| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Incheon |
| Flag: | Emblem of Incheon.svg |
| Flagsize: | 180px |
| Flagcaption: | Seal of Incheon |
| Incumbent: | Yoo Jeong-bok |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2022 |
| Termlength: | Four years |
| Inaugural: | Lim Hong-jae |
The Mayor of Incheon is the head of the local government of Incheon who is elected to a four-year term.
From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Incheon was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Incheon is elected by direct election.[1]
| Term | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Elected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1st | Korean: 최기선<br>崔箕善 | 1 July 1995 | 30 June 2002 | Democratic Liberal → New Korea → Grand National → United Liberal Democrats | 1995 | ||||
| 2nd | 1998 | ||||||||
| 3rd | Ahn Sang-soo Korean: 안상수<br>安相洙 | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2010 | Grand National | 2002 | ||||
| 4th | 2006 | ||||||||
| 5th | Song Young-gil Korean: 송영길<br>宋永吉 | 1 July 2010 | 30 June 2014 | Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD | 2010 | ||||
| 6th | Yoo Jeong-bok Korean: 유정복<br>劉正福 | 1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | Saenuri → Liberty Korea | 2014 | ||||
| 7th | Park Nam-choon Korean: 박남춘<br>朴南春 | 1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | Democratic | 2018 | ||||
| 8th | Yoo Jeong-bok Korean: 유정복<br>劉正福 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | People Power | 2022 | ||||
Source:[2]
| 1995 Incheon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Choi Ki-sun | 383,965 | 40.81% | |||
| Democratic | 2 | Shin Yong-seok | 298,544 | 31.73% | |||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Kang Woo-hyuk | 258,175 | 27.44% | |||
| Total | 940,684 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 62.02% | ||||||
| 1998 Incheon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Choi Ki-sun | 375,051 | 53.49% | |||
| Grand National | 1 | Ahn Sang-soo | 238,708 | 34.04% | |||
| New National | 4 | Kim Ki-jae | 87,327 | 12.45% | |||
| Total | 701,086 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 43.19% | ||||||
| 2002 Incheon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 1 | Ahn Sang-soo | 393,932 | 56.17% | |||
| Millennium Democratic | 2 | Park Sang-eun | 225,210 | 32.11% | |||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Kim Chang-han | 35,234 | 5.02% | |||
| Green Peace | 3 | Shin Maeng-soon | 29,473 | 4.20% | |||
| Socialist | 5 | Kim Young-kyu | 17,404 | 2.48% | |||
| Total | 701,253 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 39.32% | ||||||
| 2006 Incheon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 2 | Ahn Sang-soo | 526,932 | 61.93% | |||
| Uri | 1 | Choi Ki-sun | 200,650 | 23.58% | |||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Kim Sung-jin | 78,898 | 9.27% | |||
| Democratic | 3 | Shin Kyung-cheol | 44,339 | 5.21% | |||
| Total | 850,819 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 44.30% | ||||||
| 2010 Incheon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 2 | Song Young-gil | 556,902 | 52.69% | |||
| Grand National | 1 | Ahn Sang-soo | 469,040 | 44.38% | |||
| New Progressive | 7 | Kim Sang-ha | 19,580 | 1.85% | |||
| Peace Democratic | 8 | Paik Seok-doo | 11,258 | 1.06% | |||
| Total | 1,056,780 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 50.91% | ||||||
| 2014 Incheon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Saenuri | 1 | Yoo Jeong-bok | 615,077 | 49.95% | |||
| NPAD | 2 | Song Young-gil | 593,555 | 48.20% | |||
| Unified Progressive | 3 | Shin Chang-hyun | 22,651 | 1.83% | |||
| Total | 1,231,283 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 53.66% | ||||||
| 2018 Incheon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 1 | Park Nam-choon | 766,186 | 57.66% | |||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Yoo Jeong-bok | 470,937 | 35.44% | |||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Moon Byung-ho | 54,054 | 4.06% | |||
| Justice | 5 | Kim Eung-ho | 37,472 | 2.82% | |||
| Total | 1,328,649 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 55.27% | ||||||
| 2022 Incheon mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| People Power | 2 | Yoo Jeong-bok | 634,250 | 51.76% | |||
| Democratic | 1 | Park Nam-choon | 545,885 | 44.55% | |||
| Justice | 3 | Lee Jeong-mi | 38,921 | 3.17% | |||
| Basic Income | 4 | Kim Han-byeol | 6,079 | 0.49% | |||
| Total | 1,225,135 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 48.95% | ||||||