South Korean presidential election, 1987

Republic of Korea
presidential election, 1987

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. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8