South Korea’s closest presidential election
Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party was elected the president of South Korea on March 9 for a five-year term. Yoon defeated Democratic Party’s Lee Jae-myung by a record low margin of 0.7% votes, in one of the most closely fought presidential elections.
Vote share
Winner
First runner-up
Second runner-up
Others
Party ideology
Liberal
Conservative
Roh Tae-woo
Kim Young-sam
1987
Kim Young-sam
Kim Dae-jung
1992
Kim Dae-jung
Lee Hoi-chang
1997
Roh Moo-Hyun
Lee Hoi-chang
2002
Lee Myung-bak
Chung Dong-young
2007
Park Geun-hye
Moon Jae-in
2012
Moon Jae-in
Hong Jun-pyo
2017
Yoon Suk-yeol
Lee Jae-myung
2022
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Source: South Korea’s National Election Commission
Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa | Reuters, Mar. 10, 2022
South Korea’s closest presidential election
Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party was elected the president of South Korea on March 9 for a five-year term. Yoon defeated Democratic Party’s Lee Jae-myung by a record low margin of 0.7% votes, in one of the most closely fought presidential elections.
Vote share
Winner
First runner-up
Second runner-up
Others
Party ideology
Liberal
Conservative
Roh Tae-woo
Kim Young-sam
1987
Kim Young-sam
Kim Dae-jung
1992
Kim Dae-jung
Lee Hoi-chang
1997
Roh Moo-Hyun
Lee Hoi-chang
2002
Lee Myung-bak
Chung Dong-young
2007
Park Geun-hye
Moon Jae-in
2012
Moon Jae-in
Hong Jun-pyo
2017
Yoon Suk-yeol
Lee Jae-myung
2022
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Source: South Korea’s National Election Commission
Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa | Reuters, Mar. 10, 2022
South Korea’s closest presidential election
Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party was elected the president of South Korea on March 9 for a five-year term. Yoon defeated Democratic Party’s Lee Jae-myung by a record low margin of 0.7% votes, in one of the most closely fought presidential elections.
Vote share
Winner
First runner-up
Second runner-up
Others
Party ideology
Liberal
Conservative
Roh Tae-woo
Kim Young-sam
1987
Kim Young-sam
Kim Dae-jung
1992
Kim Dae-jung
Lee Hoi-chang
1997
Roh Moo-Hyun
Lee Hoi-chang
2002
Lee Myung-bak
Chung Dong-young
2007
Park Geun-hye
Moon Jae-in
2012
Moon Jae-in
Hong Jun-pyo
2017
Yoon Suk-yeol
Lee Jae-myung
2022
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Source: South Korea’s National Election Commission
Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa | Reuters, Mar. 10, 2022
South Korea’s closest presidential election
Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party was elected the president of South Korea on March 9 for a five-year term. Yoon defeated Democratic Party’s Lee Jae-myung by a record low margin of 0.7% votes, in one of the most closely fought presidential elections.
Vote share
Winner
First runner-up
Second runner-up
Others
Party ideology
Liberal
Conservative
Roh Tae-woo
Kim Young-sam
1987
Kim Young-sam
Kim Dae-jung
1992
Kim Dae-jung
Lee Hoi-chang
1997
Roh Moo-Hyun
Lee Hoi-chang
2002
Lee Myung-bak
Chung Dong-young
2007
Park Geun-hye
Moon Jae-in
2012
Moon Jae-in
Hong Jun-pyo
2017
Yoon Suk-yeol
Lee Jae-myung
2022
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Source: South Korea’s National Election Commission
Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa | Reuters, Mar. 10, 2022