1998 South Korean local elections

Local elections were held in South Korea on 4 June 1998. A total of seven metropolitan city mayors, nine provincial governors, 680 provincial-level councilors, 232 municipal-level mayors and 3,490 municipal-level councilors were elected.

Provincial-level council elections

Constituency seats

Region	Seats	NCNP	GNP	ULD	Ind.
Seoul	94	78	15	1
Busan	44		43	1
Daegu	26		26
Incheon	26	20	4	1	1
Gwangju	14	14
Daejeon	14			14
Ulsan	14		9		5
Gyeonggi	88	61	18	9
Gangwon	42	12	21	3	6
North Chungcheong	24	3		17	4
South Chungcheong	32	1		30	1
North Jeolla	34	32			2
South Jeolla	50	42		1	7
North Gyeongsang	54		44	5	5
South Gyeongsang	46		41		5
Jeju	14	8	3		3
Total	616	271	224	82	39
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations

Proportional representation seats

Region	Seats	NCNP	GNP	ULD
Seoul	10	5	5
Busan	5	2	3
Daegu	3	1	2
Incheon	3	1	1	1
Gwangju	3	2		1
Daejeon	3	1		2
Ulsan	3	1	2
Gyeonggi	9	5	3	1
Gangwon	5	2	2	1
North Chungcheong	3	1		2
South Chungcheong	4	2		2
North Jeolla	4	2	1	1
South Jeolla	5	3	2
North Gyeongsang	6	1	4	1
South Gyeongsang	5	2	3
Jeju	3	2	1
Total	74	33	29	12
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations

Municipal-level mayoral elections

By region

Region	Mayors	NCNP	GNP	ULD	NPP	Ind.
Seoul	25	19	5	1
Busan	16		11			5
Daegu	8		7			1
Incheon	10	9		1
Gwangju	5	5
Daejeon	5	1		4
Ulsan	5		3			2
Gyeonggi	31	20	6	2		3
Gangwon	18	1	13	2		2
North Chungcheong	11	2		6		3
South Chungcheong	15			11	1	3
North Jeolla	14	9				5
South Jeolla	22	15				7
North Gyeongsang	23	1	14	2		6
South Gyeongsang	20		14			6
Jeju	4	2	1			1
Total	232	84	74	29	1	44
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations

Municipal-level council elections

3,490 seats in municipal-level councils were contested by candidates running as independents.