South Korean presidential election, 1987

Republic of Korea
presidential election, 1987
South Korea
16 December 1987
 
Nominee Roh Tae-woo Kim Young-sam
Party Democratic Justice Reunification Democratic
Popular vote 8,282,738 6,337,581
Percentage 36.6% 28.0%
 
Nominee Kim Dae-jung Kim Jong-pil
Party Peace and Democracy New Democratic Republican
Popular vote 6,113,375 1,823,067
Percentage 27.0% 8.1%

provinces and cities majority won by

■ – Roh Tae-woo ■ – Kim Young-sam
■ – Kim Dae-jung ■ – Kim Jong-pil

President before election

Chun Du-hwan
Democratic Justice

 Elected President

Roh Tae-woo
Democratic Justice

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 16 December 1987.[1]

It was the first free direct presidential election held in South Korea, which marked the beginning of the Sixth Republic. The result was a victory for Roh Tae-woo, who won 35.9% of the vote. Voter turnout was 89.2%.

Results

 Summary of the 16 December 1987 South Korean presidential election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Roh Tae-woo Democratic Justice Party 8,282,738 36.6
 
Kim Young-sam Reunification Democratic Party 6,337,581 28.0
 
Kim Dae-jung Party for Peace and Democracy 6,113,375 27.0
 
Kim Jong-pil New Democratic Republican Party 1,823,067 8.1
 
Shin Jeong-yil Unified Korea Party 46,650 0.2
 
Total (Turnout: 89.2%) 23,066,419 100.0
Source: Nohlen et al

By province

provinces · cities
Roh Tae-woo
DJP		 Kim Young-sam
RDP		 Kim Dae-jung
PPD		 Kim Jong-pil
NDRP
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Seoul 1,682,824 30.3％ 1,637,347 29.1％ 1,833,010 32.6％ 460,988 8.2％
Busan 640,622 32.1％ 1,117,011 56.0％ 182,409 9.1％ 51,663 2.6％
Daegu 800,363 70.7％ 274,880 24.3％ 29,831 2.6％ 23,230 2.1％
Incheon 326,186 39.4％ 248,604 30.0％ 176,611 21.3％ 76,333 9.2％
Gwangju 22,943 4.8％ 2,471 0.5％ 449,554 94.4％ 1,111 0.2％
Gyeonggi 1,204,235 41.4％ 800,274 27.5％ 647,934 22.3％ 247,259 8.5％
Gangwon 456,596 59.3％ 240,585 26.1％ 81,478 8.8％ 49,954 5.4％
Chungcheongbuk 355,222 46.9％ 213,851 28.2％ 83,132 11.0％ 102,456 13.5％
Chungcheongnam 402,491 26.2％ 246,527 16.1％ 190,772 12.4％ 691,214 45.0％
Jeollabuk 160,760 14.1％ 17,130 1.5％ 948,955 83.5％ 8,629 0.8％
Jeollanam 119,229 8.2％ 16,826 1.2％ 1,317,990 90.3％ 4,831 0.3％
Gyeongsangbuk 1,108,035 66.4％ 470,189 28.2％ 39,756 2.4％ 43,227 2.6％
Gyeongsangnam 792,757 41.2％ 987,042 51.3％ 86,804 4.5％ 51,242 2.7％
Jeju 120,502 49.8％ 64,844 26.8％ 45,139 18.6％ 10,930 4.5％

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8