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2007 South Korean presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Republic of Korea
flag_year	1997
type	presidential
previous_election	2002 South Korean presidential election
previous_year	2002
next_election	2012 South Korean presidential election
next_year	2012
turnout	63.03% ( 7.80pp)
election_date	19 December 2007
image1	Lee Myung-bak presidential portrait.jpg
nominee1	Lee Myung-bak
party1	Grand National Party
popular_vote1	11,492,389
percentage1	48.67%
image2	Chung Dong-young 20250822.jpg
nominee2	Chung Dong-young
party2	Grand Unified Democratic New Party
popular_vote2	6,174,681
percentage2	26.15%
image4	Lee Hoi-chang (2010).jpg
nominee4	Lee Hoi-chang
party4	Independent (politician)
popular_vote4	3,559,963
percentage4	15.08%
nominee5	Moon Kook-hyun
party5	Creative Korea Party
popular_vote5	1,375,498
percentage5	5.83%
map	{{Switcher
title	President
before_election	Roh Moo-hyun
before_party	Independent
after_election	Lee Myung-bak
after_party	Grand National Party

| [[File:2007 Republic of Korea Presidential Election, Municipal-level divisions.svg|300px]] | Results by municipal-level divisions | [[File:2007 Republic of Korea Presidential Election, Provincial-level divisions.svg|300px]] | Results by provincial-level divisions

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 19 December 2007. The elections were 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. It also marked the first time a president-elect in Korea was under investigation by a prosecutor. Voter turnout was 63%, an all-time low according to the National Election Commission.{{cite news |last=Kim|first=Ji-hyun |url=http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2007/12/19/200712190056.asp |title=Lee Myung-bak cruises to landslide victory|work=The Korea Herald|date=2007-12-19

Background

Main article: Presidential elections in South Korea#Procedure (1987–present)

On 28 February 2007 the official census was published, identifying the number of eligible voters, with the electoral rolls compiled and published between 21 and 26 November, before being finalised on 12 December. Pre-registration of candidates began on 23 April, with 25–26 November as the dates to officially register.

Candidates

The elections were a three-way race between the ruling Grand Unified Democratic New Party's Chung Dong-young, opposition Grand National Party's Lee Myung-bak, and conservative independent Lee Hoi-chang. Also in the race but polling less than 10% were former Yuhan Kimberly CEO Moon Kook-hyun and congressman Kwon Young-ghil from Ulsan.

Grand Unified Democratic New primaries

A total of nine candidates ran to be the Grand Unified Democratic New Party presidential candidate;

Chung Dong-young, former National Assemblyman from North Jeolla
Sohn Hak-kyu, former governor of Gyeonggi
Lee Hae-chan, National Assemblyman from Seoul
Rhyu Si-min, National Assemblyman from Gyeonggi
Han Myeong-sook, National Assemblywoman for PR
Shin Ki-nam, National Assemblyman from Seoul
Chun Jung-bae, former Minister of Justice
Choo Mi-ae, National Assemblyman from Seoul
Kim Doo-kwan, former Minister of Interior

An opinion poll was conducted on 2,400 eligible voters and 10,000 of those who signed up to vote in the primaries between 3 and 5 September; only the top five candidates were allowed to advance to the full primary elections.

Candidate	Electors	%	Non-Members	%	Total	%
Sohn Hak-kyu	2,207	23.4	2,460	26.1	4,667	24.8
Chung Dong-young	2,339	24.8	2,274	24.1	4,613	24.5
Lee Hae-chan	1,339	14.2	1,370	14.5	2,709	14.4
Rhyu Si-min	1,057	11.2	856	9.1	1,913	10.1
Han Myeong-sook	761	8.1	1,015	10.8	1,776	9.4
Others	1,725	18.3	1,453	15.4	3,178	16.9
Total	9,428	100	9,428	100	18,856	100
Source: [http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/234264.html](http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/234264.html)

Despite qualifying for the full primary vote, Han Myeong-sook withdrew her bid for nomination and endorsed Lee Hae-chan before the primary races began. The primary races counted for 90% of the final result and the opinion poll 10%.

