South Korean presidential election, 2007:
The 17th South Korean presidential election took place on December 19, 2007.[1] The election was won by Lee Myung-bak of the Grand National Party, returning conservatives to the Blue House for the first time in ten years. Lee defeated United New Democratic Party candidate Chung Dong-young and independent candidate Lee Hoi-chang by the largest margin since direct elections were reintroduced in 1987.[2] It also marks the first time a president-elect in Korea will be under investigation by a prosecutor.[3] Voter turnout was 62.9%, an all-time low according to the National Election Commission.[4]
[edit] Official candidates
[edit] Timeline
This list of dates are the major events managed by the NEC (National Election Commission).[6]
[edit] Pro-government primaries
On this election, there were three liberal parties contested.
- Further information: United New Democratic Party#Presidential election primary
Chung Dong-young was elected as the official candidate of the party on October 14, 2007.
- Rule of presidential primary: the official result of this party's primary will combining the members' vote (50%), civil delegates (35%), and the result of popularity polls (15%) that conducted by phone on October 14, 2007.[7]
- Candidates
- Further information: Democratic Party (South Korea)#Presidential election primary
Lee In-je was elected as the official presidential candidate of the party.
[edit] Conservative (GNP) primary
The official result was announced on August 20, 2007, at 07:20 GMT, naming Lee Myung-bak the presidential candidate from the Hannara party.[8]
One of the major conservative candidate, Lee Hoi-chang was announced his candidacy on November 7, 2007, as an independent.
[edit] Progressive (DLP) primary
[edit] Voting method
- Online voting: All members of this party can log on to the official homepage to cast their vote. Confirmation process by cell phone is needed.
- Off-line voting: There are 227 voting stations around the nation. Voters can cast their vote from 09:00 to 22:00 (Considering more than 70% of the members' convenience, which are regular salaried-class people).
- Number of party members who can cast their vote: 50,117.[9]
[edit] Candidates
[edit] 1st round
The official results of the first round, as announced on September 9, 2007, at 07:30 GMT, were:
No candidate received a majority of the votes, so a second round of the presidential primary was scheduled from September 10 to September 15.[10]
[edit] Final (2nd) round
As a result, the official presidential candidate of Democratic Labour Party: Kwon Young-ghil.
[edit] Exit polls
The following joint exit poll was announced by KBS and MBC.[11]
- Lee Myung-bak - 50.3%
- Chung Dong-young - 26.0%
- Lee Hoi-chang - 13.5%
[edit] Final result
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Summary of the 19 December 2007 South Korean presidential election results
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Lee Myung-bak |
Grand National Party |
11,492,389 |
48.7 |
| Chung Dong-young |
United New Democratic Party |
6,174,681 |
26.1 |
| Lee Hoi-chang |
Independent |
3,559,963 |
15.1 |
| Moon Kook-hyun |
Creative Korea Party |
1,375,498 |
5.8 |
| Kwon Young-ghil |
Democratic Labour Party |
712,121 |
3.0 |
| Lee In-je |
Centrist Reformists Democratic Party |
160,708 |
0.7 |
| Huh Kyung-young |
Economic Republican Party |
96,756 |
0.4 |
| Geum Min |
Korea Socialist Party |
18,223 |
0.1 |
| Total (turnout 62.9%) |
23,732,854 |
100.0 |
| Source: NEC (National Election Commission) |
[edit] References
- ^ Schedule of 17th presidential election (Hangul 2002 format)
- ^ Lee Myung-bak Elected President by a Landslide, The Chosun Ilbo, December 19, 2007. Retrieved on December 20, 2007.
- ^ President-Elect Faces Probe, The Korea Times, December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
- ^ Kim, Ji-hyun (2007.12.19). "Lee Myung-bak cruises to landslide victory", The Korea Herald.
- ^ List of Official Candidates
- ^ Timeline (detailed) of 2007 presidential election (Korean), the NEC, 2007
- ^ The method of 2007 presidential primary, the executives' committee of Democratic Party. Retrieved on August 29, 2007
- ^ Lee Myeong-bak beats Park Geun-hye with a narrow margin (Korean), Joongang Daily. Retrieved on August 20, 2007.
- ^ First round of results from 3 division will be the dividing point (Korean), The Hankyoreh. Retrieved on August 22, 2007.
- ^ Kwon Young-ghil hasn't succeed to gain more than 50% of the vote (Korean), Ohmynews. Retrieved on September 9, 2007.
- ^ Lee Myung-bak cruises to landslide victory The Korea Herald, 17 December 2007
[edit] External links
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