2006 South Korean local elections

31 May 2006
All 16 Metropolitan Mayors and Governors, 733 Provincial Councillors, 230 Municipal Leaders, 2888 Municipal Councillors
Turnout	51.6%
First party Second party Third party   Park Geun-hye Chungdongyoung1 Leader Park Geun-hye Han Hwa-gap Chung Dong-young Party Grand National Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005) Uri Metropolitan Mayors and Governors 12 (0 ) 2 (2 ) 1 (new) Provincial Councillors 557 (57 ) 80 (63 ) 52 (new) Municipal Leaders 155 (3 ) 20 (22 ) 19 (new) Municipal Councillors 1621 (new) 276 (new) 630 (new)   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Shim Dae-pyung Shin Gook-hwan Moon Sung-hyeon Party People First Party Democratic Labor Metropolitan Mayors and Governors 0 (new) 0 (new) Provincial Councillors 15 (new) 15 (new) Municipal Leaders 7 (new) 0 (new) Municipal Councillors 67 (new) 66 (new)
300px Maps of Metropolitan Mayors and Governors ■ Hannara Party ■ Democratic Party ■ Yeollin Uri Party ■ Independent
300px Municipal mayors ■ Grand National Party ■ Democratic Party ■ Yeollin Uri Party ■ People First Party ■ Independent

The 4th Local Elections were held in South Korea on 31 May 2006. It was the first local elections in South Korea to have political parties nominating candidates for Municipal Councillors. The ruling Uri Party proved its declining popularity since the 2004 general elections while the main opposition party, Grand National Party managed to clinch back lost grounds, using the opportunity for the presidential election the following year.

Provincial-level council elections

Constituency seats

Region	Seats	GNP	DP	Uri	PFP	DLP	Ind.
Seoul	96	96
Busan	42	42
Daegu	26	26
Incheon	30	30
Gwangju	16		16
Daejeon	16	16
Ulsan	16	13				3
Gyeonggi	108	108
Gangwon	36	34		1			1
North Chungcheong	28	25		1			2
South Chungcheong	34	19		2	13
North Jeolla	34		12	20			2
South Jeolla	46		43	2			1
North Gyeongsang	50	47					3
South Gyeongsang	48	44				1	3
Jeju	29	19		7		1	2
Total	655	519	71	33	13	5	14
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations

Proportional representation seats

Region	Seats	GNP	Uri	DLP	DP	PFP
Seoul	10	6	2	1	1
Busan	5	3	1	1
Daegu	3	2	1
Incheon	3	2	1
Gwangju	3		1		2
Daejeon	4	2	1			1
Ulsan	3	2		1
Gyeonggi	11	7	2	1	1
Gangwon	4	2	1	1
North Chungcheong	3	2	1
South Chungcheong	4	2	1			1
North Jeolla	4		2	1	1
South Jeolla	5		1	1	3
North Gyeongsang	5	3	1	1
South Gyeongsang	5	3	1	1
Jeju	7	3	2	1	1
Total	79	39	19	10	9	2
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations

Municipal-level mayoral elections

By region

Region	Seats	GNP	DP	Uri	PFP	Ind.
Seoul	25	25
Busan	16	15				1
Daegu	8	8
Incheon	10	9				1
Gwangju	5		5
Daejeon	5	5
Ulsan	5	4				1
Gyeonggi	31	27		1		3
Gangwon	18	18
North Chungcheong	12	5		4		3
South Chungcheong	16	6		3	7
North Jeolla	14		5	4		5
South Jeolla	22		10	5		7
North Gyeongsang	23	19				4
South Gyeongsang	20	14		2		4
Total	230	155	20	19	7	29
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations

Municipal-level council elections

Constituency seats

Region	Seats	GNP	Uri	DP	PFP	DLP	Ind.
Seoul	366	233	119	10		2	2
Busan	158	137	19				2
Daegu	102	99	2				1
Incheon	97	61	31	1		2	2
Gwangju	59		16	34		8	1
Daejeon	55	30	21		4
Ulsan	43	25	2			11	5
Gyeonggi	364	245	103	1		7	8
Gangwon	146	92	32				22
North Chungcheong	114	61	39			1	13
South Chungcheong	152	66	22		52	1	11
North Jeolla	173		85	52		6	30
South Jeolla	211		34	135		3	39
North Gyeongsang	247	183	5			2	57
South Gyeongsang	226	169	13			9	35
Total	2,513	1,401	543	233	56	52	228
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations

Proportional representation seats

Region	Seats	GNP	Uri	DP	DLP	PFP
Seoul	53	29	22	2
Busan	24	17	7
Daegu	14	13	1
Incheon	15	10	5
Gwangju	9		4	5
Daejeon	8	5	3
Ulsan	7	5			2
Gyeonggi	53	38	13		2
Gangwon	23	21	2
North Chungcheong	17	13	4
South Chungcheong	26	13	2			11
North Jeolla	24		11	10	3
South Jeolla	32		6	26
North Gyeongsang	37	34	2		1
South Gyeongsang	33	23	4		6
Total	375	221	86	43	14	11
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations