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{{Infobox election
| country = Republic of Korea
| flag_year = 1997
| type = presidential
| previous_election = 1997 South Korean presidential election
| previous_year = 1997
| next_election = 2007 South Korean presidential election
| next_year = 2007
| turnout = 70.83% ({{decrease}} 9.82pp)
| election_date = 19 December 2002
| image1 = Roh Moo-hyun presidential portrait.jpg
| nominee1 = '''[[Roh Moo-hyun]]'''
| party1 = Millennium Democratic Party
| popular_vote1 = '''12,014,277'''
| percentage1 = '''48.91%'''
| image2 = Lee Hoi-chang (2010) (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = [[Lee Hoi-chang]]
| party2 = Grand National Party
| color2 = {{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}
| popular_vote2 = 11,443,297
| percentage2 = 46.59%
| map = {{Switcher
| [[File:2002 Republic of Korea Presidential Election, Municipal-level divisions.svg|300px]]
| Results by municipal-level divisions
| [[File:2002 Republic of Korea Presidential Election, Provincial-level divisions.svg|300px]]
| Results by provincial-level divisions
}}
| title = President
| before_election = [[Kim Dae-jung]]
| before_party = Independent (politician)
| after_election = [[Roh Moo-hyun]]
| after_party = Millennium Democratic Party
}}
{{Politics of South Korea}}

[[Presidential elections in South Korea|Presidential elections]] were held in [[South Korea]] on 19 December 2002. The result was a victory for [[Roh Moo-Hyun]] of the ruling [[Millennium Democratic Party]], who defeated [[Lee Hoi-chang]] of the [[Grand National Party]] by just over half a million votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/1879/|title=Elections: South Korea Presidential Dec 19 2002|website=IFES Election Guide|language=en|access-date=2017-04-25}}</ref>

== Background ==
{{Main|Presidential elections in South Korea#Procedure (1987–present)}}
[[File:Kim Dae-jung presidential portrait.jpg|thumb|The [[incumbent]] in 2002, [[Kim Dae-jung]]. His term expired on 25 February 2003.]]
President [[Kim Dae-jung]]'s [[National Congress for New Politics]] (NCNP) re-branded itself to [[Millennium Democratic Party]] (MDP) in 2000, but was struggling as it had been defeated by the [[Liberty Korea Party|Grand National Party]] (GNP)  in both the [[2000 South Korean legislative election|2000 legislative election]] and the [[2002 South Korean local elections|2002 local elections]]. GNP's then leader and probable presidential nominee [[Lee Hoi-chang]] was polling higher than any MDP candidates.

== Primaries ==
=== Millennium Democratic Party ===
For the first time in South Korean history, the Democratic Party nominated its presidential candidate through open primaries.

At the beginning of the primaries, [[Lee In-je|Rhee In-je]], the 3-term congressman who ran against President [[Kim Dae-jung]] in 1997 but afterwards joined the [[National Congress for New Politics|ruling party]], led the other candidates by a considerable margin in every poll. However, fringe candidate Roh Moo-hyun rose to prominence after winning the [[Gwangju]] contest, eventually winning his party's nomination and then the presidential election.

==== Candidates ====

* [[Roh Moo-hyun]], former Member of [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] from [[Busan]]
* [[Lee In-je]], former Governor of [[Gyeonggi Province|Gyeonggi]]
* [[Chung Dong-young]], Member of National Assembly from [[North Jeolla Province|North Jeolla]]
* Kim Joong-kwon, former Member of National Assembly from [[North Gyeongsang Province|North Gyeongsang]]
* Han Hwa-gap, former Member of National Assembly from [[South Jeolla Province|South Jeolla]]
* Yu Jong-geun, Governor of [[North Jeolla Province|North Jeolla]]
* [[Kim Geun-tae]], Member of National Assembly from [[Seoul]]

