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Republic of Korea presidential election, 2002
December 19, 2007
Nominee		Roh Moo-hyun	Lee Hoi-chang
Party		MDP	GNP
Popular vote		12,014,277	11,443,297
Percentage		48.91%	46.59%

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The 16th South Korean Presidential Election took place on December 19, 2002. The election was won by Roh Moo-Hyun of the Millennium Democratic Party, who beat Lee Hoi-chang of the Grand National Party by just over half a million votes.

[edit] Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	% of votes
Roh Moo-hyun	Millennium Democratic Party	12,014,277	48.91%
Lee Hoi-chang	Grand National Party	11,443,297	46.59%
Kwon Young-ghil	Democratic Labour Party	957,148	3.90%
Lee Han-dong	One Nation Unite	74,027	0.3%
Kim Gil-soo	National Defenders Party	51,104	0.2%
Kim Yeong-Gyu	Korea Socialist Party	22,063	0.1%
Jang Se-dong	Independent	Forfeited	-
Total		24,561,916	100%

• Total electorate: 34,991,529
• Turnout: 24,784,963 (70.8%)
• Invalid ballots: 223,047 (0.6%)

[edit] See also

• Anti-American sentiment in Korea
• USFK
• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction

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