4 Independent Candidates Elected in the Gyeongbuk Local Government Head Election

In the results of the local government head elections in North Gyeongsang Province in the June 3 nationwide simultaneous local elections, independent candidates were elected in 4 counties—Seongju, Cheongdo, Uljin, and Ulleung—defeating candidates from the People Power Party. Among the 22 local government heads in North Gyeongsang Province, there were 4 independent winners, one more than four years ago. In the Seongju County governor election, independent candidate Telephonestyle candidate? Wait no. Telefon? Let's translate properly: "전화식" is a person's name, Jeon Hwasik. Jeon Hwasik, an independent candidate, defeated People Power Party candidate Jeong Younggil by 46 votes. In the Cheongdo County governor election, candidate Park Gwonhyeon received 50.12% of the vote, edging out incumbent candidate Kim Hasu, and in the Uljin County governor election, candidate Hwang Iju beat incumbent Son Byeongbok with 51.41% of the vote. In the Ulleung County governor election, current county governor Nam Hangwon ran as an independent and succeeded in winning a second term. Governorelect Nam said he would put county residents before political parties and stated that he would focus his efforts on local issues such as the opening of Ulleung Airport and improving living conditions. Meanwhile, in the elections for the 9 local government heads in Daegu, all People Power Party candidates won.