Elections in South Korea

All citizens over the age of 18 have the right to vote. According to Article 34 of the 'Immigration Control Act,' a non-Korean citizen registered in the relevant local constituency and who has had a resident visa for at least three years has the right to vote in local elections.{{Cite web|title=Right to Vote and Eligibility for Election|url=https://www.nec.go.kr/site/eng/03/10301030000002020070601.jsp|url-status=live|website=National Election Commission (South Korea)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812115409/https://www.nec.go.kr/site/eng/03/10301030000002020070601.jsp |archive-date=August 12, 2021 }}

File: Korean 5th local election ballot paper - Muju na.jpg

Polling places are usually located in schools. During the

absentee or early voting period, voters can vote at any place in the country. On election day, voters may only vote at polling places in their registered constituency. Korean voters mark paper ballots with a rubber stamp using red ink. There is one race per ballot paper; if there are multiple offices up for election, ballot papers are colour-coded and voters are issued one ballot per race.Tim Meisburger, [http://asiafoundation.org/2016/04/20/korean-elections-a-model-of-best-practice/ Korean Elections: A Model of Best Practice], April 20, 2016.

Korea uses a central count model. After the polls close, ballot boxes are sealed and transported to the constituency's counting centre. Traditionally ballots were hand-counted, and optical scanners have been adopted since 3rd local elections held on 13 June 2002. The scanners resemble cash sorter machines, sorting the ballots into stacks by how they are voted. Stacks are then counted using machines resembling currency counting machines.Oglim, [http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-931053 The South Korean 2012 Presidential Election was Fraudulent], Feb. 21, 2013. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130715164454/http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-931053 archived version].)

Korean elections have been praised as a model of best practice. However, the legality of the introduction of optical scan technology has been challenged and there have been allegations of rigged counting.

{{Main|2024 South Korean legislative election}}

{{Election results

|image=File:South Korea 22nd National Assembly 2024.svg

|firstround=Proportional|secondround=Constituency

|alliance1=People Power Party / People Future Party|votes1=10395264|seats1=18|votes1_2=13179769|seats1_2=90|totseats1=108|sc1=

|alliance2=Democratic Alliance|aspan2=5|party2=Democratic Party|votes2=7567459|vspan2=5|seats2=8|votes2_2=14758083|seats2_2=161|totseats2=169|sc2=

|party3=Progressive Party|seats3=2|votes3_2=302925|seats3_2=1|totseats3=3|sc3=

|party4=New Progressive Alliance{{efn|name = a|Alliance of the Basic Income Party, the Social Democratic Party and the Open Democratic Party}}|seats4=2|votes4_2=14271|seats4_2=0|totseats4=2|sc4=

|party5=Independents|seats5=2|r2blockc5=3|totseats5=2

|atotalnv7=y|aseats7=14|avotes7_2=15075279|aseats7_2=162|atotseats7=176

|alliance8=Rebuilding Korea Party|votes8=6874278|seats8=12|r2blockc8=3|totseats8=12|sc8=

|alliance9=New Reform Party|votes9=1025775|seats9=2|votes9_2=195147|seats9_2=1|totseats9=3|sc9=

|alliance10=Liberal Unification Party|votes10=642433|seats10=0|votes10_2=18700|seats10_2=0|totseats10=0|sc10=

|alliance11=Green–Justice Party|votes11=609313|seats11=0|votes11_2=107029|seats11_2=0|totseats11=0|sc11=

|alliance12=New Future Party|votes12=483827|seats12=0|votes12_2=200502|seats12_2=1|totseats12=1|sc12=

|alliance13=Pine Tree Party|votes13=124369|seats13=0|votes13_2=18939|seats13_2=0|totseats13=0|sc13=

|alliance14={{ill|Grand National Party (2013)|ko|한나라당 (2013년)|lt=Grand National Party}}|votes14=72925|seats14=0|r2blockc14=3|totseats14=0|sc14=|acolor14=#e32b34

|alliance15=National Revolutionary Party|votes15=67420|seats15=0|r2blockc15=3|totseats15=0|sc15=

|alliance16=Saenuri Party|votes16=57210|seats16=0|r2blockc16=3|totseats16=0|sc16=

|alliance17={{ill|Freedom and Democracy Party (South Korea)|ko|자유민주당 (대한민국, 2021년)|lt=Freedom and Democracy Party}}|votes17=39977|seats17=0|votes17_2=1245|seats17_2=0|totseats17=0|sc17=|acolor17=#054EA0

|alliance18={{ill|Christian Party (South Korea)|ko|기독당 (대한민국)|lt=Christian Party}}|votes18=36117|seats18=0|votes18_2=218|seats18_2=0|totseats18=0|sc18=|acolor18=#755191

