With the June 1 national simultaneous local elections approaching for a month, a total of 7,531 candidates have completed registration for the heads of local governments and local councilors.
SBS Data Journalism's 'Crash' team analyzed all criminal criminal data of candidates, and among them, 2,727 candidates, or 36.2%, had criminal convictions.
By party, independents accounted for the most at 52.6%, followed by People's Strength at 35.4%, the Democratic Party at 30.9%, and the Justice Party at 24.1%.
The most common criminal history was drunk driving and driving without a license at 40.8%.
In particular, after the Yoon Chang-ho Act, which tightened the punishment for drunk drivers, there were 35 candidates with a criminal record for drinking, including 8 active-duty lawmakers.
The most prolific criminals were independent candidate Chae Nam-deok, who ran for mayor of Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, and independent candidate Kang Hae-bok, who ran for Jin-gu, Busan, with 14 criminal convictions.
Fraud, drunk driving, assault, and violation of the Labor Standards Act.
After drinking, 10.4% of the candidates had a history of violence-related offenses, and 2% were related to sexual offenses such as molestation, adultery, and distribution of pornography.
The full analysis of the criminal history of the local election candidates will be delivered in detail in <SBS 8 News> on the evening of the 17th.