# Lee loses the 2022 presidential election to Yoon Suk Yeol by a fraction of a percent

Date: 2022

## The fact

On 9 March 2022 NEC certified Yoon Suk Yeol over [Lee Jae-myung](/people/lee-jae-myung) by about 0.73 percentage points (roughly 48.56 to 47.83 percent).

## Context

He had left Gyeonggi in 2021 to run. Neighbouring 2025 snap win is a later child after Yoon’s removal. He did not sit as NEC. A close loss is still ordinary democratic contest.

Gyeonggi resignation 2021 sat as parent. Martial-law 2024 and the 2025 snap win are later children, not this Sunday’s unique authorship of Yoon’s decree.

The President of the Republic of Korea is head of state and of the executive, appoints the prime minister with [National Assembly](/organizations/national-assembly) consent, and commands the armed forces. The National Assembly enacts statutes. The Bank of Korea sets the policy rate. Courts, including the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court, judge. Chaebol boards, US Forces Korea, and provincial governments share later series. A Seongnam mayoral youth dividend or debt moratorium is not a 2025 statute. A criminal case must be stored with exact charge and judgment status — an allegation, indictment, first-instance finding, appellate acquittal, Supreme Court remand, or Article 84 stay is not a completed conviction if appealed, overturned, or pending. He did not author Yoon Suk Yeol’s 3 December 2024 martial-law decree.

## Evidence and sources

National Election Commission of South Korea carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [political polarization](/drivers/political-polarization): a completed fraction-of-a-percent loss that structured the 2022–25 opposition file.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 9 March 2022 NEC result, independently reported.

Not established: that the 2025 snap win was uniquely owed from that Sunday, or a unique later martial-law coefficient as his authorship.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

He was the DP candidate. Voters chose Yoon. Parties share the polarisation file.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Lee loses the 2022 presidential election to Yoon Suk Yeol by a fraction of a percent, not a later speech about Lee loses the 2022 presidential election to Yoon Suk Yeol by a fraction of a percent.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Lee loses the 2022 presidential election to Yoon Suk Yeol by a fraction of a percent on 2022-03-09 is not a licence to treat every later National Election Commission of South Korea communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Lee loses the 2022 presidential election to Yoon Suk Yeol by a fraction of a percent into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to NEC certified. He was the DP candidate. Voters chose Yoon. Parties share the polarisation file. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Lee Jae Myung: https://factrail.ai/people/lee-jae-myung

## Drivers

- Political Polarization: https://factrail.ai/drivers/political-polarization
- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-votes-tight-presidential-race-2022-03-09/
- https://www.nec.go.kr/site/eng/main.do

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/kr-lee-2022-election