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‹ 1992  2002 ›
Republic of Korea presidential election, 1997
December 19, 2007
Nominee		Kim Dae-jung	Lee Hoi-chang	Rhee In-je
Party		MDP	GNP	NPP
Popular vote		10,326,275	9,935,718	4,925,591
Percentage		40.3%	38.7%	19.2%

The 15th South Korean Presidential Election took place on December 18, 1997.

[edit] Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	% of votes
Kim Dae-jung	New Congress for New Politics	10,326,275	40.3%
Lee Hoi-chang	Grand National Party	9,935,718	38.7%
Rhee In-je	New People Party	4,925,591	19.2%
Kwon Young-ghil	Democratic Labour Party	306,026	1.2%
Huh Kyung-young	Democratic Republican Party	32,918	0.2%
Shin Jeong-il	Korea Unification Party	11,901	0.2%
Kim Han-sik	Honest Politics Unite	5,714	0.2%
Total		26,042,633	100%

• Total electorate: 32,290,416
• Turnout: 26,042,633 (80.7%)
• Invalid ballots: 400,195

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