Highest national vote total
Lee Jae-myung received 17,287,513 votes.
이재명 · 더불어민주당. That is 49.42% of the official candidate-vote total.
Counting status100.00%Official Election Statistics System result table with 100.0% counting status.
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2025 South Korea Presidential Election Results by Region and Candidate
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South Korea's 2025 presidential vote, region by region.
Official Republic of Korea 2025 presidential vote-counting results from the National Election Commission: all five candidacies, all 17 regions, national ballot accounting, and a 100.0% counting status.
35,236,497ballots cast
79.38%turnout
17regional totals
5published candidacies
All five candidacies
Native source labels, votes, and equal permanent records.
Candidate vote share uses the official total candidate-vote field as denominator. English labels are Election.org display translations; every native NEC label is retained.
#1Democratic Party of Korea
Lee Jae-myung
이재명 · 더불어민주당
17,287,51349.42%Open candidate result →#2People Power Party
Kim Moon-soo
김문수 · 국민의힘
14,395,63941.15%Open candidate result →#3Reform Party
Lee Jun-seok
이준석 · 개혁신당
2,917,5238.34%Open candidate result →#4Democratic Labor Party
Kwon Young-guk
권영국 · 민주노동당
344,1500.98%Open candidate result →#5Independent
Song Jin-ho
송진호 · 무소속
35,7910.10%Open candidate result →All 17 regions
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Every region reconciles candidate votes, invalid ballots, ballots cast, nonvoters, and registered voters to the national table.
서울특별시80.08% turnout
Seoul
Lee Jae-myung led with 3,105,459 votes.
6,641,606 ballots cast · complete table →부산광역시78.37% turnout
Busan
Kim Moon-soo led with 1,146,238 votes.
2,245,755 ballots cast · complete table →대구광역시80.18% turnout
Daegu
Kim Moon-soo led with 1,103,913 votes.
1,643,051 ballots cast · complete table →인천광역시77.70% turnout
Incheon
Lee Jae-myung led with 1,044,295 votes.
2,035,355 ballots cast · complete table →광주광역시83.90% turnout
Gwangju
Lee Jae-myung led with 844,682 votes.
1,002,149 ballots cast · complete table →대전광역시78.72% turnout
Daejeon
Lee Jae-myung led with 470,321 votes.
977,609 ballots cast · complete table →울산광역시80.04% turnout
Ulsan
Kim Moon-soo led with 353,180 votes.
747,950 ballots cast · complete table →세종특별자치시82.94% turnout
Sejong
Lee Jae-myung led with 140,620 votes.
254,695 ballots cast · complete table →경기도79.36% turnout
Gyeonggi
Lee Jae-myung led with 4,821,148 votes.
9,297,448 ballots cast · complete table →강원특별자치도77.57% turnout
Gangwon
Kim Moon-soo led with 483,360 votes.
1,029,407 ballots cast · complete table →충청북도77.26% turnout
North Chungcheong
Lee Jae-myung led with 501,990 votes.
1,065,558 ballots cast · complete table →충청남도75.98% turnout
South Chungcheong
Lee Jae-myung led with 661,316 votes.
1,397,521 ballots cast · complete table →전북특별자치도82.47% turnout
North Jeolla
Lee Jae-myung led with 1,023,272 votes.
1,246,099 ballots cast · complete table →전라남도83.58% turnout
South Jeolla
Lee Jae-myung led with 1,111,941 votes.
1,303,365 ballots cast · complete table →경상북도78.94% turnout
North Gyeongsang
Kim Moon-soo led with 1,159,594 votes.
1,747,364 ballots cast · complete table →경상남도78.53% turnout
South Gyeongsang
Kim Moon-soo led with 1,123,843 votes.
2,179,989 ballots cast · complete table →제주특별자치도74.58% turnout
Jeju
Lee Jae-myung led with 228,729 votes.
421,576 ballots cast · complete table →Source boundary
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