2010 South Korean local elections


The 5th local elections were held in South Korea on 2 June 2010. The voter turnout reached 54.4%, the highest in 15 years.

Voter turnout by region

DivisionElectoralTurnoutPercentage
Seoul8,211,4614,426,18253.8
Busan2,849,8951,410,12649.5
Daegu1,928,835886,03545.9
Incheon2,096,8531,067,43150.9
Gwangju1,064,913529,90149.8
Daejeon1,127,547596,68352.9
Ulsan838,805462,10355.1
Gyeonggi-do8,761,8404,534,77151.8
Gangwon-do1,190,509741,72462.3
Chungcheongbuk-do1,183,811696,39358.8
Chungcheongnam-do1,595,587901,86356.5
Jeollabuk-do1,442,805856,11159.3
Jeollanam-do1,504,902967,33864.3
Gyeongsangbuk-do2,122,9051,260,59159.4
Gyeongnam2,506,3931,549,69061.8
Jeju-do424,098276,05665.1

Provincial level elections

Metropolitan Mayoral and Gubernatorial elections

The ruling GNP was able to win 4 out of 7 mayoral seats but suffer by massive landslide on the gubernatorial election winning only 2 out of 9 seats. On the other hand, DEP was able to capture 2 mayoral seats and swept 5 out of 9 gubernatorial seats. The LFP won Daejeon while two independent candidates won gubernatorial seats one in Gyeongsangnam-do and the other in Jeju-do.

Metropolitan mayoral election winners

Gubernatorial election winners

Provincial legislative elections

Municipal level elections

Mayoral elections

Municipal legislative elections