The 8th local elections were held in South Korea on 1 June 2022. These elections came after the presidential election in March 2022,^[1] and coincided with the by-elections for the vacant seats in the National Assembly. It was the first nationwide election under President Yoon Suk Yeol after taking office on 10 May.

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Quick Facts All 17 metropolitan mayors and governorsAll 226 municipal mayorsAll 824 seats for provincial and metropolitan councillors All 2926 seats for municipal councillors, Turnout ...

2022 South Korean local elections

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All 17 metropolitan mayors and governors All 226 municipal mayors All 824 seats for provincial and metropolitan councillors All 2926 seats for municipal councillors
Turnout	50.9% 9.3 pp
First party Second party   Leader Lee Jun-seok Yun Ho-jung & Park Ji-hyun Party People Power Democratic Regional offices 5 governors 7 met. mayors 4 governors 1 met. mayor Regional offices +/– 4 governors 6 met. mayors 3 governors 6 met. mayors Mayors 145 63 Mayors +/– 92 88 Councillors 540 (P) 1,435 (M) 322 (P) 1,384 (M) Councillors +/– 403 (P) 426 (M) 330 (P) 255 (M)   Third party Fourth party   Leader Kim Jae-yeon Yeo Yeong-gug Party Progressive Justice Regional offices 0 governor 0 met. mayor 0 governor 0 met. mayor Regional offices +/– 0 0 Mayors 1 0 Mayors +/– 1 0 Councillors 3 (P) 17 (M) 2 (P) 7 (M) Councillors +/– 3 (P) 6 (M) 9 (P) 19 (M)
Distribution of elected metropolitan mayors and governors by political party:   Democratic   People Power

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President Yoon Suk-yeol's party, the People Power Party, decisively won the local elections.^[2][3][4][5] The 50.9% turnout is the lowest since 2002.

Citizens born before 2 June 2004 had the right to vote and the right to be elected.