Gwangju Metropolitan Council
광주광역시의회
Unicameral
Chairman
Kim Yong-jip, Democratic
Vice Chairman
Cho Seok-ho, Democratic
Vice Chairman
Cheong Sun-ae, Democratic
Political groups
- Democratic (22)
- People Power (1)
Length of term
Voting system
- First-past-the-post (20 seats)
- Party-list proportional representation (3 seats)
Last election
Gwangju Metropolitan Council (English)
Gwangju Metropolitan Council | |
Hangul | 광주광역시 |
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Hanja | 光州廣域市議會 |
Revised Romanization | Gwangju Gwang-yeoksi Uihoe |
McCune–Reischauer | Kwangju Kwang-yŏksi Ŭihoe |
The Gwangju Metropolitan Council (Korean: 광주광역시의회; Hanja: 光州廣域市議會) 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.
Current composition
Political party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Democratic | 22 | |
People Power | 1 | |
Total | 23 |
Negotiation groups can be formed by four 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:
- Chairman
- Two Vice-chairmen
- Standing Committees
- Steering Committee of Council
- Administration and Autonomy Committee
- Environment and Welfare Committee
- Industry and Construction Committee
- Education and Culture Committee
- Special Committees
- Special Committees on Budget and Accounts
- Special Committees on Ethics
Recent election results
2018
Party | Constituency | Party list | Total seats | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | ± | Votes | % | Seats | ± | Seats | ± | |||
Democratic Party of Korea | 423,304 | 73.98 | 20 | 1 | 461,406 | 67.47 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
Justice Party | — | 87,327 | 12.77 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Party for Democracy and Peace | 72,568 | 12.68 | 0 | new | 56,341 | 8.23 | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
Minjung Party | 32,129 | 5.62 | 0 | new | 31,417 | 4.59 | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
Bareunmirae Party | 35,160 | 6.15 | 0 | new | 30,015 | 4.38 | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
Liberty Korea Party | — | 9,465 | 1.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Labor Party | — | 4,257 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Green Party Korea | — | 3,610 | 0.52 | 0 | new | 0 | new | |||||
Independents | 8,989 | 1.57 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 572,150 | 100.00 | 20 | – | 683,838 | 100.00 | 3 | – | 23 | – |