section_path: Presidential campaigns/2025 presidential election
section_name: 2025 presidential election
paragraph_text: 2025 presidential election
  
  On 9 April 2025, five days after the 4 April impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, Lee resigned as leader of the Democratic Party. He announced his third candidacy for the presidential election on 10 April. On 27 April, Lee officially won the Democratic Party presidential primaries and became the party's official nominee for president.
  
  Among his campaign pledges was amending the Constitution to allow presidents to serve two four-year terms and introduce run-off voting. On 3 June 2025, Lee won the presidential election with 49.42% of the votes.