South Korean presidential election, 1981

Republic of Korea
presidential election, 1981

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

Elections and referendums in South Korea

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