==== Results ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%"
! rowspan="2" |Contest
! colspan="2" align="center" style="background: #E9E9E9" |[[Roh Moo-hyun|Roh<br>{{small|Moo-hyun}}]]
! colspan="2" align="center" style="background: #E9E9E9" |[[Chung Dong-young|Chung<br>{{small|Dong-young}}]]
! colspan="2" |[[Lee In-je|Lee<br>{{small|In-je}}]]
! colspan="2" |Kim<br>{{small|Joong-kwon}}
! colspan="2" |Han<br>{{small|Hwa-gap}}
! colspan="2" |Yu<br>{{small|Jong-geun}}
! colspan="2" |Kim<br>{{small|Geun-tae}}
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| align="left" |[[Jeju Province|Jeju]]<br>{{Small|9 March}}
|125
|18.6
|110
|16.4
|172
|25.6
|55
|8.2
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''175'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''26.1'''
|18
|2.7
|16
|2.4
|-
| align="left" |[[Ulsan]]<br>{{Small|10 March}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''298'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''29.4'''
|65
|6.4
|222
|21.9
|281
|27.8
|116
|11.5
|20
|2.0
|10
|1.0
|-
| align="left" |[[Gwangju]]<br>{{Small|16 March}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''595'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''37.9'''
|54
|3.4
|491
|31.3
|148
|9.4
|280
|17.9
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[Daejeon]]<br>{{Small|17 March}}
|219
|16.5
|54
|4.1
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''894'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''67.5'''
|81
|6.1
|77
|5.8
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[South Chungcheong Province|South Chungcheong]]<br>{{Small|23 March}}
|277
|14.2
|39
|2.0
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''1,432'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''73.7'''
|196
|10.1
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[Gangwon Province, South Korea|Gangwon]]<br>{{Small|24 March}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''630'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''42.5'''
|71
|4.8
|623
|42.0
|159
|10.7
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[South Gyeongsang Province|South Gyeongsang]]<br>{{Small|30 March}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''1,713'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''72.2'''
|191
|8.1
|468
|19.7
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[North Jeolla Province|North Jeolla]]<br>{{Small|31 March}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''756'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''34.3'''
|738
|33.5
|710
|32.2
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[Daegu]]<br>{{Small|5 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''1,137'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''62.3'''
|181
|9.9
|506
|27.7
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[Incheon]]<br>{{Small|6 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''1,022'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''51.9'''
|131
|6.7
|816
|41.4
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[North Gyeongsang Province|North Gyeongsang]]<br>{{Small|7 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''1,246'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''59.4'''
|183
|8.7
|668
|31.9
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[North Chungcheong Province|North Chungcheong]]<br>{{Small|13 April}}
|387
|32.1
|83
|6.9
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''734'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''61.0'''
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[South Jeolla Province|South Jeolla]]<br>{{Small|14 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''1,297'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''62.0'''
|340
|16.3
|454
|21.7
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[Busan]]<br>{{Small|20 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''1,328'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''62.5'''
|796
|37.5
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[Gyeonggi Province|Gyeonggi]]<br>{{Small|21 April}}
|1,191
|45.5
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''1,426'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''54.5'''
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |Internet voting<br>{{Small|26 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''1,423'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''81.3'''
|327
|18.7
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |[[Seoul]]<br>{{Small|27 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''3,924'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''66.5'''
|1,978
|33.5
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
!'''Total'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''17,577'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}" |'''72.2'''
|6,767
|27.8
| colspan="2" align="center"|Withdrew
| colspan="2" align="center"|Withdrew
| colspan="2" align="center"|Withdrew
| colspan="2" align="center"|Withdrew
| colspan="2" align="center"|Withdrew
|}

