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2017 South Korean presidential election

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Results of the election:
  Moon Jae-in (13,423,800)
  Hong Jun-pyo (7,852,849)

The 19th South Korean presidential election was held on 9 May 2017. The election was called after the impeachment and dismissal of President Park Geun-hye.[1] The election was held in a single round on a first-past-the-post basis.

The election was originally scheduled to be held on 20 December 2017, but was moved earlier after the decision of the Constitutional Court on 10 March 2017 to uphold the parliament's impeachment of Park Geun-hye.[2][3][4]

Opinion polling before April showed the Democratic Party's candidate, Moon Jae-in, runner-up in the 2012 election, as the front-runner and would later go on to win the election.

Candidates

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Polling

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  • Opinion polling of candidates from April-May 2017 until the election
    Opinion polling of candidates from April-May 2017 until the election

Results

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Regions · Provinces · Cities
Moon Jae-in
Democratic 		Hong Jun-pyo
Liberty Korea 		Ahn Cheol-soo
People's 		Yoo Seung-min
Bareun 		Sim Sang-jung
Justice
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Seoul National Capital Area Seoul 2,781,345 42.3 1,365,285 20.78 1,492,767 22.7 476,973 7.26 425,459 6.47
Incheon 747,090 41.2 379,191 20.9 428,888 23.7 118,691 6.54 129,925 7.16
Gyeonggi 3,319,812 42.1 1,637,345 20.8 1,807,308 22.9 540,023 6.84 546,373 6.92
Gwandong
(Gangwon) 		324,768 34.2 284,909 30.0 206,840 21.8 65,278 6.86 62,389 6.56
Hoseo
(Chungcheong) 		Daejeon 404,545 42.9 191,376 20.3 218,769 23.2 59,820 6.34 63,669 6.75
North Chungcheong 374,806 38.6 255,502 26.3 211,454 21.8 57,282 5.90 65,095 6.70
South Chungcheong 476,661 38.6 306,614 24.8 290,216 23.5 68,521 5.55 83,868 6.79
Sejong 77,767 51.1 23,211 15.2 32,010 21.0 9,192 6.03 9,353 6.14
Honam
(Jeolla) 		Gwangju 583,847 61.1 14,882 1.55 287,222 30.1 20,862 2.18 43,719 4.60
North Jeolla 778,747 64.8 40,231 3.34 285,467 23.8 60,802 2.56 29,296 4.93
South Jeolla 737,921 59.9 30,221 2.45 378,179 30.7 25,819 2.09 49,509 4.01
Yeongnam
(Gyeongsang) 		Busan 872,127 38.7 720,484 32.0 378,907 16.8 162,480 7.21 94,329 4.85
Ulsan 282,794 38.1 203,602 27.5 128,520 17.3 60,289 8.13 62,187 8.38
Daegu 342,620 21.8 714,205 45.4 235,757 15.0 198,459 12.60 74,440 4.72
North Gyeongsang 369,726 21.7 827,237 48.6 253,905 14.9 149,017 8.75 88,080 5.17
South Gyeongsang 779,731 36.7 790,491 37.2 284,272 13.4 142,479 6.71 113,051 5.32
Jeju 169,493 45.5 68,063 18.3 77,861 20.9 22,784 6.11 31,716 8.51
Total 13,423,800 41.08% 7,852,849 24.03% 6,998,342 21.41% 2,208,771 6.76% 2,017,458 6.17%

Notes

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  1. ↑ Name is bold because he won the election

References

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  1. ↑ McCurry, Justin (9 March 2017). "South Korean president Park Geun-hye forced from office by constitutional court". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "황교안 대선 불출마 선언" (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "PM not to run for presidency". koreatimes. 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  4. ↑ Sang-hun, Choe (2017-03-15). "South Korea to Elect New President in May, Government Says". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-05-17.



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