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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.
Regions · Provinces · Cities
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Moon Jae-in
Democratic
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Hong Jun-pyo
Liberty Korea
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Ahn Cheol-soo
People's
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Yoo Seung-min
Bareun
|
Sim Sang-jung
Justice
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Votes
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%
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Votes
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%
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Votes
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%
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Votes
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%
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Votes
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%
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Seoul National Capital Area
|
Seoul
|
2,781,345
|
42.3
|
1,365,285
|
20.78
|
1,492,767
|
22.7
|
476,973
|
7.26
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425,459
|
6.47
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Incheon
|
747,090
|
41.2
|
379,191
|
20.9
|
428,888
|
23.7
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118,691
|
6.54
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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
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60,802
|
2.56
|
29,296
|
4.93
|
South Jeolla
|
737,921
|
59.9
|
30,221
|
2.45
|
378,179
|
30.7
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25,819
|
2.09
|
49,509
|
4.01
|
Yeongnam
(
Gyeongsang
)
|
Busan
|
872,127
|
38.7
|
720,484
|
32.0
|
378,907
|
16.8
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162,480
|
7.21
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94,329
|
4.85
|
Ulsan
|
282,794
|
38.1
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203,602
|
27.5
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128,520
|
17.3
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60,289
|
8.13
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62,187
|
8.38
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Daegu
|
342,620
|
21.8
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714,205
|
45.4
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235,757
|
15.0
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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
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Total
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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%
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- ↑
Name is bold because he won the election