1971 South Korean presidential election

1971 South Korean presidential election

← 1967 27 April 1971 1972 →

Nominee Park Chung-hee Kim Dae-jung Party Democratic Republican New Democratic Popular vote 6,342,828 5,395,900 Percentage 53.20% 45.26%

Leading candidate by province

President before election Park Chung-hee Democratic Republican Elected President Park Chung-hee Democratic Republican

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 27 April 1971.^[1] The result was a victory for incumbent president Park Chung-hee, who won 53.2% of the vote. Voter turnout was 79.8%.^[2] Within a year of his re-election, Park declared martial law and introduced the Yushin Constitution, which vested him with sweeping and near-dictatorial powers.

These would be the last contested presidential elections in South Korea until 1981, and the last direct presidential elections until 1987.