1963 South Korean presidential election

1963 South Korean presidential election

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Nominee Park Chung Hee Yun Posun
Party Democratic Republican Civil Rule
Popular vote 4,702,640 4,546,614
Percentage 46.65% 45.10%

Map of pluralities won in provinces and cities:

– Park Chung Hee

– Yun Posun

President before election

Park Chung Hee (acting)
Democratic Republican

Elected President

Park Chung Hee
Democratic Republican

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 15 October 1963.[1] They were the first elections since the 1961 May Coup, and the first during the Third Republic. The result was a narrow victory for the acting incumbent and leader of the governing military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, Park Chung Hee, who won 46.6% of the vote, securing a transition to civilian rule under his Democratic Republican Party. Voter turnout was 85.0%.[2][3]

The elections were marked by a number of irregularities.[4]

  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. ^ "Park Declared Winner In Korea" The Miami News, 19 October 1963, p8A
  4. ^ Kim, Byung-Kook (2011). The Park Chung Hee Era. Harvard University Press. pp. 353–354. ISBN 978-0674061064.