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

Moon Jae-in May 2017 (original).jpg

Moon Jae-in
(Democratic Party)
from South Gyeongsang^[a]
Shinzō Abe and Hong Jun-pyo at the Japanese Prime Minister's Office (cropped 2).jpg

Hong Jun-pyo
(Liberty Party)
from South Gyeongsang
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Ahn Cheol-soo
(People's Party)
from South Gyeongsang
Yoo Seong-min
(Bareun Party)
from North Gyeongsang
Sim Sang-jung taking a commemorative photo with the Speaker of the National Assembly.jpg

Sim Sang-jung
(Justice Party)
from Gyeonggi

Polling

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

Results

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		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%

2017 South Korean Presidential Election Media

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2017 Republic of Korea Presidential Election, Municipal-level divisions
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2017 Republic of Korea Presidential Election, Provincial-level divisions
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The acting incumbent in 2017, Hwang Kyo-ahn. His term expired on May 10.
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Campaign posters for the 15 candidates
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2015년에 만들어진 더불어민주당의 로고의 공식적인 베리에이션이며 주된 당색인 파란색과 하늘색을 합친 로고이다.
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경희대 광장 토크
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Logo of the Liberty Korea Party (ex-Saenuri)
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홍준표 대구광역시장
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People Party (South Korea, 2016)

Notes

↑ Name is bold because he won the election

References

↑ McCurry, Justin (9 March 2017). "South Korean president Park Geun-hye forced from office by constitutional court". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/10/south-korea-president-park-geun-hye-constitutional-court-impeachment. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
↑ "황교안 대선 불출마 선언" (in 한국어). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
↑ "PM not to run for presidency" (in en). koreatimes. 2017-03-15. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/03/356_225762.html. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
↑ Sang-hun, Choe (2017-03-15). "South Korea to Elect New President in May, Government Says". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/world/asia/south-korea-election-park-geun-hye.html. Retrieved 2017-05-17.

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[5] Name is bold because he won the election

[1] McCurry, Justin (9 March 2017). "South Korean president Park Geun-hye forced from office by constitutional court". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/10/south-korea-president-park-geun-hye-constitutional-court-impeachment. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

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[3] "PM not to run for presidency" (in en). koreatimes. 2017-03-15. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/03/356_225762.html. 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 . https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/world/asia/south-korea-election-park-geun-hye.html. Retrieved 2017-05-17.

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