Daejeon Metropolitan Council Explained

Daejeon Metropolitan Council
Native Name Lang:ko
Legislature:8th Daejeon Metropolitan Council
House Type:Unicameral
Leader1 Type:Chairman
Leader1:Lee Sang-rae
Party1:People Power
Leader2 Type:Vice Chairman
Leader2:Kim Jin-oh
Party2:People Power
Leader3 Type:Vice Chairman
Leader3:Cho Won-hui
Party3:Democratic
Seats:22
Structure1:대전시의회 9대.svg
Structure1 Res:250px
Political Groups2:

People Power (18)

Democratic (4)

Term Length:4 years
Voting System1:Parallel voting
Last Election1:1 June 2022
Hangul:대전광역시의회
Hanja:大田廣域市議會
Rr:Daejeon Gwang-yeoksi Uihoe
Mr:Taejŏn Kwang-yŏksi Ŭihoe

The Daejeon Metropolitan Council is the local council of Daejeon, South Korea.[1]

There are a total of 22 members, with 19 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 3 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.

Current composition

Political party Seats
18
4
Total 22
Negotiation groups can be formed by 4 or more members. There are currently a negotiation group in the council, formed by the Democratic Party of Korea only.

Organization

The structure of Council consists of:

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="60" | Votes! width="40" | %! width="40" | Seats! width="32" | ±! width="60" | 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| 442,612 || 64.17 || 19 || 5| 384,083 || 55.21 || 2 || 0| 21 || 5|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Liberty Korea Party| 211,871 || 30.72 || 0 || 5| 183,819 || 26.42 || 1 || 0| 1 || 5|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Bareunmirae Party| 33,486 || 4.86 || 0 || new| 61,971 || 8.90 || 0 || new| 0 || new|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Justice Party| colspan=4 | 54,292 || 7.80 || 1 || 0| 0 || 0|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Green Party Korea| colspan=4 | 4,509 || 0.64 || 0 || new| 0 || new|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Minjung Party| 1,734 || 0.25 || 0 || new| 3,613 || 0.51 || 0 || new| 0 || new|-| width="1" style="background-color:#DC143C" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Labor Party| colspan=4 | 3,315 || 0.47 || 0 || new| 0 || new|-|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | Total| 689,703 || 100.00 || 19 || | 695,602 || 100.00 || 3 || | 22 || |}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 제8대 대전시의회 개원…김종천 의장 "견제·감시에 충실하겠다". Kyunghyang Shinmun. 2018-07-09. 2018-08-18.