section_path: Background
section_name: Background
paragraph_text: Background
  
  Following the martial law declaration by then-President Yoon Suk Yeol on 3 December 2024, the National Assembly voted to impeach him on 14 December 2024, with 204 lawmakers voting in favor, out of the National Assembly's total membership of 300. The Constitutional Court of Korea upheld the impeachment on 4 April 2025, removing Yoon from office. Under the constitution, a presidential election must be held within 60 days to determine Yoon's successor as the country's 14th president. On 8 April, acting president Han Duck-soo called an election for 3 June 2025.