Republic of Korea
presidential election, 1992
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provinces and cities majority won by
■ – Kim Young-sam ■ – Kim Dae-jung
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The 14th South Korean presidential election took place on 18 December 1992. This was the second democratic election since 1971; voter turnout was 81.9%. The right-wing conservative Democratic Liberal Party continued to hold the government until 1998.
Results[edit]
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% of Votes |
| Kim Young-sam |
Democratic Liberal Party (민주자유당) |
9,977,332 |
42.0% |
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| Kim Dae-jung |
Democratic Party (민주당) |
8,041,284 |
33.8% |
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| Chung Ju-yung |
Unification People Party (통일국민당) |
3,880,067 |
16.3% |
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| Park Chan-jong |
New Politics Reform Party (새정치개혁당) |
1,516,047 |
6.4% |
| Baek Gi-Wan |
Independent |
238,648 |
1.0% |
| Kim Ok-sun |
Independent |
86,292 |
0.4% |
| Lee Byeong-ho |
Korean Justice Party |
35,739 |
0.22% |
| Invalid ballots |
319,761 |
0.6% |
| (Total electorate: 29,422,658 - Turnout rate: 81.9%) Total |
24,095,170 |
100% |
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Kim Young-sam
DLP |
Kim Dae-jung
DP |
Chung Ju-yung
UPP |
| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Seoul |
2,167,298 |
36.4% |
2,246,326 |
37.7% |
1,070,629 |
18.0% |
| Busan |
1,551,473 |
73.3% |
265,055 |
12.5% |
133,907 |
6.3% |
| Daegu |
690,245 |
59.6% |
90,641 |
7.8% |
224,642 |
19.4% |
| Incheon |
397,361 |
37.3% |
338,538 |
31.7% |
228,505 |
21.4% |
| Gwangju |
14,504 |
2.1% |
652,337 |
95.8% |
8,085 |
1.2% |
| Daejeon |
202,137 |
35.2% |
165,067 |
28.7% |
133,646 |
23.3% |
| Gyeonggi |
1,254,025 |
36.3% |
1,103,498 |
32.0% |
798,356 |
23.1% |
| Gangwon |
340,528 |
41.5% |
127,265 |
15.5% |
279,610 |
34.1% |
| Chungcheongbuk |
281,678 |
38.3% |
191,743 |
26.0% |
175,767 |
23.4% |
| Chungcheongnam |
351,789 |
36.9% |
271,921 |
28.5% |
240,400 |
25.2% |
| Jeollabuk |
63,175 |
5.7% |
991,483 |
89.1% |
35,923 |
3.2% |
| Jeollanam |
53,360 |
4.2% |
1,170,398 |
92.2% |
26,686 |
2.1% |
| Gyeongsangbuk |
991,424 |
64.7% |
147,440 |
9.6% |
240,646 |
15.7% |
| Gyeongsangnam |
1,514,043 |
72.3% |
193,373 |
9.2% |
241,135 |
11.5% |
| Jeju |
104,292 |
40.0% |
85,889 |
32.9% |
42,130 |
16.1% |