South Korean presidential election, 1981

Republic of Korea
presidential election, 1981
South Korea
25 February 1981

  DKP
Nominee Chun Doo-hwan Yu Chi-song
Party Democratic Justice Democratic Korea
Popular vote 4,755 404
Percentage 90.2% 7.7%

President before election

Chun Doo-hwan
Independent

Elected President

Chun Doo-hwan
Democratic Justice

The 12th South Korean Presidential Election took place on 25 February 1981. This the last indirect presidential election controlled by Chun's incumbent regime under the new 1980 Constitution.

Results

Ranking Cand. # Candidates Party Votes Percentage
1 4 Chun Doo-hwan Democratic Justice 4,755 90.2%
2 3 Yu Chi-song Democratic Korea 404 7.7%
3 1 Kim Chong-cheol Korea Nationalist 81 1.6%
4 2 Kim Ui-tae Korean Unification 26 0.6%
Electors 5277
Total votes 5271