Dates	Races	Chung	Sohn	Lee	Rhyu	Total	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
15 September	Jeju	3,003	32.8	2,754	30.1	1,866	20.4	1,528	16.7	9,151
Ulsan	2,262	34.8	1,335	20.5	1,548	23.8	1,362		20.9	6,507
16 September	Gangwon	2,311	31.1	2,359	31.8	2,751	37.1	–	–	7,421
North Chungcheong	6,334	52.7	2,920	24.3	2,760	23.0	–	–	12,014
17 September	Gwangju	10,841	47.6	7,948	34.9	4,007	17.6	–	–	22,796
South Jeolla	15,224	46.1	11,958	36.2	5,819	17.6	–	–	33,001
30 September	Busan	6,689	37.6	4,508	25.3	6,614	37.1	–	–	17,811
South Gyeongsang	4,461	34.8	4,069	31.8	4,276	33.4	–	–	12,806
9 October	Mobile-1	7,004	33.5	7,649	36.5	6,285	30.0	–	–	20,938
11 October	Mobile-2	19,288		34.6	21,359	38.4	15,035	27.0	–	–	55,682
10–12 October	Opinion Poll	21,850	44.1	17,525	35.3	10,216	20.6	–	–	49,591
13-14 October	Mobile-3	35,846	35.5	41,023	40.7	23,964	23.8	–	–	100,833
14 October	North Jeolla	38,078	81.3	6,387	13.6	2,367	5.1	–	–	46,832
Daejeon	1,766	33.9	1,464	28.1	1,974	37.9	–	–	5,204
South Chungcheong	2,182	32.6	1,616	24.1	2,895	43.3	–	–	6,693
Daegu	1,108	25.7	1,530	35.5	1,677	38.9	–	–	4,315
North Gyeongsang	1,598	33.4	2,017	42.1	1,174	24.5	–	–	4,789
Gyeonggi	13,025	40.2	13,587	42.0	5,767	17.8	–	–	32,379
Incheon	3,117	41.0	3,160	41.5	1,331	17.5	–	–	7,608
Seoul	20,997	49.5	13,631	32.1	7,802	18.4	–	–	42,430
Total	216,984	43.8	168,799	34.0	110,128	22.2	–	–	495,911

At the UNDP National Convention, held on October 15, 2007, Chung was officially named the party's presidential nominee.

Grand National primaries

Five candidates contested the primaries of the Grand National Party:

Lee Myung-bak, former Mayor of Seoul
Park Geun-hye, National Assemblywoman from Daegu
Won Hee-ryong, National Assemblyman from Seoul
Hong Joon-pyo, National Assemblyman from Seoul
Go Jin-hwa, National Assemblyman from Seoul

Former Gyeonggi Governor Sohn Hak-kyu sought to participate, but he later decided to instead run for the UNDP nomination, and failed.

The GNP primary consisted of opinion polling (weighted 20%) and popular vote by pre-registered electors (weighted 80%). The poll and the voting were all conducted on 19 August and the results were announced at the National Convention on 20 August, naming Lee Myung-bak as the official nominee. Because Lee won the race with a slight margin, there was controversy regarding the method primary election used (opinion poll). However, Park Geun-hye conceded her loss to Lee. Park ran again in 2012 and won the primary.

Races	Lee	Park	Won	Hong	Total	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
Seoul	16,190	58.0	11,113	39.8	330	1.2	271	1.0	27,904
Incheon	3,089	49.1	3,135	49.9	36	0.6	25	0.4	6,285
Gyeonggi	12,779	50.0	12,543		49.1	161	0.6	88	0.3	25,571
Gangwon	1,866	43.0	2,436	56.2	22	0.5	14	0.3	4,338
North Chungcheong	1,823	43.3	2,343	55.7	26	0.6	16	0.4	4,208
South Chungcheong	2,271	41.3	3,179	57.8	26	0.5	24	0.4	5,500
Daejeon	1,272	34.1	2,404	64.4	40	1.1	18	0.5	3,734
North Jeolla	2,141	55.3	1,581	40.8	111	2.9	39	1.0	3,872
South Jeolla	2,692	57.0	1,852	39.2	133	2.8	48	1.0	4,725
Gwangju	1,338	57.6	853	36.8	104	4.5	26	1.1	2,321
North Gyeongsang	4,455	46.3	5,111	53.1	31	0.3	24	0.2	9,621
South Gyeongsang	4,498	48.1	4,748	50.8	76	0.8	30	0.3	9,352
Daegu	2,305	31.1	5,072	68.4	19	0.3	22	0.3	7,418
Busan	5,273	47.2	5,789	51.8	60	0.5	47	0.4	11,169
Ulsan	1,517	47.7	1,637	51.4	18	0.6	11	0.3	3,183
Jeju	707	41.8	852	50.4	126	7.4	7	0.4	1,692
Opinion poll	16,868	51.5	13,984	42.7	1,079	3.3	793	2.4	32,724
Total	81,084	49.6	78,632	48.1	2,398	1.5	1,503	0.9	163,617

