Sejong City Council

The Sejong City Council, officially the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Council (Korean: 세종특별자치시의회) is the local council of Sejong City, South Korea.

Sejong Special Self-Governing City Council 세종특별자치시의회
4th Sejong Special Self-Governing City Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1 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
Seats	20
Political groups	Democratic (13)   People Power (7)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting First-past-the-post (16 seats) Party-list proportional representation (2 seats)
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
RR	Sejong-teukbyeoljachisi uihoe
MR	Sejong-t'ŭkpyŏljach'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 party		Seats
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

Summary of the 13 June 2018 Sejong City Council election results

Party			Constituency				Party list				Total seats
			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		—N/a				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	—N/a				0	1
Total			135,469	100.00	16	–	135,143	100.00	2	–	18	–