Busan Metropolitan Council

The Busan Metropolitan Council (Korean: 부산광역시의회; Hanja: 釜山廣域市議會) is the local council of Busan, South Korea.

Busan Metropolitan Council

부산광역시의회
8th Busan Metropolitan Council
Type
Type
History
Founded8 July 1991 (1991-07-08)
Leadership
Chairman
Park In-young, Democratic
Vice Chairman
Lee Sung-sook, Democratic
Vice Chairman
Kim Jin-hong, People Power
Structure
Seats47
Political groups
  Democratic (41)
  People Power (5)
  Independent (1)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Parallel voting
Last election
13 June 2018
Website
Busan Metropolitan Council (Korean)
Busan Metropolitan Council (English)
Busan Metropolitan Council
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBusan Gwang-yeoksi Uihoe
McCune–ReischauerPusan Kwang-yŏksi Ŭihoe

There is a total of 47 members, with 42 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 5 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.

Current composition

Political partySeats
Democratic41
People Power5
Independent1
Total47

Negotiation groups can be formed by five or more members. There are currently two negotiation groups in the Council, formed by the Democratic Party of Korea and the Liberty Korea Party.

Organization

The structure of Council consists of:[1]

  • Chairman
  • Two Vice Chairmans
  • Standing Committees
    • Steering Committee
    • Plannung and Administration Committee
    • Economy and Culture Committee
    • Welfare and Environmental Committee
    • Maritime Affairs and Transportation Committee
    • Urban Safety Committee
    • Education Committee
  • Special Committee
    • Special Committee on Buddet & Accounts
    • Special Committee on Ethics
    • Special Committee on Decentralization
    • Special Committee on Local Economy
  • Council Secretariat
    • Secretary General
      • General Affairs Division
        • General Affairs
        • Management
      • Proceedings Division
        • Proceedings
        • Bill Records
      • Public Relations Division
        • Public Relations
        • News
      • Legislative Policy Division
        • Legislations
        • Policy Research
      • Expert Commissioners
        • Steering Committee
        • Plannung and Administration Committee
        • Economy and Culture Committee
        • Welfare and Environmental Committee
        • Maritime Affairs and Transportation Committee
        • Urban Safety Committee
        • Education Committee

Recent election results

2018

 Summary of the 13 June 2018 Busan Metropolitan Council election results[2]
Party Constituency Party list Total seats
Votes % Seats ± Votes % Seats ± Seats ±
Democratic Party of Korea 889,48153.023838 825,83248.8131 4139
Liberty Korea Party 690,81241.17438 621,44636.7321 639
Bareunmirae Party 54,7443.260new 113,8816.730new 0new
Justice Party 2,0850.1200 92,1575.4400 00
Green Party Korea N/A 11,9150.7000 00
Minjung Party 8,8310.530new 11,8330.690new 0new
Korean Patriots' Party N/A 7,5230.440new 0new
Party for Democracy and Peace N/A 7,2890.430new 0new
Other parties 6120.0400 N/A 00
Independents 31,2241.8600 N/A 00
Total 1,677,789100.0042 1,691,876100.005 47

References

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