Park Choong-hoon (acting) Independent Chun Doo-hwan Independent Indirect presidential elections were held in South Korea (Fourth Republic of Korea) on 27 August 1980 to fill the vacancy caused by President Choi Kyu-hah's resignation.

[1] Chun was to serve for the remainder of the 1978–1984 term of longtime president Park Chung-hee, who had died in 1979 and been replaced by Choi.

However, Chun subsequently decided to stage a coup and end the Fourth Republic and draft a new constitution, which was promulgated in October 1980 after being approved in a referendum.

However, General Chun Doo-hwan staged the Coup d'état of December Twelfth and effectively took control of the government, making President Choi a figurehead.

In order to be elected, a candidate had to receive the vote of over 50% of the incumbent members of the National Conference for Unification.