Sejong City Council

The Sejong City Council, officially the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Council (Korean: 세종특별자치시의회; Hanja: 世宗特別自治市議會) is the local council of Sejong City, South Korea.[1]

Sejong Special Self-Governing City Council

세종특별자치시의회
4th Sejong Special Self-Governing City Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 July 2012 (2012-07-01)
Leadership
Chairman
Sang Byeong-heon, Democratic
Vice Chairman
Park Ran-hee, Democratic
Vice Chairman
Kim Hak-seo, People Power Party
Structure
Seats20
Political groups
  Democratic (13)
  People Power (7)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Parallel voting
Last election
1 June 2022
Website
Sejong City Council (Korean)
Sejong City Council (English)
Sejong City Council
Hangul
세종특별자치시의회
Hanja
世宗特別自治市議會
Revised RomanizationSejong Teukbyeol Jachisi Uihoe
McCune–ReischauerSechong T’ŭkpyŏl Chach’isi Ŭihoe

There are a total of 18 members, with 16 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 2 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.

Current composition

Political partySeats
Democratic13
People Power7
Total20

Organization

The structure of Council consists of:

  • Chairman
  • Two Vice-chairmen
  • Standing Committees
    • Steering Committee of Council
    • Administration and Welfare Committee
    • Industry and Construction Committee
    • Education Committee
  • Special Committees
    • Special Committees on Budget and Accounts
    • Special Committees on Ethics

Recent election results

2018

Summary of the 13 June 2018 Sejong City Council election results[2]
Party Constituency Party list Total seats
Votes  % Seats ± Votes  % Seats ± Seats ±
Democratic Party of Korea 85,29962.9716Increase8 79,75259.011Steady0 17Increase8
Liberty Korea Party 22,51316.620Decrease4 23,56717.431Steady0 1Decrease4
Justice Party 17,36912.850new 0new
Bareunmirae Party 18,22413.450new 14,45510.690new 0new
Independents 9,4336.960Decrease1 0Decrease1
Total 135,469100.0016 135,143100.002 18

References

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