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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.^[1]

Metropolitan city mayoral elections[edit]

Seoul[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Cho Soon	Democratic	2,051,441	42.36
	Park Chan-jong	Independent	1,623,356	33.52
	Chung Won-shik	Democratic Liberal	1,001,446	20.68
	Hwang San-sung	Independent	97,709	2.02
	Park Hong-rae	People First	25,054	0.52
	Kim Ok-sun	Independent	17,728	0.37
	Goh Soon-bok	Korea	10,488	0.22
	Kim Myung-ho	Independent	9,992	0.21
	Chung Ki-yong	Independent	6,156	0.13
Total			4,843,370	100.00
Valid votes			4,843,370	98.40
Invalid/blank votes			78,840	1.60
Total votes			4,922,210	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			7,438,025	66.18
	Democratic gain from Democratic Liberal[2]

Busan[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Moon Jung-soo	Democratic Liberal	885,433	51.41
	Roh Moo-hyun	Democratic	647,297	37.58
	Kim Hyun-ok	Independent	169,652	9.85
	Bae Sang-han	Independent	20,008	1.16
Total			1,722,390	100.00
Valid votes			1,722,390	97.84
Invalid/blank votes			38,014	2.16
Total votes			1,760,404	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,658,224	66.22
	Democratic Liberal gain[2]

Daegu[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Moon Hee-gap	Independent	383,272	36.79
	Lee Eui-ik	United Liberal Democrats	230,668	22.14
	Lee Hae-bong	Independent	222,409	21.35
	Cho Hae-nyung	Democratic Liberal	175,749	16.87
	Ahn Yu-ho	Independent	29,617	2.84
Total			1,041,715	100.00
Valid votes			1,041,715	97.88
Invalid/blank votes			22,538	2.12
Total votes			1,064,253	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,663,614	63.97
	Independent gain[2]

Incheon[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Choi Ki-sun	Democratic Liberal	383,965	40.82
	Shin Yong-seok	Democratic	298,544	31.74
	Kang Woo-hyuk	United Liberal Democrats	258,175	27.45
Total			940,684	100.00
Valid votes			940,684	97.73
Invalid/blank votes			21,868	2.27
Total votes			962,552	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,551,925	62.02
	Democratic Liberal gain[2]

Gwangju[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Song Un-jong	Democratic	469,570	89.72
	Kim Dong-hwan	Democratic Liberal	53,817	10.28
Total			523,387	100.00
Valid votes			523,387	98.12
Invalid/blank votes			10,006	1.88
Total votes			533,393	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			822,880	64.82
	Democratic gain[2]

Daejon[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hong Sun-ki	United Liberal Democrats	342,959	63.76
	Yeom Hong-cheol	Democratic Liberal	112,607	20.94
	Pyon Pyung-sup	Democratic	58,346	10.85
	Lee Dae-hyung	Independent	23,953	4.45
Total			537,865	100.00
Valid votes			537,865	98.06
Invalid/blank votes			10,664	1.94
Total votes			548,529	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			819,604	66.93
	United Liberal Democrats gain[2]

Gubernatorial elections[edit]

Gyeonggi[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lee In-je	Democratic Liberal	1,264,914	40.56
	Chang Kyoung-woo	Democratic	923,069	29.60
	Im Sa-bin	Independent	613,624	19.68
	Kim Moon-won	United Liberal Democrats	316,637	10.15
Total			3,118,244	100.00
Valid votes			3,118,244	97.79
Invalid/blank votes			70,627	2.21
Total votes			3,188,871	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,043,054	63.23
	Democratic Liberal gain[2]

Gangwon[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Choi Gak-gyu	United Liberal Democrats	500,894	65.83
	Lee Sang-ryong	Democratic Liberal	260,004	34.17
Total			760,898	100.00
Valid votes			760,898	97.05
Invalid/blank votes			23,101	2.95
Total votes			783,999	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,048,490	74.77
	United Liberal Democrats gain[2]

North Chungcheong[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ju Byeong-deok	United Liberal Democrats	250,105	36.43
	Lee Yong-hee	Democratic	168,209	24.50
	Kim Deok-young	Democratic Liberal	159,911	23.30
	Cho Nam-sung	Independent	54,748	7.98
	Yoon Suk-jo	Independent	27,880	4.06
	Yang Sung-youn	Independent	25,603	3.73
Total			686,456	100.00
Valid votes			686,456	97.17
Invalid/blank votes			20,024	2.83
Total votes			706,480	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			972,170	72.67
	United Liberal Democrats gain[2]

South Chungcheong[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sim Dae-pyung	United Liberal Democrats	616,006	67.89
	Park Joong-bae	Democratic Liberal	174,117	19.19
	Cho Joong-youn	Democratic	117,300	12.93
Total			907,423	100.00
Valid votes			907,423	96.84
Invalid/blank votes			29,586	3.16
Total votes			937,009	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,270,138	73.77
	United Liberal Democrats gain[2]

North Jeolla[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yu Jong-geun	Democratic	653,295	67.16
	Kang Hyun-wook	Democratic Liberal	319,452	32.84
Total			972,747	100.00
Valid votes			972,747	97.08
Invalid/blank votes			29,212	2.92
Total votes			1,001,959	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,360,350	73.65
	Democratic gain[2]

South Jeolla[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Heo Kyeong-man	Democratic	769,538	73.50
	Chun Suk-hong	Democratic Liberal	277,386	26.50
Total			1,046,924	100.00
Valid votes			1,046,924	91.48
Invalid/blank votes			97,523	8.52
Total votes			1,144,447	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,504,598	76.06
	Democratic gain[2]

North Gyeongsang[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lee Eui-geun	Democratic Liberal	541,535	37.95
	Lee Pan-suk	Independent	489,999	34.34
	Park Jun-hong	United Liberal Democrats	395,496	27.71
Total			1,427,030	100.00
Valid votes			1,427,030	96.53
Invalid/blank votes			51,343	3.47
Total votes			1,478,373	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,926,274	76.75
	Democratic Liberal gain[2]

South Gyeongsang[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kim Hyuk-kyu	Democratic Liberal	1,177,397	63.84
	Kim Yong-kyun	United Liberal Democrats	666,756	36.16
Total			1,844,153	100.00
Valid votes			1,844,153	96.31
Invalid/blank votes			70,620	3.69
Total votes			1,914,773	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,621,029	73.05
	Democratic Liberal gain[2]

Jeju[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Shin Koo-bum	Independent	111,205	40.65
	Woo Geun-min	Democratic Liberal	89,000	32.53
	Kang Bo-sung	Democratic	66,406	24.27
	Shin Doo-wan	Independent	6,961	2.54
Total			273,572	100.00
Valid votes			273,572	97.64
Invalid/blank votes			6,625	2.36
Total votes			280,197	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			348,191	80.47
	Independent gain[2]

Provincial-level council elections[edit]

Summary[edit]

Party		Seats
		Constituency	Proportional	Total	+/–
	Democratic Party	352	38	390	+204
	Democratic Liberal Party	286	49	335	–174
	United Liberal Democrats	86	8	94	New
	Independent	151	–	151	+36
Total		875	95	970	+104

Constituency seats[edit]

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[3]

Proportional representation seats[edit]

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[3]

Municipal-level mayoral elections[edit]

Summary[edit]

Party		Seats
	Democratic Party	84
	Democratic Liberal Party	70
	United Liberal Democrats	23
	Independent	53
Total		230

By region[edit]

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[3]

Municipal-level council elections[edit]

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

Aftermath[edit]

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.^[1]

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