2002 South Korean presidential election

none Republic of Korea 1997 presidential 1997 South Korean presidential election 1997 2007 South Korean presidential election 2007 70.83% ( 9.82pp) 19 December 2002 Roh Moo-hyun presidential portrait.jpg Roh Moo-hyun Millennium Democratic Party 12,014,277 48.91% Lee Hoi-chang (2010) (cropped).jpg Lee Hoi-chang Grand National Party Grand National Party (1997) 11,443,297 46.59% 300px Results by municipal-level divisions 300px Results by provincial-level divisions President Kim Dae-jung Independent politician Roh Moo-hyun Millennium Democratic Party Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 19 December 2002. The result was a victory for Roh Moo-Hyun of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party, who defeated Lee Hoi-chang of the Grand National Party by just over half a million votes.http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/1879/ Elections: South Korea Presidential Dec 19 2002 IFES Election Guide en 2017-04-25 Background Presidential elections in South Korea#Procedure (1987–present) thumb|200px|The incumbent in 2002, Kim Dae-jung. His term expired on 25 February 2003. President Kim Dae-jung's National Congress for New Politics (NCNP) re-branded itself to Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) in 2000, but was struggling as it had been defeated by the Grand National Party (GNP) in both the 2000 legislative election and the 2002 local elections. GNP's then leader and probable presidential nominee Lee Hoi-chang was polling higher than any MDP candidates. Primaries Millennium Democratic Party For the first time in South Korean history, the Democratic Party nominated its presidential candidate through open primaries. At the beginning of the primaries, Rhee In-je, the 3-term congressman who ran against President Kim Dae-jung in 1997 but afterwards joined the ruling party, led the other candidates by a considerable margin in every poll. However, fringe candidate Roh Moo-hyun rose to prominence after winning the Gwangju contest, eventually winning his party's nomination and then the presidential election. Candidates Roh Moo-hyun, former Member of National Assembly from Busan Dong, Seoul Jongno, former Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Lee In-je, Member of National Assembly from South Chungcheong Nonsan-Geumsan, former Governor of Gyeonggi, former Minister of Labor Chung Dong-young, Member of National Assembly from North Jeolla Jeonju Deokjin Kim Joong-kwon, former Member of National Assembly from North Gyeongsang Uljin, former Chief of Staff to the President Han Hwa-gap, former Member of National Assembly from South Jeolla Muan-Sinan Yu Jong-geun, Governor of North Jeolla Kim Geun-tae, Member of National Assembly from Seoul Dobong A Results ContestRohMoo-hyunChungDong-youngLeeIn-jeKimJoong-kwonHanHwa-gapYuJong-geunKimGeun-taeVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Jeju9 March12518.611016.417225.6558.217526.1182.7162.4Ulsan10 March29829.4656.422221.928127.811611.5202.0101.0Gwangju16 March59537.9543.449131.31489.428017.9––––Daejeon17 March21916.5544.189467.5816.1775.8––––South Chungcheong23 March27714.2392.01,43273.719610.1––––––Gangwon24 March63042.5714.862342.015910.7––––––South Gyeongsang30 March1,71372.21918.146819.7––––––––North Jeolla31 March75634.373833.571032.2––––––––Daegu5 April1,13762.31819.950627.7––––––––Incheon6 April1,02251.91316.781641.4––––––––North Gyeongsang7 April1,24659.41838.766831.9––––––––North Chungcheong13 April38732.1836.973461.0––––––––South Jeolla14 April1,29762.034016.345421.7––––––––Busan20 April1,32862.579637.5––––––––––Gyeonggi21 April1,19145.51,42654.5––––––––––Internet voting26 April1,42381.332718.7––––––––––Seoul27 April3,92466.51,97833.5––––––––––Total17,57772.26,76727.8WithdrewWithdrewWithdrewWithdrewWithdrew Grand National Party Candidates Lee Hoi-chang, Member of the National Assembly from Proportional Representation, former Prime Minister, former Chairman of the National Election Commission, former head the Board of Audit and Inspection Choi Byung-ryeol, Member of the National Assembly from Seoul Gangnam A, former Mayor of Seoul, former Minister of Labor Lee Boo-young, Member of the National Assembly from Seoul Gangdong A Lee Sang-hee, Member of the National Assembly from Proportional Representation, former Minister of Science and Technologyhttp://www.donga.com/news/votehan/han_result.html donga.com[정치:한나라당 경선] The Dong-A Ilbo 2018-04-20 2011-02-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20110214165008/http://www.donga.com/news/votehan/han_result.html dead Results ContestLeeHoi-changChoiByung-ryeolLeeBoo-youngLeeSang-heeVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Incheon13 April1,11179.3795.620114.3100.7Ulsan18 April44659.020627.2739.7314.1Jeju20 April36173.46513.24812.1182.2Gangwon23 April89180.51019.1716.4444.0North Gyeongsang and Daegu24 April3,14383.742711.41333.5541.4North Jeolla27 April50554.211712.627829.9313.3South Gyeongsang and Busan28 April2,89570.193422.61974.81032.5South Chungcheong and Daejeon30 April1,64383.61537.81246.3452.3South Jeolla and Gwangju2 May1,11254.036817.951224.9673.3Gyeonggi4 May2,46171.342412.348614.1812.3North Chungcheong7 May59272.315218.6607.3151.8Seoul9 May2,32147.91,66834.574315.31092.3Total17,48169.04,69418.32,92611.46082.4 Democratic Labor Party Labor activist Kwon Young-ghil of the Democratic Labor Party was nominated for president.http://www.ohmynews.com/nws_web/view/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0000087161 ko:"세상 바꾸려 대통령 후보 나섰다'20억 기탁금' 목숨 걸고 싸울터" 2002-09-09 OhmyNews 2018-04-20See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS March 2025 Kwon Young-ghil 7297 Against 735 12877 Campaign Although corruption scandals marred the incumbent government, Lee Hoi-chang's campaign suffered from the wave of Anti-American sentiment in Korea generated by the Yangju highway incident. Public opinion of Lee, who was widely seen as being both pro-U.S. and the preferred candidate of the George W. Bush administration in Washington, D.C., suffered. After losing to Roh by 2% in the December 2002 elections, Lee subsequently announced his retirement from politics.Cossa Ralph A. U.S.