1967 South Korean presidential election

1967 South Korean presidential election
3 May 1967
 
Nominee Park Chung Hee Yun Po-sun
Party Democratic Republican New Democratic
Popular vote 5,688,666 4,526,541
Percentage 51.44% 40.93%
President before election

Park Chung Hee
Democratic Republican

Elected President

Park Chung Hee
Democratic Republican

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 3 May 1967.[1] The result was a victory for Park Chung Hee, who received 51% of the vote. Voter turnout was 84%.[2]

Nominations

Military

The Democratic Republican Party National Convention was held on 2 February and President Park Chung Hee was nominated as its presidential candidate without a vote.[3]

Civilian

In May 1965 the two largest opposition parties in the parliament, former president Yun Posun's Civil Rule Party (CRP) and stateswoman Park Soon-cheon's Democratic Party (DP), joined to create the People's Party (PP), forming a united opposition against President Park Chung Hee's military dictatorship.

However, in 1965 the radical wing of the People's Party led by Yun left the party, later forming the New Korea Party (NKP) in 1966. The NKP and nominated Yun for president. The remaining members of the People's Party, the moderates led by Park Sang-cheon, nominated former president of Korea University Yu Jin-oh.

Fearing that running two candidates to represent the civilian field might result in Park winning easily, the two parties decided to join forces and created the New Democratic Party (NDP) on 7 February, agreeing to nominate Yun as its candidate.[4][5]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Park Chung HeeDemocratic Republican Party5,688,66651.44
Yun PosunNew Democratic Party4,526,54140.93
Oh Jae-youngUnited Korea Party264,5332.39
Kim Chun-yonPeople's Party248,3692.25
Chun Jin-hanKorea Independence Party232,1792.10
Lee Se-chinJustice Party98,4330.89
Total11,058,721100.00
Valid votes11,058,72194.96
Invalid/blank votes586,4945.04
Total votes11,645,215100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,935,09383.57
Source: Nohlen et al.

By province and city

Province/City Park Chung Hee Yun Po-sun Oh Jae-young Kim Chun-yon Chun Jin-han Lee Se-chin
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Seoul 595,513 45.19 675,716 51.28 11,447 0.87 13,142 1.00 14,242 1.08 7,635 0.58
Busan 338,135 64.21 164,077 31.16 9,922 1.88 6,866 1.30 4,556 0.87 3,028 0.58
Gyeonggi 525,676 40.98 674,964 52.62 22,383 1.75 23,248 1.81 25,306 1.97 11,029 0.86
Gangwon 429,589 51.26 349,807 41.74 18,211 2.17 17,757 2.12 15,400 1.84 7,310 0.87
North Chungcheong 269,830 46.58 252,469 43.58 15,058 2.60 14,526 2.51 20,345 3.51 7,114 1.23
South Chungcheong 489,516 45.37 505,076 46.81 17,662 1.64 27,295 2.53 28,809 2.67 10,560 0.98
North Jeolla 392,037 42.32 451,611 48.75 21,527 2.32 23,945 2.58 28,943 3.12 8,325 0.90
South Jeolla 652,847 44.58 682,622 46.62 42,249 2.89 46,721 3.19 28,156 1.92 11,774 0.80
North Gyeongsang 1,083,939 64.01 447,082 26.40 56,328 3.33 40,884 2.41 45,482 2.69 19,647 1.16
South Gyeongsang 838,426 68.61 281,545 23.04 45,325 3.71 30,740 2.52 16,065 1.31 9,895 0.81
Jeju 73,158 56.54 41,572 32.13 4,421 3.42 3,245 2.51 4,875 3.77 2,116 1.64
Total 5,688,666 51.44 4,526,541 40.93 264,533 2.39 248,369 2.25 232,179 2.10 98,433 0.89

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p464
  3. ^ "e영상역사관 » 영상보기". e-Video History Museum (in Korean). Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  4. ^ "민중당(民衆黨)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. ^ "신민당 통합창당|대통령후보 윤보선·당수 유진오씨". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 7 February 1967. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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