2007 South Korean presidential election

2007 South Korean presidential election
← 2002 19 December 2007 2012 →
Turnout63.03% (Decrease 7.80pp)
 
Nominee Lee Myung-bak Chung Dong-young
Party Grand National New Democratic
Popular vote 11,492,389 6,174,681
Percentage 48.67% 26.15%
 
Nominee Lee Hoi-chang Moon Kook-hyun
Party Independent Creative Korea
Popular vote 3,559,963 1,375,498
Percentage 15.08% 5.83%
President before election

Roh Moo-hyun
Independent

Elected President

Lee Myung-bak
Grand National

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Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 19 December 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 Grand Unified Democratic New Party nominee Chung Dong-young and independent Lee Hoi-chang by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, the largest since direct elections were reintroduced in 1987.[2] It also marked the first time a president-elect in Korea was under investigation by a prosecutor.[3] Voter turnout was 63%, an all-time low according to the National Election Commission.[4]

  1. ^ Schedule of 17th presidential election (Hangul 2002 format)
  2. ^ Lee Myung-bak Elected President by a Landslide Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, The Chosun Ilbo, December 19, 2007. Retrieved on December 20, 2007.
  3. ^ President-Elect Faces Probe, The Korea Times, December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
  4. ^ Kim, Ji-hyun (2007-12-19). "Lee Myung-bak cruises to landslide victory". The Korea Herald.