South Korean presidential election, 1992
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The 14th South Korean presidential election took place on 18 December 1992. This was the second democratic election since 1971. The voter turnout was 81.9%.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % of Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Liberal Party United Liberal Democrats The United Liberal Democrats was a liberal conservative political party in South Korea, whose support mostly came from Chungcheong region. In the 2004 parliamentary election, it gained only 4 seats in the National Assembly, and its president Kim Jong-pil announced his retirement from politics... |
Kim Young Sam  |
9,977,332 | 42.0% | |
| Democratic Party Democratic Party (South Korea) The Democratic Party was a political party of South Korea.Formerly called the Millennium Democratic Party , or Saecheonnyeon Minju-dang , it changed its name to the present form on May 6, 2005.- History :... |
Kim Dae Jung Kim Dae Jung Kim Dae-jung was President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003, and the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He came to be called the "Nelson Mandela of Asia" for his long-standing opposition to authoritarian rule.-Early life:... |
8,041,284 | 33.8% | |
| United People Party | Chung Ju-yung Chung Ju-yung Chung Ju-yung was a South Korean businessman and the the founder of Hyundai Group.-Early life:Chung Ju-yung was born in Tongchon, Kangwŏn province , during a time when Korea was under Japanese rule. Born to a large impoverished family of peasants, he was the oldest out of six children... |
3,880,067 | 16.3% | |
| Theocracy Party | Park Chan-jong | 1,516,047 | 6.4% | |
| Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
Baek Gi-Wan | 238,648 | 1.0% | |
| Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
Kim Ok-sun | 86,292 | 0.4% | |
| Korea Defined Party | Lee Byeong-ho | 35,739 | 0.22% | |
| Invalid ballots | 319,761 | 0.6% | ||
| (Total electorate: 29,422,658 - Turnout rate: 81.9%) Total | 24,095,170 | 100% | ||
| provinces · cities | Kim Young Sam | Kim Dae-jung | Chung Ju-yung | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... |
2,167,298 | 36.0% | 2,246,326 | 37.3% | 1,070,629 | 17.8% |
| Busan Busan Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world... |
1,551,473 | 72.6% | 265,055 | 12.4% | 133,907 | 6.3% |
| Daegu Daegu Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the... |
690,245 | 58.9% | 90,641 | 12.4% | 224,642 | 19.2% |
| Incheon Incheon The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City... |
397,361 | 36.8% | 338,538 | 31.3% | 228,505 | 21.1% |
| Gwangju Gwangju Gwangju is the sixth largest city in South Korea. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister... |
14,504 | 2.1% | 652,337 | 95.1% | 8,085 | 1.4% |
| Daejeon Daejeon Daejeon is South Korea's fifth largest metropolis and the provincial capital of Chungnam. Located in the center of the country, Daejeon had a population of over 1.5 million in 2010. It is at the crossroads of Gyeongbu railway, Honam railway, Gyeongbu Expressway, and Honam Expressway. Within the... |
202,137 | 34.7% | 165,067 | 28.3% | 133,646 | 22.9% |
| Gyeonggi Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi-do is the most populous province in South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Suwon. Seoul—South Korea's largest city and national capital—is located in the heart of the province, but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946... |
1,254,025 | 35.8% | 1,103,498 | 31.5% | 798,356 | 22.8% |
| Gangwon Gangwon-do (South Korea) Gangwon-do is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. Before the division of Korea in 1945, Gangwon and its North Korean neighbour Kangwŏn formed a single province.-History:... |
340,528 | 35.8% | 127,265 | 15.2% | 279,610 | 33.5% |
| Chungcheongbuk Chungcheongbuk-do Chungcheongbuk-do is a province in the centre of South Korea. It was formed in 1896 from the northeastern half of the former Chungcheong province... |
281,678 | 37.5% | 191,743 | 25.5% | 175,767 | 23.4% |
| Chungcheongnam Chungcheongnam-do Chungcheongnam-do or Chungnam is a province in the west of South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the south-western half of the former Chungcheong Province and remained a province of Korea until the country's division in 1945, thereafter becoming part of South Korea... |
351,789 | 36.2% | 271,921 | 27.9% | 240,400 | 24.7% |
| Jeollabuk Jeollabuk-do Jeollabuk-do is a province in the southwest of South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Jeolla province, and remained a province of Korea until the country's division in 1945, then became part of South Korea... |
63,175 | 5.6% | 991,483 | 88.0% | 35,923 | 3.2% |
| Jeollanam Jeollanam-do Jeollanam-do is a province in the southwest of South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Jeolla province, remained a province of Korea until the country's division in 1945, then became part of South Korea... |
53,360 | 4.2% | 1,170,398 | 91.1% | 26,686 | 2.1% |
| Gyeongsangbuk Gyeongsangbuk-do Gyeongsangbuk-do or shortly Gyeongbuk is a province in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, remained a province of Korea until the country's division in 1945, then became part of South Korea.The Gyeongsangbuk-do Office is... |
991,424 | 63.6% | 147,440 | 9.5% | 240,646 | 15.4% |
| Gyeongsangnam Gyeongsangnam-do Gyeongsangnam-do is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Changwon. It contains the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. Located there is UNESCO World Heritage Site Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple that houses the Tripitaka Koreana and attracts many... |
1,514,043 | 71.5% | 193,373 | 9.1% | 241,135 | 11.4% |
| Jeju Jeju-do Jeju-do is the only special autonomous province of South Korea, situated on and coterminous with the country's largest island. Jeju-do lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of Jeollanam-do Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946... |
104,292 | 39.3% | 85,889 | 32.4% | 42,130 | 15.9% |