=== Grand National Party ===

==== Candidates ====

* [[Lee Hoi-chang]], former [[Prime Minister of South Korea|Prime Minister]]
* Choi Byung-ryul, Member of the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] from [[Seoul]]
* Lee Bu-young, Member of the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] from [[Seoul]]
* Lee Sang-hee, former [[Ministry of Science and ICT|Minister of Science and Technology]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.donga.com/news/votehan/han_result.html|title=donga.com[정치:한나라당 경선]|website=[[The Dong-A Ilbo]]|access-date=2018-04-20|archive-date=2011-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214165008/http://www.donga.com/news/votehan/han_result.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== Results ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%"
! rowspan="2" |Contest
! colspan="2" align="center" style="background: #E9E9E9" |[[Lee Hoi-chang|Lee<br>{{small|Hoi-chang}}]]
! colspan="2" align="center" style="background: #E9E9E9" |Choi<br>{{small|Byung-ryul}}
! colspan="2" |Lee<br>{{small|Bu-young}}
! colspan="2" |Lee<br>{{small|Sang-hee}}
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| align="left" |[[Incheon]]<br>{{Small|13 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''1,111'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''79.3'''}}
|79
|5.6
|201
|14.3
|10
|0.7
|-
| align="left" |[[Ulsan]]<br>{{Small|18 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''446'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''59.0'''}}
|206
|27.2
|73
|9.7
|31
|4.1
|-
| align="left" |[[Jeju Province|Jeju]]<br>{{Small|20 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''361'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''73.4'''}}
|65
|13.2
|48
|12.1
|18
|2.2
|-
| align="left" |[[Gangwon Province, South Korea|Gangwon]]<br>{{Small|23 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''891'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''80.5'''}}
|101
|9.1
|71
|6.4
|44
|4.0
|-
| align="left" |[[North Gyeongsang Province|North Gyeongsang]] and [[Daegu]]<br>{{Small|24 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''3,143'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''83.7'''}}
|427
|11.4
|133
|3.5
|54
|1.4
|-
| align="left" |[[North Jeolla Province|North Jeolla]]<br>{{Small|27 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''505'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''54.2'''}}
|117
|12.6
|278
|29.9
|31
|3.3
|-
| align="left" |[[South Gyeongsang Province|South Gyeongsang]] and [[Busan]]<br>{{Small|28 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''2,895'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''70.1'''}}
|934
|22.6
|197
|4.8
|103
|2.5
|-
| align="left" |[[South Chungcheong Province|South Chungcheong]] and [[Daejeon]]<br>{{Small|30 April}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''1,643'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''83.6'''}}
|153
|7.8
|124
|6.3
|45
|2.3
|-
| align="left" |[[South Jeolla Province|South Jeolla]] and [[Gwangju]]<br>{{Small|2 May}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''1,112'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''54.0'''}}
|368
|17.9
|512
|24.9
|67
|3.3
|-
| align="left" |[[Gyeonggi Province|Gyeonggi]]<br>{{Small|4 May}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''2,461'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''71.3'''}}
|424
|12.3
|486
|14.1
|81
|2.3
|-
| align="left" |[[North Chungcheong Province|North Chungcheong]]<br>{{Small|7 May}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''592'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''72.3'''}}
|152
|18.6
|60
|7.3
|15
|1.8
|-
| align="left" |[[Seoul]]<br>{{Small|9 May}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''2,321'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''47.9'''}}
|1,668
|34.5
|743
|15.3
|109
|2.3
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
!'''Total'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''17,481'''}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |{{white|'''69.0'''}}
|4,694
|18.3
|2,926
|11.4
|608
|2.4
|}

=== Democratic Labor Party ===
Labor activist Kwon Young-ghil of the [[Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)|Democratic Labor Party]] was nominated for president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohmynews.com/nws_web/view/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0000087161|script-title=ko:"세상 바꾸려 대통령 후보 나섰다'20억 기탁금' 목숨 걸고 싸울터"|date=2002-09-09|website=[[OhmyNews]]|access-date=2018-04-20}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on [[WP:KO/RS]]|date=March 2025}}

{{Election results
|cand1=[[Kwon Young-ghil]]|votes1=7297
|row2=Against|votes2=735
|electorate=12877
}}

==Campaign==
Although corruption scandals marred the incumbent government, Lee Hoi-chang's campaign suffered from the wave of [[Anti-American sentiment in Korea]] generated by the [[Yangju highway incident]]. Public opinion of Lee, who was widely seen as being both pro-U.S. and the preferred candidate of the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|George W. Bush administration]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], suffered. After losing to Roh by 2% in the December 2002 elections, Lee subsequently announced his retirement from politics.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cossa|first1=Ralph A.|title=U.S.-Korea Relations: Trials, Tribulations, Threats, Tirades|url=https://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/0204qus_korea.pdf|publisher=Comparative Connections—An E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations|accessdate=24 April 2015|date=December 2012}}</ref>

