South Korea presidential election 2012

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18th presidential election
December 19, 2012
Votes						30,721,459
voter turnout
						75.84% ▲  12.8%
			Saenuri Party (New World Party)
			Park Geun-hye
			be right				15,773,128
									51.6%
			Minju Party (Democratic Party)
			Moon Jae-in
			be right				14,692,632
									48.0%
Election results
President of South Korea
Before the election of Lee Myung-bak Hannara Party (Grand National Party)						Elected Park Geun-hye Saenuri party

The 18th presidential election in South Korea took place on December 19, 2012. According to the official final result of the South Korean Electoral Commission, Park Geun-hye of the Saenuri party and daughter of former President Park Chung-hee won the election with 51.6 percent of the vote. As a result, the Conservatives won the second consecutive presidential election after President Lee Myung-bak's term in office .

The decision on the new head of state was made by majority vote (without a possible runoff ) in one go. In South Korea, presidencies are limited to one term.

background

History and candidate selection

Park Geun-hye already applied in the internal party primary election of the Conservatives for the presidential election in South Korea in 2007 , but failed because of the later election winner Lee Myung-bak . After Park rose to party leader, she renamed the Hannara party in Saenuri party. In addition, Park tried to break away from Lee and to give the party an image of the political center. Park won the primaries with nearly 84% of the vote against four competitors.

In the opposition Democratic Party, the nomination of the governor of Gyeonggi-do's son Hak-kyu was expected for a long time . However, towards the end of 2011, Moon Jae-in took the lead in the polls for the area code. For a long time there was speculation about Ahn Cheol-soo's candidacy , but he ultimately decided against it. He also turned down an offer to join the Democratic Party. In the end, Moon clearly won the internal party primaries.

campaign

The most important issues in the election campaign were the economy and the distribution of wealth . In addition, foreign policy and the relationship with North Korea determined the choice. While Park ran election campaigns mainly on economic issues and referred to the economic miracle under her father Park Chung-hee , Moon promised to build his government on the basis of fairness and justice.

Results

In addition to Park and Moon, four other independent candidates ran for the election. Together, however, they received only 0.41% of the vote.

While Moon won in Seoul and the traditionally left-wing provinces in Jeolla-do , Park won in the rest of the country.

Sudogwon	Seoul	3,024,572	48.18%	3,227,639	51.42%
	Incheon	852,600	51.58%	794.213	48.04%
	Gyeonggi	3,528,915	50.43%	3,442,084	49.19%
Gangwon		562,876	61.97%	340,870	37.53%
Chungcheong	Daejeon	450,576	49.95%	448.310	49.70%
	Chungcheongbuk-do	518,442	56.22%	398.907	43.26%
	Chungcheongnam-do	658.928	56.66%	497.630	43.26%
	Sejong	33,587	51.91%	30,787	47.58%
Honam ( Jeolla )	Gwangju	69,574	7.76%	823.737	91.97%
	Jeollabuk-do	150.315	13.22%	980.322	86.25%
	Jeollanam-do	116.296	10.00%	1,038,347	89.28%
Yeongnam ( Gyeongsang )	Busan	1,324,572	59.82%	882.511	39.87%
	Ulsan	413,977	59.78%	275,451	39.78%
	Daegu	1,267,789	80.14%	309.034	19.53%
	Gyeongsangbuk-do	1.375.164	80.82%	316.659	18.61%
	Gyeongsangnam-do	1,259,174	63.12%	724.896	36.33%
Jeju-do		166.184	50.46%	161,235	48.95%
Korean diaspora		67,319	42.55%	89.192	56.38%

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rebranding GNP picks Saenuri as new name-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily. July 9, 2012, accessed November 27, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Evan Ramstad: As Prez Candidates Emerge, What's Election Really About? In: WSJ. Retrieved May 2, 2012, November 27, 2019 (American English). 
3. ↑ KBS GLOBAL. January 11, 2013, accessed November 27, 2019 . 
4. ↑ SKorea: Moon Jae-in overtakes son Hak-kyu in presidential poll. August 8, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2019 (UK English). 
5. ^ Let the presidential election games begin. Retrieved November 27, 2019 . 
6. ↑ The Korea Herald: [Editorial] Where is Ahn headed? April 29, 2012, accessed November 27, 2019 . 
7. ↑ 민주 통합 당, 대선 후보 경선 결과 (누적). August 21, 2012, accessed November 27, 2019 . 
8. ^ South Korea's Presidential Showdown: The Forgotten Issue. Retrieved November 27, 2019 (American English). 
9. ^ Father's slogans in the election campaign. December 19, 2012, accessed November 27, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Choe Sang-Hun: South Korean Opposition Picks Moon Jae-in as Its Candidate . In: The New York Times . September 16, 2012, ISSN  0362-4331 ( online [accessed November 27, 2019]).