2002 South Korean Presidential Election

19 December 2002 · Democratisation

President Kim Dae-jung's National Congress for New Politics (NCNP) re-branded itself to Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) in 2000, but was struggling as it had been defeated by the Grand National Party (GNP) in both the 2000 legislative election and the 2002 local elections.

President before

Kim Dae-jung

Independent

Elected President

Roh Moo-hyun

Millennium Democratic

Winning share

48.9%

Turnout

70.8%

The result

Roh Moo-hyun
Millennium Democratic Party · 12,014,277 votes
48.91%
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Lee Hoi-chang
Grand National Party · 11,443,297 votes
46.59%
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Kwon Young-ghil
Democratic Labor Party · 957,148 votes
3.90%
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Lee Han-dong
One National People Unite · 74,027 votes
0.30%
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Kim Gil-soo
Fatherland Defenders Party · 51,104 votes
0.21%
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Kim Yeong-gyu
Socialist Party · 22,063 votes
0.09%
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