Sejong City Council

Sejong City Council
Hangul	세종특별자치시의회
Hanja	世宗特別自治市議會
Revised Romanization	Sejong Teukbyeol Jachisi Uihoe
McCune–Reischauer	Sechong T’ŭkpyŏl Chach’isi Ŭihoe

Sejong Special Self-Governing City Council

세종특별자치시의회
Sejong Special Self-Governing City Council ; 세종특별자치시의회
4th Sejong Special Self-Governing City Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1 July 2012
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)

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[edit]

Political party		Seats
Democratic		13
People Power		7
Total		20

Organization[edit]

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[edit]

2018[edit]

Summary of the 13 June 2018 Sejong City Council election results^[2]
Party		Constituency				Party list				Total seats
Party		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	–