2022 South Korean Presidential Election
The narrowest win9 March 2022 · The alternation era
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 9 March 2022. Under the South Korean constitution, presidents are restricted to a single five-year term, meaning that incumbent president Moon Jae-in was ineligible to run for a second term.
President before
Moon Jae-in
Democratic
Elected President
Yoon Suk Yeol
People Power
Winning share
48.6%
Turnout
77.1%
The result
Yoon Suk Yeol
People Power Party · 16,394,815 votes
48.56%
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Lee Jae Myung
Democratic Party · 16,147,738 votes
47.83%
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Sim Sang-jung
Justice Party · 803,358 votes
2.38%
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Huh Kyung-young
National Revolutionary Party · 281,481 votes
0.83%
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Kim Jae-yeon
Progressive Party · 37,366 votes
0.11%
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Cho Won-jin
Our Republican Party · 25,972 votes
0.08%
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Oh Jun-ho
Basic Income Party · 18,105 votes
0.05%
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Kim Min-chan
Korean Wave Alliance · 17,305 votes
0.05%
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Lee Gyeong-hee
Korean Unification · 11,708 votes
0.03%
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Lee Baek-yun
Labor Party · 9,176 votes
0.03%
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Kim Gyeong-jae
New Liberal Democratic Union · 8,317 votes
0.02%
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Ok Un-ho
Saenuri Party · 4,970 votes
0.01%
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