The 2018 Seoul mayoral election was held on 13 June 2018 as part of the 7th local elections. Incumbent Park Won-soon was elected for his third consecutive term; the South Korean Public Election Act places a limit of three consecutive terms on holders of the post, so that Park will not be able to run in the next mayoral election.
Selection of candidates Democratic Party of Korea 2018 Democratic Party of Korea Seoul mayoral primary results Candidate Place Results Park Won-soon 66.3% Park Young-sun 2nd 19.6% Woo Sang-ho 3rd 14.1% 100%
Liberty Korea Party 2018 Liberty Korea Party Seoul mayoral primary results Candidate Place Results Kim Moon-soo Walkover
Bareunmirae Party 2018 Bareunmirae Party Seoul mayoral primary results Candidate Place Results Ahn Cheol-soo Walkover
Justice Party 2018 Justice Party Seoul mayoral primary results Candidate Place Results Kim Jong-min Nominated 58.1% Chung Ho-jin 2nd 41.9% 100%
Final candidates Name Age Party Notes Park Won-soon 62 Democratic Party of Korea Mayor of Seoul (2011–present) Kim Moon-soo 66 Liberty Korea Party Member of the National Assembly (1996–2006);Governor of Gyeonggi Province (2006–2014) Ahn Cheol-soo 56 Bareunmirae Party Member of the National Assembly (2013–2017);Co-leader of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (2014);Leader of the People's Party (2016, 2017–2018) Kim Jong-min 47 Justice Party Kim Jin-sook 39 Minjung Party Ihn Ji-yeon 45 Korean Patriots' Party Sin Jie-ye 27 Green Party Korea Woo In-cheol 33 Our Future Choi Tae-hyeon 62 Chinbak Yeondae
Results Summary
By districts Districts Park Won-soon Kim Moon-soo Ahn Cheol-soo Kim Jong-min Kim Jin-sook Ihn Ji-yeon Sin Jie-ye Woo In-cheol Choi Tae-hyeon Totalvotes Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Jongno District41,148 51.37 18,777 23.44 15,946 19.90 1,469 1.83 358 0.44 223 0.27 1,896 2.36 215 0.26 59 0.07 80,091 Jung District34,243 52.28 15,618 23.84 12,814 19.56 1,023 1.56 279 0.42 193 0.29 1,076 1.64 149 0.22 96 0.14 65,491 Yongsan District53,964 47.06 31,073 27.09 24,074 20.99 2,151 1.87 436 0.38 231 0.20 2,392 2.08 226 0.19 115 0.10 114,662 Seongdong District84,106 53.96 34,878 22.37 30,379 19.49 2,594 1.66 689 0.44 309 0.19 2,418 1.55 370 0.23 123 0.07 155,866 Gwangjin District99,366 55.70 38,606 21.64 32,310 18.11 3,077 1.72 804 0.45 376 0.21 3,222 1.80 482 0.27 125 0.07 178,368 Dongdaemun District93,913 53.44 40,984 23.32 33,437 19.02 2,731 1.55 827 0.47 434 0.24 2,848 1.62 404 0.22 145 0.08 175,723 Jungnang District109,318 55.71 45,905 23.39 33,672 17.16 2,662 1.35 959 0.48 519 0.26 2,561 1.30 429 0.21 185 0.09 196,210 Seongbuk District119,898 54.62 47,274 21.53 42,105 19.18 3,750 1.70 918 0.41 523 0.23 4,349 1.98 497 0.22 187 0.08 219,501 Gangbuk District85,839 55.74 33,537 21.77 28,138 18.27 2,396 1.55 718 0.46 481 0.31 2,276 1.47 431 0.27 165 0.10 153,981 Dobong District92,172 53.71 39,099 22.78 33,308 19.40 2,767 1.61 810 0.47 445 0.25 2,430 1.41 434 0.25 144 0.08 171,609 Nowon District150,657 53.88 54,461 19.47 62,193 22.24 4,866 1.74 1,448 0.51 609 0.21 4,364 1.56 732 0.26 248 0.08 279,578 Eunpyeong District131,287 55.77 49,071 20.84 44,033 18.70 4,167 1.77 1,121 0.47 533 0.22 4,421 1.87 522 0.22 216 0.09 235,371 Seodaemun District87,486 54.05 34,514 21.32 31,494 19.45 2,842 1.75 879 0.54 333 0.20 3,780 2.33 394 0.24 120 0.07 161,842 Mapo District105,956 54.26 40,249 20.61 37,233 19.06 4,369 2.23 927 0.47 386 0.19 5,475 2.80 496 0.25 170 0.08 195,261 Yangcheon District125,557 53.18 53,780 22.77 47,056 19.93 4,052 1.71 979 0.41 507 0.21 3,455 1.46 525 0.22 180 0.07 236,091 Gangseo District168,733 56.16 64,676 21.52 54,090 18.00 5,356 1.78 1,522 0.50 690 0.22 4,387 1.46 696 0.23 259 0.08 300,409 Guro District113,799 54.51 48,981 23.46 37,784 18.09 3,363 1.61 1,006 0.48 436 0.20 2,709 1.29 494 0.23 191 0.09 208,763 Geumcheon District64,662 56.06 25,156 21.81 21,106 18.29 1,539 1.33 681 0.59 334 0.28 1,505 1.30 235 0.20 117 0.10 115,335 Yeongdeungpo District100,899 52.10 46,666 24.09 37,945 19.59 3,145 1.62 988 0.51 421 0.21 3,008 1.55 416 0.21 155 0.08 193,643 Dongjak District114,563 54.31 46,094 21.85 41,257 19.55 3,564 1.68 863 0.40 382 0.18 3,535 1.67 522 0.24 152 0.07 210,932 Gwanak District152,069 58.02 47,686 18.19 49,248 18.79 4,745 1.81 1,490 0.56 606 0.23 5,336 2.03 684 0.26 230 0.08 262,094 Seocho District96,452 42.86 69,910 31.06 50,486 22.43 3,010 1.33 600 0.26 454 0.20 3,535 1.57 459 0.20 106 0.04 225,012 Gangnam District107,743 40.82 87,305 33.07 58,987 22.34 3,723 1.41 721 0.27 586 0.22 4,240 1.60 499 0.18 134 0.05 263,938 Songpa District171,592 49.61 90,144 26.06 71,367 20.63 4,952 1.43 1,207 0.34 686 0.19 4,861 1.40 780 0.22 230 0.06 345,819 Gangdong District114,075 52.74 54,043 24.98 39,912 18.45 3,351 1.54 904 0.41 525 0.24 2,795 1.29 508 0.23 169 0.07 216,282 Total2,619,497 52.79 1,158,487 23.34 970,374 19.55 81,664 1.64 22,134 0.44 11,222 0.22 82,874 1.67 11,599 0.23 4,021 0.08 4,961,872
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