Governor of Gyeonggi Province

Summary

The Governor of Gyeonggi Province (Korean경기도지사; Hanja京畿道知事) is the head of the local government of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, who is elected to a four-year term.

Governor of Gyeonggi Province
경기도지사
Seal of Gyeonggi
Incumbent
Kim Dong-yeon
since 1 July 2022
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderKoo Ja-ok
Formation15 February 1946; 78 years ago (1946-02-15)
Deputy3 Vice Governors
Websitegovernor.gg.go.kr

List of governors edit

Appointed governors (before 1995) edit

From 1946 to 1995, the Governor of Gyeonggi Province was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Directly elected governors (1995–present) edit

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of Gyeonggi Province is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Status
  Denotes acting governor
Term Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Elected
Took office Left office Time in office
1st
 
Lee In-je
이인제
李仁濟

(born 1948)
1 July 1995 18 September 1997 2 years, 80 days Democratic Liberal
New Korea
1995
  Lim Su-bok
임수복
林秀福

(born 1943)
Acting
19 September 1997 30 June 1998 285 days Independent
2nd   Lim Chang-yeol [ko]
임창열
林昌烈

(born 1944)
1 July 1998 30 June 2002 4 years, 0 days National Congress 1998
3rd   Sohn Hak-kyu
손학규
孫鶴圭

(born 1948)
1 July 2002 30 June 2006 4 years, 0 days Grand National 2002
4th   Kim Moon-soo
김문수
金文洙

(born 1951)
1 July 2006 30 June 2014 8 years, 0 days Grand National
Saenuri
2006
5th 2010
6th   Nam Kyung-pil
남경필
南景弼

(born 1965)
1 July 2014 30 June 2018 4 years, 0 days Saenuri
Bareun
Liberty Korea
2014
7th   Lee Jae-myung
이재명
李在明

(born 1964)
1 July 2018 25 October 2021 3 years, 117 days Democratic 2018
  Oh Byeong-kwon
오병권
吳秉權

(born 1971)
Acting
26 October 2021 30 June 2022 248 days Independent
8th   Kim Dong-yeon
김동연
金東兗

(born 1957)
1 July 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 273 days Democratic 2022

Elections edit

Source:[1]

1995 edit

1995 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Liberal 1 Lee In-je 1,264,914 40.56%
Democratic 2 Chang Kyoung-woo 923,069 29.60%
Independent 4 Im Sa-bin 613,624 19.67%
United Liberal Democrats 3 Kim Moon-won 316,637 10.15%
Total 3,118,244 100.00%
Voter turnout 63.23%

1998 edit

1998 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
National Congress 2 Lim Chang-yeol 1,549,189 54.30%
Grand National 1 Sohn Hak-kyu 1,303,340 45.69%
Total 2,852,529 100.00%
Voter turnout 50.00%

2002 edit

2002 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Sohn Hak-kyu 1,744,291 58.37%
Millennium Democratic 2 Jin Nyum 1,075,243 35.98%
Democratic Labor 3 Kim Joon-ki 168,357 5.63%
Total 2,987,891 100.00%
Voter turnout 44.63%

2006 edit

2006 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 2 Kim Moon-soo 2,181,677 59.68%
Uri 1 Jin Dae-je 1,124,317 30.75%
Democratic Labor 4 Kim Yong-han 201,106 5.50%
Democratic 3 Park Jung-il 148,409 4.05%
Total 3,655,509 100.00%
Voter turnout 46.67%

2010 edit

2010 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Kim Moon-soo 2,271,492 52.20%
Participation 8 Rhyu Si-min 2,079,892 47.79%
Total 4,351,384 100.00%
Voter turnout 51.76%

2014 edit

2014 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Saenuri 1 Nam Kyung-pil 2,524,981 50.43%
NPAD 2 Kim Jin-pyo 2,481,824 49.56%
Total 5,006,805 100.00%
Voter turnout 53.28%

2018 edit

2018 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Lee Jae-myung 3,370,621 56.40%
Liberty Korea 2 Nam Kyung-pil 2,122,433 35.51%
Bareunmirae 3 Kim Young-hwan 287,504 4.81%
Justice 5 Lee Hong-woo 151,871 2.54%
Minjung 6 Kim Young-hwan 43,098 0.72%
Total 5,975,527 100.00%
Voter turnout 57.77%

2022 edit

2022 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Kim Dong-yeon 2,827,593 49.06%
People Power 2 Kim Eun-hye 2,818,680 48.91%
Independent 6 Kang Yong-suk 54,758 0.95%
Justice 3 Hwang Sun-sik 38,525 0.66%
Progressive 5 Song Young-ju 13,939 0.24%
Basic Income 4 Seo Tae-seong 9,314 0.16%
Total 5,762,809 100.00%
Voter turnout 50.63%

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2019.