The Gwangju Metropolitan Council () is the local council of Gwangju, South Korea.
There are a total of 23 members, with 20 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 3 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.
Current composition Political party Seats Democratic 22 People Power 1 Total 23 Negotiation groups can be formed by four or more members. There are currently a negotiation group in the council, formed by the Democratic Party of Korea only.
Organization The structure of Council consists of: Chairman Two Vice-chairmen Standing Committees Steering Committee of Council Administration and Autonomy Committee Environment and Welfare Committee Industry and Construction Committee Education and Culture Committee Special Committees Special Committees on Budget and Accounts Special Committees on Ethics
Recent election results 2018
|- style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" colspan="3" width="200" | Party ! colspan="4" | Constituency ! colspan="4" | Party list ! colspan="2" | Total seats |- style="text-align:center;" ! width="60" | Votes ! width="40" | % ! width="40" | Seats ! width="32" | ± ! width="60" | Votes ! width="40" | % ! width="40" | Seats ! width="32" | ± ! width="40" | Seats ! width="32" | ± |- | width="1" style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Democratic Party of Korea | 423,304 || 73.98 || 20 || 1 | 461,406 || 67.47 || 2 || 0 | 22 || 1 |- | width="1" style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Justice Party | colspan=4 | 87,327 || 12.77 || 1 || 1 | 1 || 1 |- | width="1" style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Party for Democracy and Peace | 72,568 || 12.68 || 0 || new | 56,341 || 8.23 || 0 || new | 0 || new |- | width="1" style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Minjung Party | 32,129 || 5.62 || 0 || new | 31,417 || 4.59 || 0 || new | 0 || new |- | width="1" style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Bareunmirae Party | 35,160 || 6.15 || 0 || new | 30,015 || 4.38 || 0 || new | 0 || new |- | width="1" style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Liberty Korea Party | colspan=4 | 9,465 || 1.38 || 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 |- | width="1" style="background-color:#DC143C" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Labor Party | colspan=4 | 4,257 || 0.62 || 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 |- | width="1" style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Green Party Korea | colspan=4 | 3,610 || 0.52 || 0 || new | 0 || new |- | width="1" style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Independents | 8,989 || 1.57 || 0 || 0 | colspan=4 | 0 || 0 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | Total | 572,150 || 100.00 || 20 || – | 683,838 || 100.00 || 3 || – | 23 || –
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