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The 17th South Korean presidential election took place on 19 December 2007.[1] The election was won by Lee Myung-bak of the Grand National Party, returning conservatives to the Blue House for the first time in ten years. Lee defeated United New Democratic Party candidate Chung Dong-young and independent candidate Lee Hoi-chang by the largest margin since direct elections were reintroduced in 1987.[2] It also marked the first time a president-elect in Korea was under investigation by a prosecutor.[3] Voter turnout was 62.9%, an all-time low according to the National Election Commission.[4]
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[edit] Official candidates
| Candidate[5] | Party | Notes |
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| Chung Dong-young (정동영) | United New Democratic Party Daetonghap Minjusin-dang - 대통합민주신당 | |
| Lee Myung-bak (이명박) | Grand National Party Hannara-dang - 한나라당 | |
| Kwon Young-ghil (권영길) | Democratic Labour Party Minju Nodongdang - 민주노동당 | |
| Lee In-je (이인제) | Democratic Party Minju-dang - 민주당 | |
| People First Party Gungmin Jungsim-dang -국민중심당 | retracted candidacy | |
| Moon Kook-hyun (문국현) | Creative Korea Party Changjo Hanguk-dang - 창조한국당 | |
| Chung Kun-mo (정근모) | True Owner Coalition Chamju Inyeon-hap - 참주인연합 | |
| Huh Kyung-young (허경영) | Economic Republican Party Gyeongje Gonghwa-dang - 경제공화당 | |
| Chun Kwan (전환) | Chamsaram Society Full True Act Saesi Daechamsaram Ramyeon-hap -새시대참사람연합 | |
| Geum Min (금민) | Korea Socialist Party Hanguk Sahoe-dang - 한국사회당 | |
| People’s Coalition for Unity and Advance Hwahab Gwadoyeogeul Gwihangukmin Yeondae - 화합과도약을위한국민연대 | retracted candidacy | |
| Lee Hoi-chang (이회창) | Independent |
[edit] Timeline
This list of dates are the major events managed by the NEC (National Election Commission).[6]
- February 28, 2007 - The official census is published, for the purpose of finding eligible voters
- April 23, 2007 - Beginning of pre registration of candidates.
- November 21 to November 25, 2007 - The NEC compiles and publishes the electoral rolls.
- November 25 and November 26, 2007 - Official period to register as a presidential candidate.
- December 12 - Electoral rolls finalized
- December 13 and December 14, 2007 - Absentee voting
- December 19 (from 06:00-18:00 KST) - Polling held
- December 20 - Votes are counted and results are announced
[edit] Pro-government primaries
On this election, there were three liberal parties contested.
[edit] UNDP primary
Chung Dong-young was elected as the official candidate of the party on October 14, 2007.
[edit] Creative Korea Party primary
- Moon Kook-hyun (문국현), former CEO of Yuhan Kimberly (Kimberly-Clark's company in Korea), was elected as the official presidential candidate of the party on November 4, 2007.
[edit] Democrats primary
- Rule of presidential primary: the official result of this party's primary will combining the members' vote (50%), civil delegates (35%), and the result of popularity polls (15%) that conducted by phone on October 14, 2007.[7]
- Candidates
Lee In-je was elected as the official presidential candidate of the party.
[edit] Conservative (GNP) primary
The official result was announced on August 20, 2007, at 07:20 GMT, naming Lee Myung-bak the presidential candidate from the Hannara party.[8]
- Lee Myung-bak (이명박) 81,084 votes (49.56%)
- Won Hee-ryong (원희룡) 2,398 votes (1.47%)
- Park Geun-hye (박근혜) 78,632 votes (48.06%)
- Hong Jun-pyo (홍준표) 1,503 votes (0.91%)
- Go Jin-hwa (고진화) retracted
One of the major conservative candidate, Lee Hoi-chang was announced his candidacy on November 7, 2007, as an independent.
[edit] Progressive (DLP) primary
[edit] Voting method
- Online voting: All members of this party can log on to the official homepage to cast their vote. Confirmation process by cell phone is needed.
- Off-line voting: There are 227 voting stations around the nation. Voters can cast their vote from 09:00 to 22:00 (Considering more than 70% of the members' convenience, which are regular salaried-class people).
