The Democratic Justice Party (DJP) National Convention was held on 15 January at Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul.

[1] The Democratic Korea Party (DKP) National Convention was held on 17 January at the Sejong Center for Performing Arts in Seoul.

The Korea Nationalist Party (KNP) National Convention was held on 23 January at the Sejong Center for Performing Arts, and saw Kim Chong-cheol, a former five-term lawmaker from South Chungcheong, nominated.

[2][3] According to official figures, 78.1% of registered voters voted, and gave Chun's DJP a supermajority of 3,667 seats in the electoral college, 69.5 percent of the total.

The term of the newly elected president officially began on the day the electoral votes were cast and counted, 25 February.