|alliance19=Grand National Unity Party|votes19=30323|seats19=0|r2blockc19=3|totseats19=0|sc19=|acolor19=#F26F21

|alliance20=Our Republican Party|votes20=29895|seats20=0|votes20_2=12814|seats20_2=0|totseats20=0|sc20=

|alliance21={{ill|Great Korea Party|ko|가가호호공명선거대한당}}|votes21=29481|seats21=0|r2blockc21=3|totseats21=0|sc21=|acolor21=#670099

|alliance22=Women's Party|votes22=28942|seats22=0|r2blockc22=3|totseats22=0|sc22=

|alliance23={{ill|Hashtag People's Policy Party|ko|히시태그국민정책당}}|votes23=26906|seats23=0|r2blockc23=3|totseats23=0|sc23=|acolor23=#EE4937

|alliance24=Labor Party|votes24=25937|seats24=0|votes24_2=7465|seats24_2=0|totseats24=0|sc24=

|alliance25={{ill|Financial Reform Party|ko|금융개혁당}}|votes25=20548|seats25=0|r2blockc25=3|totseats25=0|sc25=|acolor25=#CC00FF

|alliance26={{ill|Senior Welfare Party|ko|노인복지당}}|votes26=15178|seats26=0|r2blockc26=3|totseats26=0|sc26=|acolor26=#EA5404

|alliance27={{ill|Republican Party (South Korea, 2020)|ko|공화당 (2020년)|lt=Republican Party}}|votes27=14912|seats27=0|r2blockc27=3|totseats27=0|sc27=|acolor27=#012154

|alliance28={{ill|Hongik Party|ko|홍익당}}|votes28=13326|seats28=0|r2blockc28=3|totseats28=0|sc28=|acolor28=#871E60

|alliance29={{ill|Korea Farmers and Fishermen's Party|ko|한국농어민당}}|votes29=13035|seats29=0|votes29_2=2804|seats29_2=0|totseats29=0|sc29=|acolor29=#0056B8

|alliance30={{ill|Korea People's Party|ko|대한국민당 (2021년)}}|votes30=11947|seats30=0|votes30_2=85|seats30_2=0|totseats30=0|sc30=|acolor30=#51A776

|alliance31=Mirae Party|votes31=11505|seats31=0|r2blockc31=3|totseats31=0|sc31=

|alliance32=New National Participation Party|votes32=10242|seats32=0|r2blockc32=3|totseats32=0|sc32=|acolor32=#0C3883

|alliance33={{ill|To Tomorrow, to the Future|ko|내일로미래로}}|votes33=9417|seats33=0|votes33_2=1333|seats33_2=0|totseats33=0|sc33=|acolor33=#9F53A0

|alliance34={{ill|Republic of Korea Party|ko|대한민국당}}|votes34=8527|seats34=0|r2blockc34=3|totseats34=0|sc34=|acolor34=#FFC000

|alliance35={{ill|Unification Korea Party|ko|통일한국당 (2021년)}}|votes35=8518|seats35=0|r2blockc35=3|totseats35=0|sc35=|acolor35=#034EA2

|alliance36={{ill|Let's Go Korea|ko|가나반공정당코리아}}|votes36=7820|seats36=0|r2blockc36=3|totseats36=0|sc36=|acolor36=#4F1D12

|alliance37={{ill|Popular Democratic Party (South Korea)|ko|대중민주당|lt=Popular Democratic Party}}|votes37=7663|seats37=0|r2blockc37=3|totseats37=0|sc37=|acolor37=#FFEF11

|alliance38=Gihuminsaeng Party|votes38=6615|seats38=0|votes38_2=778|seats38_2=0|totseats38=0|sc38=

|alliance39={{ill|Party for the Abolition of Special Privileges|ko|가락특권폐지당}}|votes39=4707|seats39=0|votes39_2=54|seats39_2=0|totseats39=0|sc39=|acolor39=#D74940

|alliance40={{ill|Korean Wave Union Party|ko|한류연합당}}|votes40=3894|seats40=0|r2blockc40=3|totseats40=0|sc40=|acolor40=#573590

|alliance41={{ill|Korea Business Party|ko|대한상공인당}}|votes41=3783|seats41=0|r2blockc41=3|totseats41=0|sc41=|acolor41=#37469B

|alliance42={{ill|K Political Innovation Union Party|ko|K정치혁신연합당}}|votes42=3451|seats42=0|r2blockc42=3|totseats42=0|sc42=|acolor42=#3E62AA

|alliance43={{ill|New Korean Peninsula Party|ko|신한반도당}}|votes43=1580|seats43=0|r2blockc43=3|totseats43=0|sc43=|acolor43=#00A7DB

|alliance44={{ill|Korean National Party (2015)|ko|한국국민당 (2015년)|lt=Korean National Party}}|r1blockc44=3|votes44_2=1917|seats44_2=0|totseats44=0|sc44=|acolor44=#013588