- Number of party members who can cast their vote: 50,117.[9]
[edit] Candidates
[edit] 1st round
The official results of the first round, as announced on September 9, 2007, at 07:30 GMT, were:
- Shim Sang-jeong (심상정) 10,064 votes (26.08%)
- Roh Hoe-chan (노회찬) 9,478 votes (24.56%)
- Kwon Young-ghil (권영길) 19,053 votes (49.37%)
No candidate received a majority of the votes, so a second round of the presidential primary was scheduled from September 10 to September 15.[10]
[edit] Final (2nd) round
- Shim Sang-jeong (심상정) 17,122 votes (47.26%)
- Kwon Young-ghil (권영길) 19,109 votes (52.74%)
As a result, the official presidential candidate of Democratic Labour Party: Kwon Young-ghil.
[edit] Exit polls
The following joint exit poll was announced by KBS and MBC.[11]
- Lee Myung-bak - 50.3%
- Chung Dong-young - 26.0%
- Lee Hoi-chang - 13.5%
[edit] Final result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Lee Myung-bak  |
Grand National Party | 11,492,389 | 48.7 |
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| Chung Dong-young | United New Democratic Party | 6,174,681 | 26.1 |
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| Lee Hoi-chang | Independent | 3,559,963 | 15.1 |
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| Moon Kook-hyun | Creative Korea Party | 1,375,498 | 5.8 |
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| Kwon Young-ghil | Democratic Labor Party | 712,121 | 3.0 |
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| Lee In-je | Centrist Reformists Democratic Party | 160,708 | 0.7 |
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| Huh Kyung-young | Economic Republican Party | 96,756 | 0.4 |
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| Geum Min | Korea Socialist Party | 18,223 | 0.1 |
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| Total (turnout 62.9%) | 23,732,854 | 100.0 | ||
| Source: NEC (National Election Commission) | ||||
| regions · provinces · cities | Lee Myung-bak | Chung Dong-young | Lee Hoi-chang | Moon Kook-hyun | Kwon Young-ghil | Lee In-je | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Sudogwon | Seoul | 2,689,162 | (53.2％) | 1,237,812 | (24.5％) | 596,226 | (11.8％) | 358,781 | (7.1％) | 116,344 | (2.3％) | 23,214 | (0.5％) |
| Incheon | 593,283 | (49.2％) | 286,565 | (23.8％) | 183,057 | (15.2％) | 84,814 | (7.0％) | 42,069 | (3.5％) | 7,612 | (0.6％) | |
| Gyeonggi | 2,603,443 | (51.9％) | 1,181,936 | (23.6％) | 670,742 | (13.4％) | 354,492 | (7.1％) | 144,830 | (2.9％) | 30,513 | (0.6％) | |
| Gangwon | 376,004 | (52.0％) | 136,668 | (18.9％) | 127,102 | (17.6％) | 42,552 | (5.9％) | 28,129 | (3.9％) | 6,085 | (0.8％) | |
| Chungcheong | Daejeon | 246,008 | (36.3％) | 159,700 | (23.6％) | 195,957 | (28.9％) | 48,143 | (7.1％) | 17,207 | (2.5％) | 7,223 | (1.1％) |
| Chungcheongbuk | 289,499 | (41.6％) | 165,637 | (23.8％) | 162,750 | (23.4％) | 39,884 | (5.7％) | 25,285 | (3.6％) | 7,965 | (1.1％) | |
| Chungcheongnam | 313,693 | (34.3％) | 192,999 | (21.1％) | 304,259 | (33.2％) | 43,383 | (4.7％) | 32,132 | (3.5％) | 22,592 | (2.5％) | |
| Honam （Jeolla） |
Gwangju | 56,875 | (8.6％) | 527,588 | (79.8％) | 22,520 | (3.4％) | 31,524 | (4.8％) | 13,597 | (2.1％) | 7,118 | (1.1％) |
| Jeollabuk | 86,149 | (9.0％) | 777,236 | (81.6％) | 34,630 | (3.6％) | 26,573 | (2.8％) | 18,139 | (1.9％) | 6,550 | (0.7％) | |
| Jeollanam | 88,834 | (9.2％) | 757,309 | (78.7％) | 34,790 | (3.6％) | 31,289 | (3.2％) | 23,178 | (2.4％) | 23,074 | (2.4％) | |
| Yeongnam （Gyeongsang） |
Busan | 1,018,715 | (57.9％) | 236,708 | (13.5％) | 346,319 | (19.7％) | 94,258 | (5.4％) | 48,901 | (2.8％) | 4,599 | (0.3％) |
| Ulsan | 279,891 | (54.0％) | 70,736 | (13.6％) | 90,905 | (17.5％) | 28,605 | (5.5％) | 43,607 | (8.4％) | 1,884 | (0.4％) | |
