Jeju Provincial Council

The Jeju Provincial Council, officially the Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Council (Korean: 제주특별자치도의회; Hanja: 濟州特別自治道議會) is the local council of Jeju Province, South Korea.[1]

Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Council 제주특별자치도의회
11th Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	20 May 1952
Leadership
Chairman	Kim Tae-suk, Democratic
Vice Chairman	Kim Hee-hyon, Democratic
Vice Chairman	Hur Chang-ok, Independent
Structure
Seats	43
Political groups	Democratic (29)   People Power (5)   Justice (1)   Minsaeng (1)   Independents (2)   Education members (5)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting First-past-the-post (31 seats, 5 education members) Party-list proportional representation (7 seats)
Last election	13 June 2018
Website
Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Council (Korean) Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Council (English)

Jeju Provincial Council
Hangul	제주특별자치도의회
Hanja	濟州特別自治道議會
Revised Romanization	Jeju Teukbyeol Jachido Uihoe
McCune–Reischauer	Cheju T’ŭkpyŏl Chach’ido Ŭihoe

There are a total of 43 members, with 31 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 7 members elected in Party-list proportional representation. In addition, five education members are also elected under the First-past-the-post voting system.

Current composition

Political party		Seats
Democratic		29
People Power		5
Justice		1
Minsaeng		1
Independents		2
Education member		5
Total		18

Negotiation groups can be formed by four or more members.

Organization

The structure of Council consists of:

• Chairman
• Two Vice Chairmans
• Standing Committees
  • Council Operation Committee
  • Autonomy Administration Committee
  • Health, Welfare and Safety Committee
  • Environment and City Committee
  • Culture, Tourism, and Sports Committee
  • Economic Committee for Agricultural, Fishery, Livestock
  • Educational Committee
• Special Committees
  • Special Committee on Budget and Accounts
  • Special Committee on Ethics
  • Special Committee on 4.3
  • Special Committee on Administrative investigation

Recent election results

2018

 Summary of the 13 June 2018 Jeju Provincial Council election results[2]

Party			Constituency				Party list				Education member				Total seats
			Votes	%	Seats	±	Votes	%	Seats	±	Votes	%	Seats	±	Seats	±
	Democratic Party of Korea		167,815	53.65	25	12	185,218	54.25	4	1	N/A				29	13
	Liberty Korea Party		49,096	15.70	1	12	61,705	18.07	1	3					2	15
	Bareunmirae Party		9,588	3.07	1	new	25,503	7.47	1	new					2	new
	Justice Party		5,332	1.70	0	0	40,553	11.87	1	1					1	1
	Green Party Korea		N/A				16,640	4.87	0	0					0	0
	Labor Party		N/A				6,277	1.83	0	new					0	new
	Minjung Party		878	0.27	0	new	5,496	1.60	0	new					0	new
	Independents		80,093	25.61	4	1	N/A				90,244	100.00	5	–	9	1
Total			312,802	100.00	31	–	341,392	100.00	7	–	90,244	100.00	5	–	43	–

References

1. "제11대 제주도의회 개원…"독립성 확보에 최선"". Newsis. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
2. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템". National Election Commission.