Governor of Gangwon Province

The Governor of Gangwon Province (Korean: 강원도지사; Hanja: 江原道知事) is the head of the local government of Gangwon Province who is elected to a four-year term.

Governor of Gangwon Province
강원도지사
Incumbent
Choi Moon-soon

since 28 April 2011
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderPark Kun-won
Formation19 January 1946 (1946-01-19)

List of governors

Appointed governors (before 1995)

From 1945 to 1995, the Governor of North Gyeongsang Province was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Direct elected governors (1995–present)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of North Gyeongsang Province is elected by direct election.[1]

Political parties
Status
  Denotes acting governor
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term
Took office Left office Time in office
Choi Gak-gyu
최각규
崔珏圭

(born 1933)
1 July 1995 30 June 1998 3 years, 0 days United Liberal Democrats
New Korea
Grand National
1
Kim Jin-sun
김진선
金振兟

(born 1946)
1 July 1998 30 June 2010 12 years, 0 days Grand National 2
3
4
Kang Ki-chang
강기창
姜起敞

(born 1955)
(acting)
1 July 2010 2 September 2010 64 days Independent 5
Lee Kwang-jae
이광재
李光宰

(born 1965)
3 September 2010 27 January 2011 211 days Democratic
Kang Ki-chang
강기창
姜起敞

(born 1955)
(acting)
28 January 2011 27 April 2011 90 days Independent
Choi Moon-soon
최문순
崔文洵

(born 1956)
28 April 2011 Incumbent 9 years, 288 days Democratic ('08)
Democratic United
Democratic ('11)
NPAD
Democratic ('14)
6
7

Elections

Source: [2]

2018

2018 Gangwon gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Choi Moon-soon 518,447 64.73%
Liberty Korea 2 Jeong Chang-soo 282,456 35.26%
Total 800,903 100.00%
Voter turnout 63.20%

2014

2014 Gangwon gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
NPAD 2 Choi Moon-soon 381,338 49.76%
Saenuri 1 Choi Heung-jip 369,201 48.17%
Unified Progressive 3 Lee Seung-jae 15,774 2.05%
Total 766,313 100.00%
Voter turnout 62.24%

2011 (by-election)

2011 Gangwon gubernatorial by-election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 2 Choi Moon-soon 293,509 51.08%
Grand National 1 Ohm Ki-young 267,538 46.56%
Independent 8 Hwang Hak-su 13,463 2.34%
Total 574,510 100.00%
Voter turnout 47.50%

2010

2010 Gangwon gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 2 Lee Kwang-jae 388,443 54.36%
Grand National 1 Lee Kye-jin 326,111 45.63%
Total 714,554 100.00%
Voter turnout 62.30%

2006

2006 Gangwon gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 2 Kim Jin-sun 471,613 70.56%
Uri 1 Lee Chang-bok 148,302 22.19%
Democratic 3 Yoo Jae-gyu 29,028 4.34%
People First 5 Yoo Seung-gyu 19,383 2.90%
Total 668,326 100.00%
Voter turnout 58.71%

2002

2002 Gangwon gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Kim Jin-sun 468,987 71.11%
Millennium Democratic 2 Nam Dong-woo 190,451 28.88%
Total 659,438 100.00%
Voter turnout 59.41%

1998

1998 Gangwon gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Kim Jin-sun 268,559 39.27%
United Liberal Democrats 3 Han Ho-sun 231,376 33.84%
Independent 4 Lee Sang-ryong 183,775 26.87%
Total 683,710 100.00%
Voter turnout 64.27%

1995

1995 Gangwon gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
United Liberal Democrats 2 Choi Gak-gyu 500,894 65.82%
Democratic Liberal 1 Lee Sang-ryong 260,004 34.17%
Total 760,898 100.00%
Voter turnout 74.77%

See also

References

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