1978 South Korean presidential election

1978 South Korean presidential election

← 1972 6 July 1978 1979 →
2,581 members of the National Conference for Unification 1,291 votes needed to win
Nominee Park Chung-hee Party Democratic Republican Electoral vote 2,577
Votes of the National Conference for Unification   Park Chung-hee: 2577   Did not vote: 3   Invalid/Blank: 1
President before election Park Chung-hee Democratic Republican Elected President Park Chung-hee Democratic Republican

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 6 July 1978, the second elections held under the Restoration Constitution, which gave the members of the National Conference for Unification the power to elect the president.

The National Conference for Unification was elected on 18 May, and the newly sworn-in delegates proceeded to elect the president on 6 July. As in 1972, incumbent President Park Chung-hee was the only candidate. He was duly re-elected with the support of 2,577 of the 2,581 members.^[1] Park Chung Hee would continue in office for just over a year before his assassination on 26 October 1979 and the subsequent collapse of the Yushin regime.