South Korean presidential election, 1992

Republic of Korea
presidential election, 1992

1987 ←
18 December 1992
→ 1997

 
Nominee Kim Young Sam Kim Dae Jung Chung Ju-yung
Party Democratic Liberal Democratic United People Party
Popular vote 9,977,332 8,041,284 3,880,067
Percentage 42.0% 33.8% 16.3%

provinces and cities majority won by

– Kim Young Sam – Kim Dae-jung


President before election

Roh Tae-woo
Democratic Liberal

Elected President

Kim Young-sam
Democratic Liberal

The 14th South Korean presidential election took place on 18 December 1992. This was the second democratic election since 1971. The voter turnout was 81.9%.

Results

Candidate Party Votes % of Votes
Kim Young Sam Democratic Liberal Party 9,977,332 42.0%
Kim Dae Jung Democratic Party 8,041,284 33.8%
Chung Ju-yung Unification People Party(통일국민당) 3,880,067 16.3%
Park Chan-jong New Politics Reform Party(새정치개혁당) 1,516,047 6.4%
Baek Gi-Wan Independent 238,648 1.0%
Kim Ok-sun Independent 86,292 0.4%
Lee Byeong-ho Korean Justice Party 35,739 0.22%
Invalid ballots 319,761 0.6%
(Total electorate: 29,422,658 - Turnout rate: 81.9%) Total 24,095,170 100%
provinces · cities Kim Young Sam Kim Dae-jung Chung Ju-yung
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Seoul 2,167,298 36.0% 2,246,326 37.3% 1,070,629 17.8%
Busan 1,551,473 72.6% 265,055 12.4% 133,907 6.3%
Daegu 690,245 58.9% 90,641 12.4% 224,642 19.2%
Incheon 397,361 36.8% 338,538 31.3% 228,505 21.1%
Gwangju 14,504 2.1% 652,337 95.1% 8,085 1.4%
Daejeon 202,137 34.7% 165,067 28.3% 133,646 22.9%
Gyeonggi 1,254,025 35.8% 1,103,498 31.5% 798,356 22.8%
Gangwon 340,528 35.8% 127,265 15.2% 279,610 33.5%
Chungcheongbuk 281,678 37.5% 191,743 25.5% 175,767 23.4%
Chungcheongnam 351,789 36.2% 271,921 27.9% 240,400 24.7%
Jeollabuk 63,175 5.6% 991,483 88.0% 35,923 3.2%
Jeollanam 53,360 4.2% 1,170,398 91.1% 26,686 2.1%
Gyeongsangbuk 991,424 63.6% 147,440 9.5% 240,646 15.4%
Gyeongsangnam 1,514,043 71.5% 193,373 9.1% 241,135 11.4%
Jeju 104,292 39.3% 85,889 32.4% 42,130 15.9%