Mayor of Ulsan

The Mayor of Ulsan (Korean: 울산광역시장; Hanja: 蔚山廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Ulsan who is elected to a four-year term.

Mayor of Ulsan
울산광역시장
Seal of Ulsan
Incumbent Kim Doo-gyum since 1 July 2022
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Choi Dong-yong
Formation	24 October 1945 (1945-10-24)

List of mayors

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Ulsan was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Directly elected mayors (1995–present)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Ulsan is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Conservative   Liberal   Independent
Status
Denotes acting mayor

Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Ulsan City, South Gyeongsang Province (1995–1997)
1st		Shim Wan-koo 심완구 沈完求 (1938-2020)	1 July 1995	14 July 1997	2 years, 14 days		Democratic Liberal → New Korea	1995
Ulsan Metropolitan City (1997–present)
(1st)		Shim Wan-koo 심완구 沈完求 (1938-2020)	15 July 1997	26 June 2002	4 years, 347 days		New Korea → Grand National → National Congress → Millennium Democratic	(1995)
2nd								1998
3rd		Park Maeng-woo 박맹우 朴孟雨 (born 1951)	1 July 2002	31 March 2014	11 years, 274 days		Grand National → Saenuri	2002
4th								2006
5th								2010
		Park Sung-hwan 박성환 朴成換 (born 1956) Acting	1 April 2014	30 June 2014	91 days		Independent	—
6th		Kim Gi-hyeon 김기현 金起炫 (born 1959)	1 July 2014	30 June 2018	4 years, 0 days		Saenuri → Liberty Korea	2014
7th		Song Cheol-ho 송철호 宋哲鎬 (born 1949)	1 July 2018	30 June 2022	4 years, 0 days		Democratic	2018
8th		Kim Doo-gyum 김두겸 金斗謙 (born 1958)	1 July 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 138 days		People Power	2022

Elections

Source:

1995 (municipal)

1995 Ulsan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic Liberal	1	Shim Wan-koo	122,326	30.43%
	Democratic	2	Lee Kyu-chung	87,690	21.81%
	Independent	4	Koh Won-joon	85,250	21.21%
	Independent	5	Kim Myung-kyu	67,483	16.79%
	Independent	3	Kang Chung-ho	27,259	6.78%
	Independent	6	Kim Young-hae	7,719	1.92%
	Independent	7	Yoon Byung-yi	4,165	1.03%
Total				401,892	100.00%
Voter turnout				67.58%

1998

1998 Ulsan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Shim Wan-koo	160,491	42.74%
	Independent	5	Song Cheol-ho	148,126	39.44%
	New National	4	Kang Chung-ho	37,139	9.89%
	United Liberal Democrats	3	Cha Hwa-joon	29,725	7.91%
Total				375,481	100.00%
Voter turnout				57.58%

2002

2002 Ulsan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Park Maeng-woo	197,772	53.07%
	Democratic Labor	3	Song Cheol-ho	162,546	43.61%
	Socialist	4	Ahn Seung-chun	12,329	3.30%
Total				372,647	100.00%
Voter turnout				52.31%

2006

2006 Ulsan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	2	Park Maeng-woo	261,361	63.23%
	Democratic Labor	4	Noh Ok-hee	104,384	25.25%
	Uri	1	Sim Kyu-myung	47,579	11.51%
Total				413,324	100.00%
Voter turnout				52.79%

2010

2010 Ulsan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Park Maeng-woo	279,421	61.26%
	Democratic Labor	5	Kim Chang-hyun	133,437	29.25%
	New Progressive	7	Noh Ok-hee	43,256	9.48%
Total				456,114	100.00%
Voter turnout				55.09%

2014

2014 Ulsan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Saenuri	1	Kim Gi-hyeon	306,311	65.42%
	Justice	4	Cho Seung-soo	123,736	26.43%
	Labor	5	Lee Gap-yong	38,107	8.13%
Total				468,154	100.00%
Voter turnout				56.11%

2018

2018 Ulsan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	1	Song Cheol-ho	317,341	52.88%
	Liberty Korea	2	Kim Gi-hyeon	240,475	40.07%
	Minjung	6	Kim Chang-hyun	28,621	4.76%
	Bareunmirae	3	Lee Young-hee	13,589	2.26%
Total				600,026	100.00%
Voter turnout				64.79%

2022

2022 Ulsan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	People Power	2	Kim Doo-gyum	290,563	59.78%
	Democratic	1	Song Cheol-ho	195,430	40.21%
Total				485,993	100.00%
Voter turnout				52.26%

See also

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea