1956 South Korean presidential election

1956 South Korean presidential election
	Presidential election
President before election; Syngman Rhee; Liberal	Elected President ; Syngman Rhee; Liberal
	Vice-Presidential election
Vice-President before election; Ham Tae-young; Independent	Elected Vice-President ; Chang Myon; Democratic

Presidential and vice-presidential elections were held in South Korea on 15 May 1956.^[1] The result was a victory for Syngman Rhee, who won 70.0% of the vote. Voter turnout was 94.4%.^[2]

Rhee, who at that time held a virtual monopoly on political power, was opposed by Shin Ik-hee and Cho Bong-am. Shin died before the election by disease, and Cho campaigned on a platform of peaceful reunification in opposition to Rhee's policy of "March North and unify Korea".^[3] Cho exceeded expectations by receiving over 30% of the vote. Three years later, Cho was accused of violating the National Security Law and executed.^[4]

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
^ Nohlen et al., p464
^ Kim, H-A (2004). Korea's development under Park Chung Hee. RoutledgeCurzon, pp. 42–43.
^ Kim, p. 42.

[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] Kim, H-A (2004). Korea's development under Park Chung Hee. RoutledgeCurzon, pp. 42–43.

[4] Kim, p. 42.

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