Daejeon Metropolitan Council

Daejeon Metropolitan Council 대전광역시의회
8th Daejeon Metropolitan Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	8 July 1991 (1991-07-08)
Leadership
Chairman	Lee Sang-rae, People Power
Vice Chairman	Kim Jin-oh, People Power
Vice Chairman	Cho Won-hui, Democratic
Structure
Seats	22
Political groups	People Power (18)   Democratic (4)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting First-past-the-post (19 seats) Party-list proportional representation (3 seats)
Last election	1 June 2022
Website
Daejeon Metropolitan Council

The Daejeon Metropolitan Council (Korean: 대전광역시의회; Hanja: 大田廣域市議會) is the local council of Daejeon, South Korea.^[1]

There are a total of 22 members, with 19 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 3 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.

Negotiation groups can be formed by 4 or more members. There are currently a negotiation group in the council, formed by the Democratic Party of Korea only.

The structure of Council consists of:

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

Summary of the 13 June 2018 Daejeon Metropolitan Council election results^[2]

Party			Constituency				Party list				Total seats
			Votes	%	Seats	±	Votes	%	Seats	±	Seats	±
	Democratic Party of Korea		442,612	64.17	19	5	384,083	55.21	2	0	21	5
	Liberty Korea Party		211,871	30.72	0	5	183,819	26.42	1	0	1	5
	Bareunmirae Party		33,486	4.86	0	new	61,971	8.90	0	new	0	new
	Justice Party		—				54,292	7.80	1	0	0	0
	Green Party Korea		—				4,509	0.64	0	new	0	new
	Minjung Party		1,734	0.25	0	new	3,613	0.51	0	new	0	new
	Labor Party		—				3,315	0.47	0	new	0	new
Total			689,703	100.00	19	–	695,602	100.00	3	–	22	–