Busan Metropolitan Council Explained

Busan Metropolitan Council
Native Name Lang:	ko
Legislature:	9th Busan Metropolitan Council
House Type:	Unicameral
Leader1 Type:	Chairman
Leader1:	Ahn Seong-min
Party1:	People Power
Leader2 Type:	Vice Chairman
Leader2:	Park Jung-muk
Party2:	People Power
Leader3 Type:	Vice Chairman
Leader3:	Lee Dae-seok
Party3:	People Power
Seats:	47
Structure2:	부산시의회 9대.svg
Structure2 Res:	250px
Political Groups2:	People Power (45) Democratic (2)
Term Length:	4 years
Voting System1:	Parallel voting First-past-the-post (42 seats) Party-list proportional representation (5 seats)
Last Election1:	1 June 2022
Website:

Hangul:	부산광역시의회
Hanja:	釜山廣域市議會
Rr:	Busan Gwang-yeoksi Uihoe
Mr:	Pusan Kwang-yŏksi Ŭihoe

The Busan Metropolitan Council is the local council of Busan, South Korea.

There is a total of 47 members, with 42 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 5 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.

Current composition

Political party		Seats
		45
		2
Total		47

Negotiation groups can be formed by five or more members. There are currently two negotiation groups in the council, formed by the Democratic Party of Korea and the Liberty Korea Party.

Organization

The structure of Council consists of:^[1]

• Chairman
• Two Vice Chairmen
• Standing Committees
  • Steering Committee
  • Plannung and Administration Committee
  • Economy and Culture Committee
  • Welfare and Environmental Committee
  • Maritime Affairs and Transportation Committee
  • Urban Safety Committee
  • Education Committee
• Special Committee
  • Special Committee on Buddet & Accounts
  • Special Committee on Ethics
  • Special Committee on Decentralization
  • Special Committee on Local Economy
• Council Secretariat
  • Secretary General
    • General Affairs Division
      • General Affairs
      • Management
    • Proceedings Division
      • Proceedings
      • Bill Records
    • Public Relations Division
      • Public Relations
      • News
    • Legislative Policy Division
      • Legislations
      • Policy Research
    • Expert Commissioners
      • Steering Committee
      • Plannung and Administration Committee
      • Economy and Culture Committee
      • Welfare and Environmental Committee
      • Maritime Affairs and Transportation Committee
      • Urban Safety Committee
      • Education Committee

Recent election results

2018

|- style="text-align:center;"! rowspan="2" colspan="3" width="200" | Party! colspan="4" | Constituency! colspan="4" | Party list! colspan="2" | Total seats|- style="text-align:center;"! width="70" | Votes! width="40" | %! width="40" | Seats! width="32" | ±! width="70" | Votes! width="40" | %! width="40" | Seats! width="32" | ±! width="40" | Seats! width="32" | ±|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Democratic Party of Korea| 889,481 || 53.02 || 38 || 38| 825,832 || 48.81 || 3 || 1| 41 || 39|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Liberty Korea Party| 690,812 || 41.17 || 4 || 38| 621,446 || 36.73 || 2 || 1| 6 || 39|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Bareunmirae Party| 54,744 || 3.26 || 0 || new| 113,881 || 6.73 || 0 || new| 0 || new|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Justice Party| 2,085 || 0.12 || 0 || 0| 92,157 || 5.44 || 0 || 0| 0 || 0|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Green Party Korea| colspan=4 | 11,915 || 0.70 || 0 || 0| 0 || 0|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Minjung Party| 8,831 || 0.53 || 0 || new| 11,833 || 0.69 || 0 || new| 0 || new|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Korean Patriots' Party| colspan=4 | 7,523 || 0.44 || 0 || new| 0 || new|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Party for Democracy and Peace| colspan=4 | 7,289 || 0.43 || 0 || new| 0 || new|-| width="1" style="background-color:grey" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Other parties| 612 || 0.04 || 0 || 0| colspan=4 | 0 || 0|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Independents| 31,224 || 1.86 || 0 || 0| colspan=4 | 0 || 0|-|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | Total| 1,677,789 || 100.00 || 42 || –| 1,691,876 || 100.00 || 5 || –| 47 || –|}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Organization (English). Official website of the Busan Metropolitan Council.