2012 South Korean Presidential Election

19 December 2012 · The alternation era

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 19 December 2012. They were the sixth presidential elections since democratisation and the establishment of the Sixth Republic, and were held under a first-past-the-post system, in which there was a single round of voting and the candidate receiving the highest number of votes was elected.

President before

Lee Myung-bak

Saenuri

Elected President

Park Geun-hye

Saenuri

Winning share

51.6%

Turnout

75.8%

The result

Park Geun-hye
Saenuri Party · 15,773,128 votes
51.56%
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Moon Jae-in
Democratic United Party · 14,692,632 votes
48.02%
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Kang Ji-won
Independent · 53,303 votes
0.17%
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Kim Soon-ja
Independent · 46,017 votes
0.15%
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Kim So-yeon
Independent · 16,687 votes
0.05%
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Park Jong-sun
Independent · 12,854 votes
0.04%
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