| Daegu | 876,719 | (69.4％) | 75,932 | (6.0％) | 228,199 | (18.1％) | 50,514 | (4.0％) | 25,777 | (2.0％) | 1,847 | (0.1％) | |
| Gyeongsangbuk | 1,033,957 | (72.6％) | 96,822 | (6.8％) | 195,526 | (13.7％) | 47,345 | (3.3％) | 39,327 | (2.8％) | 3,823 | (0.3％) | |
| Gyeongsangnam | 843,662 | (55.0％) | 189,463 | (12.4％) | 329,486 | (21.5％) | 73,893 | (4.8％) | 82,645 | (5.4％) | 4,935 | (0.3％) | |
| Jeju | 96,495 | (38.7％) | 81,570 | (32.7％) | 37,495 | (15.0％) | 19,421 | (7.8％) | 10,954 | (4.4％) | 1,674 | (0.7％) | |
[edit] Other Information
On April 7th, 2011, a National Intelligence Service agent was guilty of investigating Lee Myung-bak's secret real estate-related information before the election.[12]
According to Wikileaks, Yoo Chong-ha (유종하), the former co-chairman of Lee Myung-bak's presidential election campaign, requested to then American ambassador to South Korea, Alexander Vershbow, to delay the extraction of the main individual of the BBK embezzlement scandal, Christopher Kim (Kim Kyung-joon), to Korea on the request to prevent spreading controversies related to Lee Myung-bak's involvement in the BBK embezzlement scandal during the election season.[13][14][15][16]
[edit] References
- ^ Schedule of 17th presidential election (Hangul 2002 format)
- ^ Lee Myung-bak Elected President by a Landslide, The Chosun Ilbo, December 19, 2007. Retrieved on December 20, 2007.
- ^ President-Elect Faces Probe, The Korea Times, December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
- ^ Kim, Ji-hyun (2007.12.19). "Lee Myung-bak cruises to landslide victory". The Korea Herald. http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2007/12/19/200712190056.asp.
- ^ List of Official Candidates
- ^ Timeline (detailed) of 2007 presidential election (Korean), the NEC, 2007
- ^ The method of 2007 presidential primary, the executives' committee of Democratic Party. Retrieved on August 29, 2007
- ^ Lee Myeong-bak beats Park Geun-hye with a narrow margin (Korean), Joongang Daily. Retrieved on August 20, 2007.
- ^ First round of results from 3 division will be the dividing point (Korean), The Hankyoreh. Retrieved on August 22, 2007.
- ^ Kwon Young-ghil hasn't succeed to gain more than 50% of the vote (Korean), Ohmynews. Retrieved on September 9, 2007.
- ^ Lee Myung-bak cruises to landslide victory The Korea Herald, 17 December 2007
- ^ Im (임), Su-jeong (수정) (2011-04-07). "MB 부동산 소문 뒷조사 국정원 직원 징역형 (종합)" (in Korean). Yonhap News. http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2011/04/07/0200000000AKR20110407228700004.HTML. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "07SEOUL3225, KIM KYUNG-JOON'S EXTRADITION CASE". Wikileaks. http://wikileaks.org/cable/2007/10/07SEOUL3225.html. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ "US embassy cable - 김경준 송환 사건" (in Korean). Wiki Leaks Korea. http://www.wikileaks-kr.org/dokuwiki/07seoul3225. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ Choi (최), Min-yeong (민영) (2011-09-03). "“BBK 김경준 송환 미뤄달라” 이명박 후보 측 미국에 요청" (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201109030259225&code=910100. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ Mun (문), Yong-pil (용필) (2011-09-05). "위키리크스 MB실체 폭로…“사실상 매국” 경악" (in Korean). Newsface. http://www.newsface.kr/news/news_view.htm?news_idx=2985. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: President of South Korea |
- Official Homepage of the National Election Commission (English)
- Official Homepage of the NEC (Korean)
- Official list of candidates Chosunilbo, 27 November 2007
- Candidate profiles The Korea Times, 9 December 2007
- Korea Society Podcast: 24 Hours After South Korea's Presidential Election: An Assessment
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