2017 South Korean presidential election
Results
Table:
Candidate	Party	Votes	%

Moon Jae-in	Democratic	13,423,800	41.08

Hong Jun-pyo	Liberty Korea	7,852,849	24.03

Ahn Cheol-soo	People's	6,998,342	21.41

Yoo Seong-min	Bareun	2,208,771	6.76

Sim Sang-jung	Justice	2,017,458	6.17

Cho Won-jin	Saenuri	42,949	0.13

Kim Min-chan	Independent	33,990	0.10

Kim Sun-dong	People's United	27,229	0.08

Chang Sŏng-min	Grand National United	21,709	0.06

Yoon Hong-sik	Hongik	18,543	0.05

Lee Kyung-hee	Korean Nationalist	11,355	0.03

Lee Jae-oh	Evergreen Korea	9,140	0.02

Oh Young-guk	Economic Patriot	6,040	0.01

Invalid/blank votes	135,733	–

Total	32,807,908	100

Registered voters/turnout	42,479,710	77.23

Source: National Election Commission

Based on the following table labelled 2017 South Korean presidential election — section "Results", answer the following question with a short sentence: By defeating whom (the closest opponent), Moon Jae-in won the 2017 South Korean presidential election? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea defeated Hong Jun-pyo by  41.08% of the votes to 24.03% of the votes, and won the 2017 South Korean presidential election.