Mayor of Busan

The Mayor of Busan (Korean: 부산광역시장; Hanja: 釜山廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Busan who is elected to a four-year term.

Mayor of Busan
부산광역시장
Seal of Busan
Incumbent
Lee Byung-jin

since 29 January 2021
Acting
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderYang Seong-bong
Formation24 January 1946 (1946-01-24)

List of mayors

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Busan was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Direct elected mayors (1995–present)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Busan is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Status
  Denotes acting mayor
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term
Took office Left office Time in office
Moon Jeong-soo
문정수
文正秀

(born 1939)
1 July 1995 30 June 1998 3 years, 0 days Democratic Liberal
New Korea
Grand National
1
Ahn Sang-yeong
안상영
安相英

(1938–2004)
1 July 1998 4 February 2004 5 years, 219 days Grand National 2
3
Oh Keo-don
오거돈
吳巨敦

(born 1948)
(acting)
5 February 2004 13 May 2004 99 days Independent
Ahn Joon-tae
안준태
安準泰

(born 1952)
(acting)
14 May 2004 5 June 2004 23 days Independent
Hur Nam-sik
허남식
許南植

(born 1949)
6 June 2004 30 June 2014 10 years, 25 days Grand National
Saenuri
4
5
Suh Byung-soo
서병수
徐秉洙

(born 1952)
1 July 2014 30 June 2018 4 years, 0 days Saenuri
Liberty Korea
6
Oh Keo-don
오거돈
吳巨敦

(born 1948)
1 July 2018 23 April 2020 1 year, 298 days Democratic 7
Byeon Sung-wan
변성완
邊城完

(born 1965)
(acting)
23 April 2020 26 January 2021 279 days Independent
Kim Sun-jo
김선조
金善照

(born 1967)
(acting)
26 January 2021 28 January 2021 3 days Independent
Lee Byung-jin
이병진
李炳振

(born 1964)
(acting)
29 January 2021 Incumbent 12 days Independent

Elections

Source: [1]

2018

2018 Busan mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Oh Keo-don 940,469 55.23%
Liberty Korea 2 Suh Byung-soo 632,806 37.16%
Bareunmirae 3 Lee Sung-guen 67,502 3.96%
Justice 5 Park Joo-mi 35,299 2.07%
Independent 6 Lee Jong-hyuk 26,720 1.56%
Total 1,702,796 100.00%
Voter turnout 58.78%

2014

2014 Busan mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Saenuri 1 Suh Byung-soo 797,926 50.65%
Independent 4 Oh Keo-don 777,225 49.34%
Total 1,575,151 100.00%
Voter turnout 55.56%

2010

2010 Busan mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Hur Nam-sik 770,507 55.42%
Democratic 2 Kim Jeong-gil 619,565 44.57%
Total 1,390,072 100.00%
Voter turnout 49.48%

2006

2006 Busan mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 2 Hur Nam-sik 895,214 65.54%
Uri 1 Oh Keo-don 329,470 24.12%
Democratic Labor 4 Kim Seok-joon 141,061 10.32%
Total 1,365,745 100.00%
Voter turnout 48.46%

2004 (by-election)

2004 Busan mayoral by-election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 2 Hur Nam-sik 566,700 62.29%
Uri 1 Oh Keo-don 343,110 37.71%
Total 909,810 100.00%
Voter turnout 32.98%

2002

2002 Busan mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Ahn Sang-yeong 729,589 63.76%
Millennium Democratic 2 Han Ih-heon 221,938 19.39%
Democratic Labor 3 Kim Seok-joon 192,594 16.83%
Total 1,144,121 100.00%
Voter turnout 41.77%

1998

1998 Busan mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Ahn Sang-yeong 558,909 45.14%
Independent 4 Kim Ki-jae 537,983 43.45%
National Congress 2 Ha Il-min 141,172 11.40%
Total 1,238,064 100.00%
Voter turnout 46.66%

1995

1995 Busan mayoral election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Liberal 1 Moon Jeong-soo 885,433 51.40%
Democratic 2 Roh Moo-hyun 647,297 37.58%
Independent 3 Kim Hyun-ok 169,652 9.84%
Independent 4 Bae Sang-han 20,008 1.16%
Total 1,722,390 100.00%
Voter turnout 66.23%

See also

References

  1. National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
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