| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Daegu |
| Flag: | Symbol of Daegu.svg |
| Flagsize: | 180px |
| Flagcaption: | Seal of Daegu |
| Incumbent: | Hong Joon-pyo |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2022 |
| Termlength: | Four years |
| Inaugural: | Lee Kyung-hee |
The Mayor of Daegu is the head of the local government of Daegu who is elected to a four-year term.
From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Daegu was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Daegu is elected by direct election.
| Term | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Elected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1st | Korean: 문희갑<br>文熹甲 | 1 July 1995 | 30 June 2002 | Independent → Grand National | 1995 | ||||
| 2nd | 1998 | ||||||||
| 3rd | Korean: 조해녕<br>曺海寧 | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2006 | Grand National | 2002 | ||||
| 4th | Korean: 김범일<br>金範鎰 | 1 July 2006 | 30 June 2014 | Grand National → Saenuri | 2006 | ||||
| 5th | 2010 | ||||||||
| 6th | Kwon Young-jin Korean: 권영진<br>權泳臻 | 1 July 2014 | 30 June 2022 | Saenuri → Liberty Korea → United Future → People Power | 2014 | ||||
| 7th | 2018 | ||||||||
| 8th | Hong Joon-pyo Korean: 홍준표<br>洪準杓 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | People Power | 2022 | ||||
Source:[1]
| 1995 Daegu mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Independent | 3 | Moon Hee-gap | 383,272 | 36.79% | |||
| United Liberal Democrats | 2 | Lee Eui-ik | 230,668 | 22.14% | |||
| Independent | 5 | Lee Hae-bong | 222,409 | 21.35% | |||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Cho Hae-nyung | 175,749 | 16.87% | |||
| Independent | 4 | Ahn Yu-ho | 29,617 | 2.84% | |||
| Total | 1,041,715 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 63.97% | ||||||
| 1998 Daegu mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 1 | Moon Hee-gap | 570,167 | 71.98% | |||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Lee Eui-ik | 163,653 | 20.66% | |||
| New National | 4 | Yoo Sung-hwan | 58,243 | 7.35% | |||
| Total | 792,063 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 46.81% | ||||||
| 2002 Daegu mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 1 | Cho Hae-nyung | 452,943 | 61.18% | |||
| Independent | 3 | Lee Jae-yong | 287,396 | 38.81% | |||
| Total | 740,339 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 41.45% | ||||||
| 2006 Daegu mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 2 | Kim Bum-il | 636,057 | 70.15% | |||
| Uri | 1 | Lee Jae-yong | 191,131 | 21.08% | |||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Lee Youn-jae | 35,497 | 3.91% | |||
| Independent | 6 | Paik Seung-hong | 35,232 | 3.88% | |||
| People First | 5 | Park Seung-gook | 8,764 | 0.96% | |||
| Total | 906,681 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 48.54% | ||||||
| 2010 Daegu mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 1 | Kim Bum-il | 633,118 | 72.92% | |||
| Democratic | 2 | Lee Seung-cheon | 146,458 | 16.86% | |||
| New Progressive | 7 | Cho Myung-rae | 88,599 | 10.20% | |||
| Total | 868,175 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 45.94% | ||||||
| 2014 Daegu mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Saenuri | 1 | Kwon Young-jin | 581,175 | 55.95% | |||
| NPAD | 2 | Kim Boo-kyum | 418,891 | 40.33% | |||
| Independent | 5 | Lee Jung-sook | 14,774 | 1.42% | |||
| Justice | 4 | Lee Won-joon | 12,922 | 1.24% | |||
| Unified Progressive | 3 | Song Young-woo | 10,857 | 1.04% | |||
| Total | 1,038,619 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.30% | ||||||
| 2018 Daegu mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Kwon Young-jin | 619,165 | 53.73% | |||
| Democratic | 1 | Lim Dae-yun | 458,112 | 39.75% | |||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Kim Hyung-gi | 74,955 | 6.50% | |||
| Total | 1,152,232 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 57.26% | ||||||
| 2022 Daegu mayoral election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| People Power | 2 | Hong Joon-pyo | 685,159 | 78.75% | |||
| Democratic | 1 | Seo Jae-heon | 156,429 | 17.97% | |||
| Justice | 3 | Han Min-jeong | 20,904 | 2.40% | |||
| Basic Income | 4 | Shin Won-ho | 7,542 | 0.86% | |||
| Total | 870,034 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 43.19% | ||||||