# 2025 South Korean presidential election

[South Korea](https://electionsarchive.com/kr.md), June 3, 2025

이재명 won with 49.4% of the vote, 8.3 points ahead of 김문수.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 이재명 | Democratic Party of Korea | 17,287,513 | 49.4% | Elected |
| 김문수 | People Power Party | 14,395,639 | 41.2% |  |
| 이준석 | 개혁신당 | 2,917,523 | 8.3% |  |
| 권영국 | 민주노동당 | 344,150 | 1.0% |  |
| 송진호 | Independent | 35,791 | 0.1% |  |

Valid votes: 34,980,616

Turnout: 79.4% (35,236,497 of 44,391,871 registered)

## How votes were cast

| Method | Votes | Share of all votes | Leader among these votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| In person on election day | 19,388,872 | 55.4% | 김문수, 53.0% |
| Early in person | 15,309,291 | 43.8% | 이재명, 63.7% |
| Abroad | 203,898 | 0.6% | 이재명, 66.8% |
| By mail | 78,555 | 0.2% | 이재명, 46.3% |

## Results by province or metropolitan city

이재명 leads in 11 province or metropolitan cities; 김문수 leads in 6 province or metropolitan cities.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Busan](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/busan.md) | 김문수 | 51.4% | +11.3 | 2,230,212 |
| [Daejeon](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/daejeon.md) | 이재명 | 48.5% | +7.9 | 969,608 |
| [Gwangju](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/gwangju.md) | 이재명 | 84.8% | +76.7 | 996,424 |
| [Jeonbuk](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/jeonbuk.md) | 이재명 | 82.7% | +71.8 | 1,238,009 |
| [North Chungcheong](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/north-chungcheong.md) | 이재명 | 47.5% | +4.2 | 1,057,436 |
| [North Gyeongsang](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/north-gyeongsang.md) | 김문수 | 66.9% | +41.3 | 1,734,043 |
| [Sejong](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/sejong.md) | 이재명 | 55.6% | +22.4 | 252,785 |
| [South Jeolla](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/south-jeolla.md) | 이재명 | 85.9% | +77.3 | 1,294,843 |
| [Ulsan](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/ulsan.md) | 김문수 | 47.6% | +5.0 | 742,375 |
| [강원특별자치도](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/unnamed-5.md) | 김문수 | 47.3% | +3.3 | 1,021,784 |
| [경기도](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/unnamed-4.md) | 이재명 | 52.2% | +14.3 | 9,234,633 |
| [경상남도](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/unnamed-7.md) | 김문수 | 52.0% | +12.6 | 2,161,642 |
| [대구광역시](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/unnamed-2.md) | 김문수 | 67.6% | +44.4 | 1,632,312 |
| [서울특별시](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/unnamed.md) | 이재명 | 47.1% | +5.6 | 6,589,108 |
| [인천광역시](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/unnamed-3.md) | 이재명 | 51.7% | +13.2 | 2,020,827 |
| [제주특별자치도](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/unnamed-8.md) | 이재명 | 54.8% | +20.0 | 417,647 |
| [충청남도](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president/unnamed-6.md) | 이재명 | 47.7% | +4.4 | 1,386,928 |

## This race in other years

- June 3, 2025: 이재명, 49.4%
- [May 9, 2017](https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2017-05-09-presidential/president.md): 문재인, 41.1%

## Sources

- [선거통계시스템: 역대선거 대통령선거 개표현황](http://info.nec.go.kr/main/showDocument.xhtml?electionId=0000000000&topMenuId=VC&secondMenuId=VCCP08), 중앙선거관리위원회 (National Election Commission). License: No license stated: public election statistics of the National Election Commission; facts published with attribution

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/kr/2025-06-03-presidential/president.json.