S. Korea's Ruling Party Sweeps Local Votes in Historic Landslide
The party claimed 12 of the 16 mayoral and gubernatorial contests on the ballot — including the key port city of Busan — while the main opposition People Power Party held on to four posts, among them the capital Seoul, according to final tallies cited by media.
The ruling party's strong showing extended to the legislature. The Democratic Party captured nine of 14 parliamentary by-election seats, with the People Power Party securing four and an independent candidate claiming the remaining one. Thirteen of the 14 contested seats had previously been held by the ruling party, which already commands a majority in the 300-member National Assembly.
The scale of the victory is widely seen as a powerful endorsement of the Lee government's agenda, clearing the path for the administration to accelerate its reform agenda with a strengthened popular mandate.
The elections, held on the one-year anniversary of President Lee's inauguration on June 4, also saw voters choose 16 education superintendents, 227 local government heads, and approximately 4,000 local council members across the country.
Voter enthusiasm was notably high — turnout surpassed all previous benchmarks, reaching its highest level since South Korea held its first nationwide local elections in 1995.
Local elections in South Korea are conducted every four years, timed to fall midway between National Assembly elections to ensure the country's two major electoral cycles do not coincide.
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