Daegu Metropolitan Council

The Daegu Metropolitan Council (Korean: 대구광역시의회; Hanja: 大邱廣域市議會) is the local council of Daegu.[1]

Daegu Metropolitan Council 대구광역시의회
8th Daegu Metropolitan Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	8 July 1991
Leadership
Chairman	Bae Ji-sook, People Power
Vice Chairman	Jang Sang-soo, People Power
Vice Chairman	Kim Hye-jung, Democratic
Structure
Seats	30
Political groups	People Power (23)   Democratic (5)   Independents (2)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting First-past-the-post (27 seats) Party-list proportional representation (3 seats)
Last election	13 June 2018
Website
Daegu Metropolitan Council

Daegu Metropolitan Council
Hangul	대구광역시의회
Hanja	大邱廣域市議會
Revised Romanization	Daegu Gwang-yeoksi Uihoe
McCune–Reischauer	Taegu Kwang-yŏksi Ŭihoe

There are a total of 30 members, with 27 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 3 members elected in Party-list proportional representation.

Current composition

Political party		Seats
People Power		23
Democratic		5
Independents		2
Total		30

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

Organization

The structure of Council consists of:

• Chairman
• Two Vice Chairmans
• Standing Committees
  • Steering Committee
  • Strategy and Administration Committee
  • Culture and Welfare Committee
  • Economy and Environment Committee
  • Construction and Transport 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 Daegu Metropolitan Council election results[2]

Party			Constituency				Party list				Total seats
			Votes	%	Seats	±	Votes	%	Seats	±	Seats	±
	Liberty Korea Party		520,730	47.62	23	4	528,806	46.14	2	0	25	4
	Democratic Party of Korea		394,277	36.05	4	4	410,081	35.78	1	0	5	4
	Bareunmirae Party		61,602	5.64	0	new	123,592	10.78	0	new	0	new
	Justice Party		14,202	1.31	0	0	49,736	4.34	0	0	0	0
	Korean Patriots' Party		7,057	0.66	0	new	15,211	1.32	0	new	0	new
	Green Party Korea		N/A				7,535	0.65	0	0	0	0
	Minjung Party		9,791	0.91	0	new	5,559	0.48	0	new	0	new
	Labor Party		N/A				5,380	0.46	0	new	0	new
	Independents		85,354	7.81	0	0	N/A				0	0
Total			1,094,013	100.00	27	–	1,145,900	100.00	3	–	30	–

References

1. "대구시의회, 8대 의회 슬로건 제정". 뉴시스 (Newsis). 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
2. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템". National Election Commission.