2017 South Korean presidential election

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[change | change source]

Moon Jae-in
(Democratic Party)
from South Gyeongsang^[a]
Hong Jun-pyo
(Liberty Party)
from South Gyeongsang
Ahn Cheol-soo
(People's Party)
from South Gyeongsang
Yoo Seong-min
(Bareun Party)
from North Gyeongsang
Sim Sang-jung
(Justice Party)
from Gyeonggi

Polling[change | change source]

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

Results[change | change source]

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%