South Korean presidential election, 1992

Republic of Korea
presidential election, 1992
South Korea
18 December 1992

 
Nominee Kim Young-sam Kim Dae-jung Chung Ju-yung
Party Democratic Liberal Democratic United People's
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 1987. The voter turnout was 81.9%.

Background

On 22 January 1990, two opposition leaders Kim Young-Sam and Kim Jong-Pil led their parties to merge into the ruling party Democratic Justice Party, and formed the Democratic Liberal Party, led by President Roh Tae-woo. Before they merged, Roh's party did not have a majority in the National Assembly. After they merged, they had over a two-thirds majority, which could pass bills without any obstruction from the opposition.

In 1992, Hyundai businessman Chung Ju-yung also ran in the election.

Results

The right-wing conservative Democratic Liberal Party presidential candidate Kim Young-Sam won the presidential election, defeating opposition Democratic Party leader Kim Dae-Jung, marking the third time he had lost a presidential election. Kim later announced his retirement from politics.

The conservative party won the election continued to govern until 1997, when Kim Dae-Jung won the election.

Candidate Party Votes % of Votes
Kim Young-sam Democratic Liberal Party (민주자유당) 9,977,332 42.0%
Kim Dae-jung Democratic Party (민주당) 8,041,284 33.8%
Chung Ju-yung United People's Party (통일국민당) 3,880,067 16.3%
Park Chan-jong New Politics Reform Party (신정치개혁당) 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
DLP
Kim Dae-jung
DP
Chung Ju-yung
UPP
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Seoul 2,167,298 36.4% 2,246,326 37.7% 1,070,629 18.0%
Busan 1,551,473 73.3% 265,055 12.5% 133,907 6.3%
Daegu 690,245 59.6% 90,641 7.8% 224,642 19.4%
Incheon 397,361 37.3% 338,538 31.7% 228,505 21.4%
Gwangju 14,504 2.1% 652,337 95.8% 8,085 1.2%
Daejeon 202,137 35.2% 165,067 28.7% 133,646 23.3%
Gyeonggi 1,254,025 36.3% 1,103,498 32.0% 798,356 23.1%
Gangwon 340,528 41.5% 127,265 15.5% 279,610 34.1%
Chungcheongbuk 281,678 38.3% 191,743 26.0% 175,767 23.4%
Chungcheongnam 351,789 36.9% 271,921 28.5% 240,400 25.2%
Jeollabuk 63,175 5.7% 991,483 89.1% 35,923 3.2%
Jeollanam 53,360 4.2% 1,170,398 92.2% 26,686 2.1%
Gyeongsangbuk 991,424 64.7% 147,440 9.6% 240,646 15.7%
Gyeongsangnam 1,514,043 72.3% 193,373 9.2% 241,135 11.5%
Jeju 104,292 40.0% 85,889 32.9% 42,130 16.1%
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