1981 South Korean presidential election

Two-stage presidential elections were held in South Korea in February 1981. An electoral college was elected on 11 February, which in turn elected the president on 25 February. They were the last indirect presidential elections controlled by the government of Chun Doo-hwan under the new 1980 constitution. Chun was re-elected with 90% of the electoral college vote.

1981 South Korean presidential election
Presidential election
25 February 1981
5,277 members of the Electoral College
2,639 electoral votes needed to win
 
DKP
Nominee Chun Doo-hwan Yu Chi-song
Party Democratic Justice Democratic Korea
Electoral vote 4,755 404
Percentage 90.23% 7.67%
Electoral College election
11 February 1981
Turnout78.12%
PartyLeader % Seats
Democratic Justice Chun Doo-hwan 60.71 3,667
Democratic Korea Yu Chi-song 11.67 411
National Kim Chong-cheol 1.15 49
Civil Rights Kim Eui-taek 0.82 19
Independents – 25.66 1,132
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Electoral College vote
President before election

Chun Doo-hwan
Democratic Justice

 Elected President

Chun Doo-hwan
Democratic Justice

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