Sejong City Council
City council in South Korea
세종특별자치시의회Unicameral
Chairman
Sang Byeong-heon, Democratic
Vice Chairman
Park Ran-hee, Democratic
Vice Chairman
Kim Hak-seo, People Power Party
Political groups
- Democratic (13)
- People Power (7)
Length of term
Voting system
- First-past-the-post (16 seats)
- Party-list proportional representation (2 seats)
Last election
Sejong City Council (English)
Sejong City Council | |
Hangul | 세종특별자치시의회 |
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Hanja | 世宗特別自治市議會 |
Revised Romanization | Sejong Teukbyeol Jachisi Uihoe |
McCune–Reischauer | Sechong T’ŭkpyŏl Chach’isi Ŭihoe |
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]
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 party | Seats | |
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Democratic | 13 | |
People Power | 7 | |
Total | 20 |
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
Party | Constituency | Party list | Total seats | |||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | ± | Votes | % | Seats | ± | Seats | ± | |||
Democratic Party of Korea | 85,299 | 62.97 | 16 | 8 | 79,752 | 59.01 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | ||
Liberty Korea Party | 22,513 | 16.62 | 0 | 4 | 23,567 | 17.43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
Justice Party | — | 17,369 | 12.85 | 0 | new | 0 | new | |||||
Bareunmirae Party | 18,224 | 13.45 | 0 | new | 14,455 | 10.69 | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
Independents | 9,433 | 6.96 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | |||||
Total | 135,469 | 100.00 | 16 | – | 135,143 | 100.00 | 2 | – | 18 | – |