1997 South Korean presidential election

1997 South Korean presidential election

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Turnout	80.65% (1.24pp)
Nominee Kim Dae-jung Lee Hoi-chang Lee In-je Party National Congress Grand National New National Popular vote 10,326,275 9,935,718 4,925,591 Percentage 40.27% 38.75% 19.21%
Results by provincial-level divisions
President before election Kim Young-sam Independent Elected President Kim Dae-jung National Congress

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 18 December 1997. The result was a victory for opposition candidate Kim Dae-jung, who won with 40.3 percent of the vote.^[1] When he took office in 1998, it marked the first time in Korean history that the ruling party peacefully transferred power to the opposition party.