Overview

• Lee Jae Myung secured 51.7% of votes against Kim Moon Soo’s 39.3%, according to KBS projections.
• Voter turnout reached 77.8%, the highest in a South Korean presidential election since 2005.
• The election concluded a six-month political crisis that began with Yoon Suk Yeol’s December martial-law declaration and ended with his April impeachment.
• Lee campaigned on expanding renewable energy, bolstering workers’ rights and pursuing diplomatic outreach to China and North Korea.
• His incoming administration faces legal scrutiny from five criminal cases, a contracting economy and a nuclear-armed North Korean threat.