South Korean presidential election, 1987

Presidential elections were held in South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

on 16 December 1987, the first democratic election since 1971

South Korean presidential election, 1971

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 27 April 1971. The result was a victory for Park Chung-hee, who won 53.2% of the vote. Voter turnout was 79.8%.-Provincial results:...

, and marked the beginning of the Sixth Republic

Sixth Republic of South Korea

The Sixth Republic of South Korea is the country's present-day government. It began in 1987, with the transfer of power from the authoritarian Fifth Republic of Chun Doo-hwan....

. The result was a victory for Roh Tae Woo, who won 35.9% of the vote. Voter turnout was 89.2%.

By province

provinces · cities	Roh Tae-woo		Kim Young Sam		Kim Dae-jung		Kim Jong-pil
provinces · cities	Votes	%	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...	1,682,824	30.3％	1,637,347	29.1％	1,833,010	32.6％	460,988	8.2％
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...	640,622	32.1％	1,117,011	56.0％	182,409	9.1％	51,663	2.6％
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...	800,363	70.7％	274,880	24.3％	29,831	2.6％	23,230	2.1％
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...	326,186	39.4％	248,604	30.0％	176,611	21.3％	76,333	9.2％
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...	22,943	4.8％	2,471	0.5％	449,554	94.4％	1,111	0.2％
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...	1,204,235	41.4％	800,274	27.5％	647,934	22.3％	247,259	8.5％
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:...	456,596	59.3％	240,585	26.1％	81,478	8.8％	49,954	5.4％
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...	355,222	46.9％	213,851	28.2％	83,132	11.0％	102,456	13.5％
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...	402,491	26.2％	246,527	16.1％	190,772	12.4％	691,214	45.0％
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...	160,760	14.1％	17,130	1.5％	948,955	83.5％	8,629	0.8％
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...	119,229	8.2％	16,826	1.2％	1,317,990	90.3％	4,831	0.3％
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...	1,108,035	66.4％	470,189	28.2％	39,756	2.4％	43,227	2.6％
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...	792,757	41.2％	987,042	51.3％	86,804	4.5％	51,242	2.7％
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...	120,502	49.8％	64,844	26.8％	45,139	18.6％	10,930	4.5％

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