| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Ulsan |
| Flag: | Symbol of Ulsan.svg |
| Flagsize: | 180px |
| Flagcaption: | Seal of Ulsan |
| Incumbent: | Kim Doo-gyum |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2022 |
| Termlength: | Four years |
| Inaugural: | Choi Dong-yong |
The Mayor of Ulsan is the head of the local government of Ulsan who is elected to a four-year term.
From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Ulsan was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Ulsan is elected by direct election.
| Term | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Elected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| Ulsan City, South Gyeongsang Province (1995–1997) | |||||||||
| 1st | Shim Wan-koo Korean: 심완구<br>沈完求 | 1 July 1995 | 14 July 1997 | Democratic Liberal → New Korea | 1995 | ||||
| Ulsan Metropolitan City (1997–present) | |||||||||
| (1st) | Shim Wan-koo Korean: 심완구<br>沈完求 | 15 July 1997 | 26 June 2002 | New Korea → Grand National → National Congress → Millennium Democratic | (1995) | ||||
| 2nd | 1998 | ||||||||
| 3rd | Park Maeng-woo Korean: 박맹우<br>朴孟雨 | 1 July 2002 | 31 March 2014 | Grand National → Saenuri | 2002 | ||||
| 4th | 2006 | ||||||||
| 5th | 2010 | ||||||||
| Park Sung-hwan Korean: 박성환<br>朴成換 | 1 April 2014 | 30 June 2014 | Independent | — | |||||
| 6th | Kim Gi-hyeon Korean: 김기현<br>金起炫 | 1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | Saenuri → Liberty Korea | 2014 | ||||
| 7th | Song Cheol-ho Korean: 송철호<br>宋哲鎬 | 1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | Democratic | 2018 | ||||
| 8th | Korean: 김두겸<br>金斗謙 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | People Power | 2022 | ||||
Source:[1]
| 1995 Ulsan mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Shim Wan-koo | 122,326 | 30.43% | |||
| Democratic | 2 | Lee Kyu-chung | 87,690 | 21.81% | |||
| Independent | 4 | Koh Won-joon | 85,250 | 21.21% | |||
| Independent | 5 | Kim Myung-kyu | 67,483 | 16.79% | |||
| Independent | 3 | Kang Chung-ho | 27,259 | 6.78% | |||
| Independent | 6 | Kim Young-hae | 7,719 | 1.92% | |||
| Independent | 7 | Yoon Byung-yi | 4,165 | 1.03% | |||
| Total | 401,892 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 67.58% | ||||||
| 1998 Ulsan mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 1 | Shim Wan-koo | 160,491 | 42.74% | |||
| Independent | 5 | Song Cheol-ho | 148,126 | 39.44% | |||
| New National | 4 | Kang Chung-ho | 37,139 | 9.89% | |||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Cha Hwa-joon | 29,725 | 7.91% | |||
| Total | 375,481 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 57.58% | ||||||
| 2002 Ulsan mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 1 | Park Maeng-woo | 197,772 | 53.07% | |||
| Democratic Labor | 3 | Song Cheol-ho | 162,546 | 43.61% | |||
| Socialist | 4 | Ahn Seung-chun | 12,329 | 3.30% | |||
| Total | 372,647 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.31% | ||||||
| 2006 Ulsan mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 2 | Park Maeng-woo | 261,361 | 63.23% | |||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Noh Ok-hee | 104,384 | 25.25% | |||
| Uri | 1 | Sim Kyu-myung | 47,579 | 11.51% | |||
| Total | 413,324 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.79% | ||||||
| 2010 Ulsan mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 1 | Park Maeng-woo | 279,421 | 61.26% | |||
| Democratic Labor | 5 | Kim Chang-hyun | 133,437 | 29.25% | |||
| New Progressive | 7 | Noh Ok-hee | 43,256 | 9.48% | |||
| Total | 456,114 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 55.09% | ||||||
| 2014 Ulsan mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Saenuri | 1 | Kim Gi-hyeon | 306,311 | 65.42% | |||
| Justice | 4 | Cho Seung-soo | 123,736 | 26.43% | |||
| Labor | 5 | Lee Gap-yong | 38,107 | 8.13% | |||
| Total | 468,154 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 56.11% | ||||||
| 2018 Ulsan mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 1 | Song Cheol-ho | 317,341 | 52.88% | |||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Kim Gi-hyeon | 240,475 | 40.07% | |||
| Minjung | 6 | Kim Chang-hyun | 28,621 | 4.76% | |||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Lee Young-hee | 13,589 | 2.26% | |||
| Total | 600,026 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 64.79% | ||||||
| 2022 Ulsan mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| People Power | 2 | Kim Doo-gyum | 290,563 | 59.78% | |||
| Democratic | 1 | Song Cheol-ho | 195,430 | 40.21% | |||
| Total | 485,993 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.26% | ||||||