| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Daejeon |
| Flag: | Emblem of Daejeon.svg |
| Flagsize: | 180px |
| Flagcaption: | Seal of Daejeon |
| Incumbent: | Lee Jang-woo |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2022 |
| Termlength: | Four years |
| Inaugural: | Hwang In-shik |
The Mayor of Daejeon is the head of the local government of Daejeon who is elected to a four-year term.
From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Daejeon was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Daejeon is elected by direct election.[1]
| Term | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Elected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1st | Korean: 홍선기<br>洪善基 | 1 July 1995 | 30 June 2002 | United Liberal Democrats | 1995 | ||||
| 2nd | 1998 | ||||||||
| 3rd | Korean: 염홍철<br>廉弘喆 | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2006 | Grand National → Uri | 2002 | ||||
| 4th | Korean: 박성효<br>朴城孝 | 1 July 2006 | 30 June 2010 | Grand National | 2006 | ||||
| 5th | Korean: 염홍철<br>廉弘喆 | 1 July 2010 | 30 June 2014 | Liberty Forward → Saenuri | 2010 | ||||
| 6th | Korean: 권선택<br>權善宅 | 1 July 2014 | 14 November 2017 | NPAD → Democratic | 2014 | ||||
Korean: 이재관<br>李在官 | 14 November 2017 | 30 June 2018 | Independent | — | |||||
| 7th | Heo Tae-jeong Korean: 허태정<br>許泰鋌 | 1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | Democratic | 2018 | ||||
| 8th | Korean: 이장우<br>李莊雨 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | People Power | 2022 | ||||
Source:[2]
| 1995 Daejeon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Hong Sun-ki | 342,959 | 63.76% | |||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Yeom Hong-cheol | 112,607 | 20.93% | |||
| Democratic | 2 | Pyon Pyung-sup | 58,346 | 10.84% | |||
| Independent | 4 | Lee Dae-hyung | 23,953 | 4.45% | |||
| Total | 537,865 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 66.93% | ||||||
| 1998 Daejeon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Hong Sun-ki | 286,255 | 73.68% | |||
| New National | 4 | Song Chun-young | 70,414 | 18.12% | |||
| Independent | 5 | Cho Myung-hyun | 31,796 | 8.18% | |||
| Total | 388,465 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 44.45% | ||||||
| 2002 Daejeon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 1 | Yeom Hong-cheol | 191,832 | 46.61% | |||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Hong Sun-ki | 165,426 | 40.20% | |||
| Independent | 5 | Chung Ha-yong | 38,445 | 9.34% | |||
| Independent | 4 | Kim Heon-tae | 15,780 | 3.83% | |||
| Total | 411,483 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 42.32% | ||||||
| 2006 Daejeon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 2 | Park Sung-hyo | 231,489 | 43.83% | |||
| Uri | 1 | Yeom Hong-cheol | 217,273 | 41.14% | |||
| People First | 5 | Nam Choong-hee | 55,231 | 10.45% | |||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Park Choon-ho | 14,899 | 2.82% | |||
| Democratic | 3 | Choi Ki-bok | 6,442 | 1.21% | |||
| Hanmijun | 5 | Koh Nak-jung | 2,707 | 0.51% | |||
| Total | 528,041 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 49.43% | ||||||
| 2010 Daejeon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Liberty Forward | 3 | Yeom Hong-cheol | 276,122 | 46.67% | |||
| Grand National | 1 | Park Sung-hyo | 168,616 | 28.50% | |||
| Democratic | 2 | Kim Won-woong | 137,751 | 23.28% | |||
| New Progressive | 7 | Kim Yoon-ki | 9,074 | 1.53% | |||
| Total | 591,563 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.92% | ||||||
| 2014 Daejeon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| NPAD | 2 | Kwon Sun-taek | 322,762 | 50.07% | |||
| Saenuri | 1 | Park Sung-hyo | 301,389 | 46.76% | |||
| Justice | 4 | Han Chang-min | 11,346 | 1.76% | |||
| Unified Progressive | 3 | Kim Chang-geun | 9,009 | 1.39% | |||
| Total | 644,506 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 54.03% | ||||||
| 2018 Daejeon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 1 | Heo Tae-jeong | 393,354 | 56.41% | |||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Park Sung-hyo | 224,306 | 32.16% | |||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Nam Choong-hee | 61,271 | 8.78% | |||
| Justice | 5 | Kim Yoon-ki | 18,351 | 2.63% | |||
| Total | 697,282 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 57.97% | ||||||
| 2022 Daejeon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| People Power | 2 | Lee Jang-woo | 310,035 | 51.19% | |||
| Democratic | 1 | Heo Tae-jeong | 295,555 | 48.80% | |||
| Total | 605,590 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 49.66% | ||||||