North Gyeongsang	23	1	8		14
South Gyeongsang	21		10		11
Jeju	4		3		1
Total	230	84	70	23	53
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations

Municipal-level council elections

4,541 seats in municipal-level councils were contested by candidates who were all running as independents.

Aftermath

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.