선거관리위원회는 16일 513명의 후보자가 6월 3일 지방선거를 앞두고 무투표로 당선됐다고 밝혔다.
이 중에는 광주 서구청장 김이강, 남구청장 김병내, 시흥시장 임병택 등 3명의 지방자치단체장이 포함됐다. 모두 더불어민주당 소속이다.
307개 선거구에서는 경쟁자가 없거나 후보가 부족해 투표가 실시되지 않는다. 나머지 510명은 지방의회 의원들이다.
총 7,829명이 후보 등록을 마쳤으며, 16개 광역시·도 시장·도지사와 교육감, 기초단체장, 국회의원 보궐선거 14석이 걸려 있다.
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South Koreans head to polling stations Wednesday to elect local government leaders and council members in the ninth nationwide local elections.
Official campaigning for South Korea's June 3 local elections and parliamentary by-elections started on Thursday, May 21, with nearly 7,830 candidates competing nationwide. The two-week period runs until June 2 and is seen as an early test for the Lee Jae Myung administration.
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South Korea's ruling Democratic Party secured a landslide in Wednesday's local elections, winning 12 of 16 key races and strengthening President Lee Jae Myung's mandate.
Police raided the National Election Commission headquarters and local offices on Thursday over ballot shortages that disrupted last week's local elections.
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Police raided the National Election Commission on June 11 over ballot shortages that disrupted voting at 26 polling stations during the June 3 local elections, as protests demanding a rerun continue.
The People Power Party nominated supreme council member Yang Hyang-ja as its candidate for Gyeonggi Province governor on May 2 for the June 3 local elections. Yang, a former Samsung Electronics executive, was elected to the National Assembly in 2020. She will face Democratic Party Rep. Choo Mi-ae.
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The People Power Party selected incumbent Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon, seeking a third term, as its candidate for the June 3 local elections. Park won a majority in the primary, defeating first-term lawmaker Joo Jin-woo. He will face Democratic Party candidate Rep. Jeon Jae-soo.