-Korea Relations: Trials, Tribulations, Threats, Tirades https://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/0204qus_korea.pdf Comparative Connections—An E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations 24 April 2015 December 2012 13 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160113070011/https://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/0204qus_korea.pdf dead Roh-Chung coalition Chung Mong-joon, the 3-term independent congressman from Ulsan and son of Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung, became so popular that he began appearing on polls for presidential election after he, as the president of the Korean Football Association, was credited for winning the right to host 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea.http://news.donga.com/3//20020908/7860550/1 ko:[여론조사 자료실]민주 통합신당 대선후보 선호도 鄭42.1%-盧29.5% 2002-09-08 The Dong-A Ilbo 2018-04-20 ko https://web.archive.org/web/20180421031717/http://news.donga.com/3//20020908/7860550/1 2018-04-21 dead Chung officially launched his presidential campaign in September, and in many polls beat Roh and came close to beating Lee. Many Democratic politicians that weren't happy with Roh's nomination joined Chung's campaign. However, when it seemed clear that if both Roh and Chung ran, Lee would win easily. The two sides decided to combine forces, instead of competing against each other. The two sides agreed on conducting two polls, each by different polling companies, where the winner would run as the unified candidate. The winner had to win both polls, or a second round had to occur. So the two poll was conducted on 24 November, but only one validated. The other one was invalidated, as the two sides had agreed that any poll with Lee Hoi-chang polling less than 30.4% must be invalidated, since there could be a chance that Lee's supporters were attempting to manipulate the results by responding with an untrue answer. The only poll that was validated was the one conducted by the Research and Research, and it was won by Roh. Consequently, Chung withdrew his candidacy and endorsed Roh.nozzang ko:노무현 단일후보 확정 그 숨막히던 현장 2008-06-13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDv8K-iVlwM&t=443s 2018-04-20February 2022 +24 November 2002CandidateResearch and Research Poll# of polls wonRoh46.8%1Chung42.2%0Lee32.1% - However, Chung later broke his pledge on the night before the election, when he felt that Roh broke the promise to include Chung in for policy decisions and surrounded himself only with Democrats.http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201109041220511 정몽준, 자서전서 "노무현 전 대통령 지지 철회 이유는…" 2018-04-20 ko Chung announced less than eight hours before the election that he was withdrawing his support for Roh and urged people to vote their conscience, but Roh won anyway. Results Roh Moo-hyun Millennium Democratic Party 12014277 Millennium Democratic Party Lee Hoi-chang Grand National Party 11443297 Grand National Party (1997) Kwon Young-ghil Democratic Labor Party 957148 Lee Han-dong One National People Unite ko 하나로국민연합 74027 Kim Gil-soo ko 김길수 (승려) Fatherland Defenders Party ko 대한민국의 종교정당 51104 Kim Yeong-gyu ko 김영규 (1946년) Socialist Party 22063 Jang Se-dong ko 장세동 Independent 223047 34991529 By province and city Province/City Roh Moo-hyun Lee Hoi-chang Kwon Young-ghil Lee Han-dong Kim Gil-soo Kim Yeong-gyu Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Seoul2,792,95751.302,447,37644.96179,7903.3012,7240.236,4370.124,7060.09Busan587,94629.861,314,27466.7561,2813.112,1480.112,0640.101,3800.07Daegu240,74518.681,002,16477.7542,1743.271,6990.131,3170.108100.06Incheon611,76649.83547,20544.5761,6555.023,6000.291,9780.161,6120.13Gwangju715,18295.1826,8693.587,2430.968030.111,0140.133050.04Daejeon369,04655.18266,76039.8829,7284.441,1570.171,4080.217470.11Ulsan178,58435.27267,73752.8857,78611.419970.207160.145020.10Gyeonggi2,430,19350.652,120,19144.19209,3464.3626,0720.548,0850.174,1190.09Gangwon316,72241.51400,40552.4838,7225.083,4060.452,7130.369690.13North Chungcheong365,62350.42311,04442.8941,7315.753,2050.442,6100.369490.13South Chungcheong474,53152.16375,11041.2349,5795.454,9730.554,3220.481,3030.14North Jeolla966,05391.5965,3346.1914,9041.412,5050.245,1870.498170.08South Jeolla1,070,50693.3953,0744.6312,2151.072,8300.256,7070.599880.09North Gyeongsang311,35821.651,056,44673.4762,5224.353,3320.232,9360.201,3440.09South Gyeongsang434,64227.081,083,56467.5279,8534.982,8320.182,6290.161,2240.08Jeju148,42356.05105,74439.938,6193.257440.289810.372880.11 Total12,014,27748.91 11,443,297 46.59 957,148 3.90 74,027 0.30 51,104 0.21 22,063 0.09 Source: National Election Commission References President of South Korea Category:Presidential elections in South Korea Presidential election South Korea