Presidential elections in South Korea

For the most recent election, see 2022 South Korean presidential election.
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Presidential elections in South Korea determine who will serve as the president of South Korea for the next five years (formerly four, six, and seven).

Since the establishment of the First Republic in 1948, the presidential elections have taken place 21 times (20 excluding the March 1960 election whose results were invalidated after the April Revolution): in 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 (in March and August), 1963, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, and 2022.

Prior to the Presidential Election Act of 1987, the elections were indirect. Since 1987, the president is elected directly by the public in a single round plurality vote (using the first-past-the-post simple plurality system) for a single, non-renewable five-year term.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "A Primer on the 19th South Korean Presidential Election in 2017". The Seoul Times. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  2. ^ Jae-jin Yang (September 28, 2017). The Political Economy of the Small Welfare State in South Korea. Cambridge University Press. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-1-108-41590-3.
  3. ^ Andrew J. Nathan (2010). How East Asians View Democracy. Columbia University Press. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-0-231-14535-0.
  4. ^ Country Profile: South Korea, North Korea. The Unit. 2001.
  5. ^ "Процедура выборов президента Южной Кореи". RIA Novosti (in Russian). May 9, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2018.