|alliance45=People's Democracy Party|r1blockc45=3|votes45_2=290|seats45_2=0|totseats45=0|sc45=

|alliance46=Independents|votes46_2=409761|seats46_2=0|r1blockc46=3|totseats46=0|sc46=

|total_sc=0

}}

{{main|2025 South Korean presidential election}}

{{#section:2025 South Korean presidential election|resultstable}}

{{Main|2022 South Korean local elections}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2022 South Korean local elections

| country = South Korea

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2018 South Korean local elections

| previous_year = 2018

| next_election = 2026 South Korean local elections

| next_year = 2026

| seats_for_election = All 17 metropolitan mayors and governors
All 226 municipal mayors
All 824 seats for provincial and metropolitan councillors
All 2926 seats for municipal councillors

| turnout = 50.9% {{decrease}} 9.3 pp

| election_date = 1 June 2022

| 1blank = Regional
offices

| 2blank = Regional
offices +/–

| 3blank = Mayors

| 4blank = Mayors +/–

| 5blank = Councillors

| 6blank = Councillors +/–

| image1 = 105px

| image1_size = 100x100px

| leader1 = Lee Jun-seok

| party1 = People Power Party (South Korea)

| 1data1 = 5 governors
7 {{abbr|met.|metropolitan}} mayors

| 2data1 = {{increase}} 4 governors
{{increase}} 6 {{abbr|met.|metropolitan}} mayors

| 3data1 = 145

| 4data1 = {{increase}} 92

| 5data1 = 540 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
1,435 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| 6data1 = {{increase}} 403 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
{{increase}} 426 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| image2 = {{nowrap|80px85px}}

| image2_size = 100x100px

| leader2 = Yun Ho-jung
& Park Ji-hyun

| party2 = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

| 1data2 = 4 governors
1 {{abbr|met.|metropolitan}} mayor

| 2data2 = {{decrease}}3 governors
{{decrease}} 6 {{abbr|met.|metropolitan}} mayors

| 3data2 = 63

| 4data2 = {{decrease}} 88

| 5data2 = 322 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
1,384 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| 6data2 = {{decrease}} 330 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
{{decrease}} 255 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| image4 =

| image4_size = 100x100px

| leader4 = Kim Jae-yeon

| party4 = Progressive Party (South Korea, 2017)

| 1data4 = 0 governor
0 {{abbr|met.|metropolitan}} mayor

| 2data4 = {{no change}}0

| 3data4 = 1

| 4data4 = {{increase}}1

| 5data4 = 3 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
17 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| 6data4 = {{increase}} 3 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
{{increase}} 6 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| image5 = 100px

| image5_size = 100x100px

| leader5 = Yeo Yeong-gug

| party5 = Justice Party (South Korea)

| 1data5 = 0 governor
0 {{abbr|met.|metropolitan}} mayor

| 2data5 = {{no change}}0

| 3data5 = 0

| 4data5 = {{no change}}0

| 5data5 = 2 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
7 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| 6data5 = {{decrease}} 9 ({{abbr|P|provincial}})
{{decrease}} 19 ({{abbr|M|municipal}})

| map = {{switcher

| 350px

| Gubernatorial & metropolitan mayoral elections: overall results and turnouts

| 350px

| Gubernatorial & metropolitan mayoral elections: municipal-level breakdown}}

}}

{{main|South Korean presidential elections#Summary of past presidential elections}}

{{main|Legislative elections in South Korea#Summary of past legislative elections}}

• 2010 South Korean local elections
• 2014 South Korean local elections
• 2018 South Korean local elections
• 2022 South Korean local elections

• History of South Korea
• Constitution of South Korea
• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system
• Artificial intelligence and elections

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{{Reflist|30em}}

• {{Cite book|title=Korea: A history of the Korean people (rev. ed.)|author=Nahm, A.C.|year=1996|publisher=Hollym|location=Seoul|isbn=978-1-56591-070-6}}
• {{Cite book|title=인명국사대사전 (Inmyeong guksa daesajeon, Unabridged biographical dictionary of Korean history|author=Lee, Il-cheong (이일청)|year=1993|publisher=Goryeo Munhaksa|location=Seoul}}
• {{Cite book|title=A new history of Korea (rev ed.)|author=Lee, Ki-baik|year=1984|publisher=Ilchokak|location=Seoul|isbn=978-89-337-0204-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/newhistoryofkore0000leek}}

• [https://m.nec.go.kr/site/eng/main.do National Election Commission of South Korea]

• [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/k/korea/ Overview of candidates, parties and outcomes of South Korean elections since 1952] (with minor flaws like 이시영 missing in the 1952 page and wrong year of Park's resignation in the 1960 page)

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