Moon Jae-in was elected President of South Korea

Center-left candidate Moon Jae-in was elected by a landslide on Tuesday. According to official results, Moon, candidate for the liberal Democratic Party, lead with 41.1% of the vote. Hong Jun-pyo, of Saenuri Party, was behind with 24%, leaving centralist People's Party candidate Ahn Cheol-soo in third place on 21.4%.

Turnout was high in the nation of 50 million despite persistent drizzle.