South Korean local elections, 2002

← 1998

13 June, 2002

2006 →

All 16 Metropolitan Mayors and Governors, 682 Provincial Councillors,
232 Municipal Leaders, 3,485 Municipal Councillors

Turnout

48.9%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Seo Cheong-won	Han Hwa-gap	Kim Jong-pil
Party	Grand National	Millennium Democratic	ULD
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors	11 (5 )	4 (2 )	1 (3 )
Provincial Councillors	467 (243 )	143 (128 )	16 (13 )
Municipal Leaders	140 (66 )	44 (40 )	16 (66 )

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Kwon Young-ghil	Park Geun-hye
Party	Democratic Labor	The Party of Korea Future Union
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors	0 (New party)	0 (New party)
Provincial Councillors	11 (New party)	2 (New party)
Municipal Leaders	2 (New party)	0 (New party)

The 3rd Local Elections were held in South Korea on 13 June 2002. Unlike the 1998 local elections, the ruling Millennium Democratic Party was defeated by the opposition Grand National Party.