=== Roh-Chung coalition ===
[[Chung Mong-joon]], the 3-term independent [[National Assembly (South Korea)|congressman]] from [[Ulsan]] and son of [[Hyundai Group|Hyundai]] founder [[Chung Ju-yung]], became so popular that he began appearing on polls for presidential election after he, as the president of the [[Korea Football Association|Korean Football Association]], was credited for winning the right to host [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] in Korea.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.donga.com/3//20020908/7860550/1|script-title=ko:[여론조사 자료실]민주 통합신당 대선후보 선호도 鄭42.1%-盧29.5%|date=2002-09-08|work=[[The Dong-A Ilbo]]|access-date=2018-04-20|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421031717/http://news.donga.com/3//20020908/7860550/1|archive-date=2018-04-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Chung officially launched his presidential campaign in September, and in many polls beat Roh and came close to beating Lee. Many Democratic politicians that weren't happy with Roh's nomination joined Chung's campaign. However, when it seemed clear that if both Roh and Chung ran, Lee would win easily. The two sides decided to combine forces, instead of competing against each other.

The two sides agreed on conducting two polls, each by different polling companies, where the winner would run as the unified candidate. The winner had to win both polls, or a second round had to occur.

So the two poll was conducted on 24 November, but only one validated. The other one was invalidated, as the two sides had agreed that any poll with Lee Hoi-chang polling less than 30.4% must be invalidated, since there could be a chance that Lee's supporters were attempting to manipulate the results by responding with an untrue answer.

The only poll that was validated was the one conducted by the Research and Research, and it was won by Roh.

Consequently, Chung withdrew his candidacy and endorsed Roh.<ref>{{Citation|last=nozzang|script-title=ko:노무현 단일후보 확정 그 숨막히던 현장|date=2008-06-13|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDv8K-iVlwM&t=443s|accessdate=2018-04-20}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+24 November 2002
!Candidate
!Research and Research Poll
!# of polls won
|-
|Roh
|46.8%
|1
|-
|Chung
|42.2%
|0
|-
|Lee
|32.1%
| -
|}
However, Chung later broke his pledge on the night before the election, when he felt that Roh broke the promise to include Chung in for policy decisions and surrounded himself only with Democrats.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201109041220511|title=정몽준, 자서전서 "노무현 전 대통령 지지 철회 이유는…"|access-date=2018-04-20|language=ko}}</ref> Chung announced less than eight hours before the election that he was withdrawing his support for Roh and urged people to vote their conscience, but Roh won anyway.

==Results==
{{Election results
|cand1=[[Roh Moo-hyun]]|party1=[[Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)|Millennium Democratic Party]]|votes1=12014277|color1={{party color|Millennium Democratic Party}}
|cand2=[[Lee Hoi-chang]]|party2=[[Grand National Party (1997)|Grand National Party]]|votes2=11443297|color2={{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}
|cand3=[[Kwon Young-ghil]]|party3=[[Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)|Democratic Labor Party]]|votes3=957148
|cand4=[[Lee Han-dong]]|party4={{ill|One National People Unite|ko|하나로국민연합}}|votes4=74027
|cand5={{ill|Kim Gil-soo|ko|김길수 (승려)}}|party5={{ill|Fatherland Defenders Party|ko|
대한민국의 종교정당}}|votes5=51104
|cand6={{ill|Kim Yeong-gyu|ko|김영규 (1946년)}}|party6=[[Socialist Party (South Korea)|Socialist Party]]|votes6=22063
|cand7={{ill|Jang Se-dong|ko|장세동}}|party7=Independent|votes7=
|invalid=223047
|electorate=34991529
}}

