South Korean presidential election, 2002

Republic of Korea
presidential election, 2002

1997 ← 19 December 2002 → 2007

Nominee Roh Moo-hyun Lee Hoi-chang Party Millennium Democratic Grand National Popular vote 12,014,277 11,443,297 Percentage 48.91% 46.59%

provinces and cities majority won by ■ – Roh Moo-hyun ■ – Lee Hoi-chang

President before election Kim Dae-jung Millennium Democratic Elected President Roh Moo-hyun Millennium Democratic

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The 16th South Korean Presidential Election took place on 19 December 2002. The election was won by Roh Moo-Hyun of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party, who defeated Lee Hoi-chang of the Grand National Party by just over half a million votes.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	% of votes
Roh Moo-hyun	Millennium Democratic Party	12,014,277	48.91%
Lee Hoi-chang	Grand National Party	11,443,297	46.59%
Kwon Young-ghil	Democratic Labour Party	957,148	3.90%
Lee Han-dong	One National People Unite(하나로국민연합)	74,027	0.3%
Kim Gil-soo	Fatherland Defenders Party(호국당)	51,104	0.2%
Kim Yeong-Gyu	Socialist Party	22,063	0.1%
Jang Se-dong	Independent	Forfeited	-
Invalid ballots		223,047	0.6%
(Total electorate: 34,991,529 - Turnout rate: 70.8%) Total		24,784,963	100%

regions · provinces · cities
		Roh Moo-hyun MDP		Lee Hoi-chang GNP
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Sudogwon	Seoul	2,792,957	(51.3％)	2,447,376	(44.96％)
	Incheon	611,766	(49.83％)	547,205	(44.57％)
	Gyeonggi	2,430,193	(50.65％)	2,120,191	(44.19％)
Gangwon		316,722	(41.51％)	400,405	(52.48％)
Chungcheong	Daejeon	369,046	(55.09％)	226,760	(39.82％)
	Chungcheongbuk	365,623	(50.42％)	311,044	(42.89％)
	Chungcheongnam	474,531	(52.16％)	375,110	(41.23％)
Honam （Jeolla）	Gwangju	715,182	(95.18％)	26,869	(3.58％)
	Jeollabuk	966,053	(91.59％)	65,334	(6.19％)
	Jeollanam	1,070,506	(93.39％)	53,074	(4.63％)
Yeongnam （Gyeongsang）	Busan	587,946	(29.86％)	1,314,274	(66.75％)
	Ulsan	178,584	(35.27％)	267,737	(52.88％)
	Daegu	240,745	(18.68％)	1,002,164	(77.75％)
	Gyeongsangbuk	311,358	(21.65％)	1,056,446	(73.47％)
	Gyeongsangnam	434,642	(27.08％)	1,083,564	(67.52％)
Jeju		148,423	(56.05％)	105,744	(39.63％)

See also

• Anti-American sentiment in Korea
• USFK
• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction