Chung Mong-joon, Member of National Assembly from Seoul Lee Jae-oh, Member of National Assembly from Seoul Chung and Lee, in protest of the controversial primary rule negotiations, withdrew their bids for nomination before the convention. Results The official result was announced at Saenuri National Convention, which took place on 20 August 2012 at 05:40 KST, nominating Park Geun-hye as the presidential candidate for the Saenuri Party. Third parties and independent candidates Registered Lee Jung-hee (Unified Progressive Party)Former leader of UPP and former Member of National Assembly Kim So-yeon (Independent)Elected to the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Kim Soon-ja (Independent)A Cleaning worker, and New Progressive Party candidate in 2012 South Korean legislative election Kang Ji-won (Independent)Chairman of Korea Manifesto Center Park Jong-sun (Independent)A former entrepreneur Withdrawn Lee Gun-gaeA former National Assembly Member Opinion polling Exit poll KBS, MBC, and SBS Terrestrial Broadcasting Exit Survey Results By region Major candidates Breakdown of votes by region for candidates with at least 1% of the total votes. Minor candidates Breakdown of votes by region for candidates with less than 1% of the total votes. NIS interference Public opinion manipulation controversy On 11 December 2012, the Democratic United Party claimed that agents of the Psychological Operations group in the South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) were influencing public opinion under orders by the NIS, by posting comments on the Internet. They followed these claims by identifying one such agent. In a police raid, that agent did not emerge from the rented office and claimed that she was not involved in such actions. Right after the last TV debate between candidates Park Geun-Hye and Moon Jae-in, police announced that no evidence was found. After Park Geun-Hye was sworn into office, evidence emerged that the agent in question and many others were involved in activities manipulating public opinion in the presidential election. On 27 May 2013 the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and Seoul Suseo Police Station was found to have delayed delivering evidence, and turned in fabricated laptop hard drive analysis reports. The police already had evidence that the agent in question posted political comments, the analysis report was not submitted to the Suseo Police Station and was destroyed. In 2013, prosecutor Yoon Seok-youl led a special investigation team that looked into the National Intelligence Service (NIS)'s involvement in the scandal. Yoon sought the prosecution of the former head of the NIS, Won Sei-hoon for violating the