| Gwangju Metropolitan Council | |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Legislature: | 9th Gwangju Metropolitan Council |
| Logo Pic: | 지방의회 휘장.svg |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Leader1 Type: | Chairman |
| Leader1: | Kim Yong-jip |
| Party1: | Democratic |
| Leader2 Type: | Vice Chairman |
| Leader2: | Cho Seok-ho |
| Party2: | Democratic |
| Leader3 Type: | Vice Chairman |
| Leader3: | Cheong Sun-ae |
| Party3: | Democratic |
| Seats: | 23 |
| Political Groups2: | Democratic (22) People Power (1) |
| Term Length: | 4 years |
| Voting System1: | Parallel voting
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| Last Election1: | 1 June 2022 |
| Website: | |
| Hangul: | 광주광역시 |
| Hanja: | 光州廣域市議會 |
| Rr: | Gwangju Gwang-yeoksi Uihoe |
| Mr: | Kwangju Kwang-yŏksi Ŭihoe |
The Gwangju Metropolitan Council is the local council of Gwangju, South Korea.[1]
There are a total of 23 members, with 20 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 3 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.
| Political party | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | |||
| 1 | |||
| Total | 23 | ||
The structure of Council consists of:
|- 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| 423,304 || 73.98 || 20 || 1| 461,406 || 67.47 || 2 || 0| 22 || 1|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Justice Party| colspan=4 | 87,327 || 12.77 || 1 || 1| 1 || 1|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Party for Democracy and Peace| 72,568 || 12.68 || 0 || new| 56,341 || 8.23 || 0 || new| 0 || new|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Minjung Party| 32,129 || 5.62 || 0 || new| 31,417 || 4.59 || 0 || new| 0 || new|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Bareunmirae Party| 35,160 || 6.15 || 0 || new| 30,015 || 4.38 || 0 || new| 0 || new|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Liberty Korea Party| colspan=4 | 9,465 || 1.38 || 0 || 0| 0 || 0|-| width="1" style="background-color:#DC143C" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Labor Party| colspan=4 | 4,257 || 0.62 || 0 || 0| 0 || 0|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Green Party Korea| colspan=4 | 3,610 || 0.52 || 0 || new| 0 || new|-| width="1" style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Independents| 8,989 || 1.57 || 0 || 0| colspan=4 | 0 || 0|-|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | Total| 572,150 || 100.00 || 20 || –| 683,838 || 100.00 || 3 || –| 23 || –|}