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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