===By province and city===
<div style="overflow:auto">
{| class="wikitable nowrap sortable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! rowspan="3" | [[Provinces of South Korea|Province]]/[[List of provincial-level cities of South Korea|City]]
! colspan=2 class="unsortable" | [[Roh Moo-hyun]]
! colspan="2" class="unsortable" | [[Lee Hoi-chang]]
! colspan="2" class="unsortable" | [[Kwon Young-ghil]]
! colspan="2" class="unsortable" | [[Lee Han-dong]]
! colspan="2" class="unsortable" | Kim Gil-soo
! colspan="2" class="unsortable" | Kim Yeong-gyu
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}" |
! colspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}" |
! colspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)}}" |
! colspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Others}}" | 
! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Others}}" |
! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (South Korea)}}" |
|-
! width="75px" | Votes
! %
! width="75px" | Votes
! %
! width="75px" | Votes
! %
! width="75px" | Votes
! %
! width="75px" | Votes
! %
! width="75px" | Votes
! %
|-
| align="left" style="text-align:left" | [[Seoul]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''2,792,957'''
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''51.30'''
|2,447,376
|44.96
|179,790
|3.30
|12,724
|0.23
|6,437
|0.12
|4,706
|0.09
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[Busan]]
|587,946
|29.86
| style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}; color:white;" |'''1,314,274'''
| style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}; color:white;" |'''66.75'''
|61,281
|3.11
|2,148
|0.11
|2,064
|0.10
|1,380
|0.07
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[Daegu]]
|240,745
|18.68
| style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}; color:white;" |'''1,002,164'''
| style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}; color:white;" |'''77.75'''
|42,174
|3.27
|1,699
|0.13
|1,317
|0.10
|810
|0.06
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[Incheon]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''611,766'''
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''49.83'''
|547,205
|44.57
|61,655
|5.02
|3,600
|0.29
|1,978
|0.16
|1,612
|0.13
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[Gwangju]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''715,182'''
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''95.18'''
|26,869
|3.58
|7,243
|0.96
|803
|0.11
|1,014
|0.13
|305
|0.04
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[Daejeon]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''369,046'''
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''55.18'''
|266,760
|39.88
|29,728
|4.44
|1,157
|0.17
|1,408
|0.21
|747
|0.11
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[Ulsan]]
|178,584
|35.27
| style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}; color:white;" |'''267,737'''
| style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}; color:white;" |'''52.88'''
|57,786
|11.41
|997
|0.20
|716
|0.14
|502
|0.10
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[Gyeonggi Province|Gyeonggi]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''2,430,193'''
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''50.65'''
|2,120,191
|44.19
|209,346
|4.36
|26,072
|0.54
|8,085
|0.17
|4,119
|0.09
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[Gangwon Province, South Korea|Gangwon]]
|316,722
|41.51
| style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}; color:white;" |'''400,405'''
| style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}; color:white;" |'''52.48'''
|38,722
|5.08
|3,406
|0.45
|2,713
|0.36
|969
|0.13
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[North Chungcheong Province|North Chungcheong]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''365,623'''
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''50.42'''
|311,044
|42.89
|41,731
|5.75
|3,205
|0.44
|2,610
|0.36
|949
|0.13
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[South Chungcheong Province|South Chungcheong]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''474,531'''
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''52.16'''
|375,110
|41.23
|49,579
|5.45
|4,973
|0.55
|4,322
|0.48
|1,303
|0.14
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[North Jeolla Province|North Jeolla]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''966,053'''
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''91.59'''
|65,334
|6.19
|14,904
|1.41
|2,505
|0.24
|5,187
|0.49
|817
|0.08
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[South Jeolla Province|South Jeolla]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''1,070,506'''
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''93.39'''
|53,074
|4.63
|12,215
|1.07
|2,830
|0.25
|6,707
|0.59
|988
|0.09
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[North Gyeongsang Province|North Gyeongsang]]
|311,358
|21.65
| style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}; color:white;" |'''1,056,446'''
| style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}; color:white;" |'''73.47'''
|62,522
|4.35
|3,332
|0.23
|2,936
|0.20
|1,344
|0.09
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[South Gyeongsang Province|South Gyeongsang]]
|434,642
|27.08
| style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}; color:white;" |'''1,083,564'''
| style="background:{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}; color:white;" |'''67.52'''
|79,853
|4.98
|2,832
|0.18
|2,629
|0.16
|1,224
|0.08
|-
| align="left" style="text-align: left;" |[[Jeju Province|Jeju]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''148,423'''
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |'''56.05'''
|105,744
|39.93
|8,619
|3.25
|744
|0.28
|981
|0.37
|288
|0.11
|- class="sortbottom" 
! colspan="13" |
|- class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold; background:#E9E9E9;"
| align="left" | Total
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |12,014,277
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)}}; color:white;" |48.91
| 11,443,297
| 46.59
| 957,148
| 3.90
| 74,027
| 0.30
| 51,104
| 0.21
| 22,063
| 0.09
|- class="sortbottom" 
| colspan="13" align="left" | Source: [http://info.nec.go.kr/ National Election Commission]
|}
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==References==
{{Commons|President of South Korea}}
{{Reflist}}

{{South Korean elections}}

[[Category:Presidential elections in South Korea]]
[[Category:2002 elections in South Korea|Presidential election]]
[[Category:December 2002 in Asia|South Korea]]