Lee Hoi-chang

1997 and 2002 presidential candidate for GNP, Lee Hoi-chang had announced his candidacy on November 7, 2007 as an independent, not joining GNP primary.

Democratic Labor primary

The primary election of the Democratic Labour Party involved two types of voting;

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 The total number of party members that were eligible to cast a vote was 50,117.
Kwon Young-ghil, National Assemblyman from South Gyeongsang
Sim Sang-jung, National Assemblywoman as Proportional Representative
Roh Hoe-chan, National Assemblyman as Proportional Representative

No candidate received a majority of the votes, so a second round of the presidential primary was scheduled from 10 to 15 September.

Candidate	First round	Second round	Votes	%
Kwon Young-ghil	19,053	49.4	19,109	52.7
Sim Sang-jung	10,064	26.1	17,122	47.3
Roh Hoe-chan	9,478	24.6
Total	38,595	100	36,231	100
Source: Media Today, Hani

First round results by province

Dates	Races	Kwon	Sim	Roh	Total	Aug. 24
234	37.3%	196	31.3%	197	31.4%	627
912	59.8%	291	19.1%	321	21.1%	1,524
837	60.3%	217	15.6%	334	24.1%	1,388
586	32.3%	648	35.7%	580	32.0%	1,814
449	38.4%	342	29.3%	377	32.3%	1,168
618	37.7%	482	29.4%	540	32.4%	1,640
307	39.7%	270	34.9%	196	25.4%	773
1,429	56.9%	422	16.8%	660	26.3%	2,511
2,686	62.9%	911	21.3%	677	15.8%	4,274
1,076	48.9%	532	24.2%	592	26.9%	2,200
1,407	59.8%	599	25.5%	347	14.7%	2,353
332	28.8%	497	43.1%	323	28.0%	1,152
498	38.2%	392	30.1%	414	31.87	1,304
3,518	57.0%	1,415	22.9%	1,242	20.1%	6,175
1,578	56.4%	669	23.9%	553	19.75%	2,800
2,578	37.5%	2,172	31.6%	2,122	30.9%	6,872
8	40.0%	9	45.0%	3	15.0%	20
19,053	49.4%	10,064	26.1%	9,478	24.6%	38,595

Creative Korea primary

Moon Kook-hyun (), former CEO of Yuhan Kimberly (Kimberly-Clark's company in Korea), was elected as the official presidential candidate of the party on 4 November 2007, through mobile voting amongst party members.

Choice	Votes	%
For Moon	8,884	95.0
Against	468	5.0
Total	9,352	100
Source: [Polinews](http://polinews.co.kr/m/m_article.html?no=29086#08mq)

Exit polls

An exit poll was announced at 18:00 on election day, at which point voting had finished. It predicted Lee Myung-bak had won an absolute majority.

Candidate	Prediction	Estimated %
Lee Myung-bak	Winner	50.3
Chung Dong-young	2nd	26.0
Lee Hoi-chang	3rd	13.5

