Incheon Metropolitan Council

The Incheon Metropolitan Council (Korean: 인천광역시의회; Hanja: 仁川廣域市議會) is the local council of Incheon.

Incheon Metropolitan Council 인천광역시의회
8th Incheon Metropolitan Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	8 July 1991 (1991-07-08)
Leadership
Chairman	Heo Shik, People Power
Vice Chairman	Lee bong-rak, People Power
Vice Chairman	Park Jong-hyeok, Democratic
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	People Power (26)   Democratic (14)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting First-past-the-post (36 seats) Party-list proportional representation (4 seats)
Last election	1 June 2022
Website
Incheon Metropolitan Council (Korean) Incheon Metropolitan Council (English)

Incheon Metropolitan Council
Hangul	인천광역시의회
Hanja	仁川廣域市議會
Revised Romanization	Incheon Gwang-yeoksi Uihoe
McCune–Reischauer	Inchŏn Kwang-yŏksi Ŭihoe

There are a total of 40 members, with 36 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 4 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.

Current composition

Political party		Seats
People Power		26
Democratic		14
Total		40

The Incheon Metropolitan Council has no regulations on the negotiation group.

Organization

The structure of Council consists of:

• Chairman
• Two Vice-chairmen
• Standing Committees
  • Council Operation Committee
  • Planning and Administration Committee
  • Culture and Welfare Committee
  • Industrial Committee
  • Construction and Transportation Committee
  • Educational Committee
• Special Committees
  • Special Committee for Budget & Accounts
  • Special Committee on Ethics

Recent election results

2018

Summary of the 13 June 2018 Incheon Metropolitan Council election results

Party			Constituency				Party list				Total seats
			Votes	%	Seats	±	Votes	%	Seats	±	Seats	±
	Democratic Party of Korea		847,939	64.64	32	22	733,691	55.27	2	0	34	22
	Liberty Korea Party		413,517	31.52	1	20	350,909	26.43	1	1	2	21
	Justice Party		15,330	1.17	0	0	122,539	9.23	1	1	1	1
	Bareunmirae Party		27,993	2.14	0	new	88,093	6.63	0	new	0	new
	Party for Democracy and Peace		—				8,909	0.67	0	new	0	new
	Green Party Korea		—				7,900	0.59	0	0	0	0
	Minjung Party		—				5,645	0.42	0	new	0	new
	Labor Party		2,534	0.19	0	0	4,979	0.37	0	0	0	0
	Korean Patriots' Party		—				4,566	0.34	0	new	0	new
	Independents		4,507	0.34	0	0	—				0	0
Total			1,311,820	100.00	33	–	1,327,231	100.00	4	–	37	–