Results

By province and city

Province/City	Lee Myung-bak	Chung Dong-young	Lee Hoi-chang	Moon Kook-hyun	Kwon Young-ghil	Lee In-je	Huh Kyung-young	Geum Min	Chung Kun-mo	Chun Kwan	Grand National Party}}"		Grand Unified Democratic New Party}}"		Independent}}"		Creative Korea Party}}"		Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)}}"		Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}"
Seoul	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	2,689,162	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	53.24	1,237,812	24.50	596,226	11.80	358,781	7.10	116,344	2.30	23,214	0.46	22,405	0.44	3,501	0.07	3,013	0.06	911	0.02
Busan	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	1,018,715	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	57.91	236,708	13.46	346,319	19.69	94,285	5.36	48,901	2.78	4,599	0.26	7,351	0.42	1,198	0.07	770	0.04	406	0.02
Daegu	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	876,719	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	69.38	75,932	6.01	228,199	18.06	50,514	4.00	25,777	2.04	1,847	0.15	3,375	0.27	727	0.06	367	0.03	221	0.02
Incheon	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	593,283	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	49.22	286,565	23.77	183,057	15.19	84,814	7.04	42,069	3.49	7,612	0.63	5,769	0.48	1,068	0.09	797	0.07	323	0.03
Gwangju	56,875	8.60	Grand Unified Democratic New Party}}"	527,588	Grand Unified Democratic New Party}}"	79.75	22,520	3.40	31,524	4.77	13,597	2.06	7,118	1.08	1,547	0.23	289	0.04	398	0.06	96	0.01
Daejeon	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	246,008	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	36.29	159,700	23.56	195,957	28.90	48,143	7.10	17,207	2.54	7,223	1.07	2,356	0.35	683	0.10	467	0.07	204	0.03
Ulsan	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	279,891	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	53.98	70,736	13.64	90,905	17.53	28,605	5.52	43,607	8.41	1,884	0.36	2,059	0.40	467	0.09	271	0.05	121	0.02
Gyeonggi	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	2,603,443	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	51.89	1,181,936	23.56	670,742	13.37	354,492	7.07	144,830	2.89	30,513	0.61	23,554	0.47	3,207	0.06	3,378	0.07	1,312	0.03
Gangwon	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	376,004	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	51.97	136,668	18.89	127,102	17.57	42,552	5.88	28,129	3.89	6,085	0.84	5,063	0.70	849	0.12	615	0.09	436	0.06
North Chungcheong	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	289,499	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	41.59	165,637	23.80	162,750	23.38	39,884	5.73	25,285	3.63	7,965	1.14	3,435	0.49	759	0.11	561	0.08	321	0.05
South Chungcheong	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	313,693	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	34.26	192,999	21.08	304,259	33.23	43,383	4.74	32,132	3.51	22,592	2.47	3,814	0.42	1,131	0.12	934	0.10	568	0.06
North Jeolla	86,149	9.04	Grand Unified Democratic New Party}}"	777,236	Grand Unified Democratic New Party}}"	81.60	34,630	3.64	26,573	2.79	18,139	1.90	6,550	0.69	1,777	0.19	538	0.06	590	0.06	270	0.03
South Jeolla	88,834	9.23	Grand Unified Democratic New Party}}"	757,309	Grand Unified Democratic New Party}}"	78.65	34,790	3.61	31,289	3.25	23,178	2.41	23,074	2.40	2,179	0.23	743	0.08	938	0.10	517	0.05
North Gyeongsang	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	1,033,957	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	72.59	96,822	6.80	195,526	13.73	47,345	3.32	39,327	2.76	3,823	0.27	4,696	0.33	1,458	0.10	819	0.06	699	0.05
South Gyeongsang	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	843,662	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	55.02	189,463	12.36	329,486	21.49	73,893	4.82	82,645	5.39	4,935	0.32	6,063	0.40	1,261	0.08	1,310	0.09	612	0.04
Jeju	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	96,495	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	38.67	81,570	32.69	37,495	15.03	19,421	7.78	10,954	4.39	1,674	0.67	1,273	0.51	344	0.14	152	0.06	144	0.06
Total	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	11,492,389	Grand National Party}}; color:white"	48.67	6,174,681	26.15	3,559,963	15.08	1,375,498	5.83	712,121	3.02	160,708	0.68	96,756	0.41	18,223	0.08	15,380	0.07	7,161	0.03
Source: [National Election Commission](http://info.nec.go.kr/)

Other information

On April 7, 2011, a National Intelligence Service agent was guilty of investigating Lee Myung-bak's secret real estate-related information before the election.

According to leaked diplomatic cables, Yoo Chong-ha (), the former co-chairman of Lee Myung-bak's presidential election campaign, requested to then American ambassador to South Korea, Alexander Vershbow, to delay the extraction of the main individual of the BBK embezzlement scandal, Christopher Kim (Kim Kyung-joon), to Korea on the request to prevent spreading controversies related to Lee Myung-bak's involvement in the BBK embezzlement scandal during the election season.

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