South Korean presidential election, 1963

Republic of Korea presidential election, 1963
South Korea
15 October 1963
 
Nominee Park Chung Hee Yun Bo-seon
Party Democratic Republican Civil Rule Party
Popular vote 4,702,640 4,546,614
Percentage 46.6% 45.1%

Map of pluralities won in provinces and cities:

■ – Park Chung Hee ■ – Yun Bo-seon

President before election

Park Chung Hee (acting)
Democratic Republican

 Elected President

Park Chung Hee
Democratic Republican

The first presidential elections in South Korea since the 1961 May Coup took place on 15 October 1963.[1] 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]

Results

 Summary of the 15 October 1963 South Korean presidential election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Park Chung-hee Democratic Republican Party 4,702,640 46.6
 
Yun Bo-seon Civil Rule Party 4,546,614 45.1
 
Oh Jae-yeong Independent 408,664 4.1
 
Byun Young-tae Righteous Citizens Party 224,442 2.2
 
Jang I-seok New Development Party 198,837 2.0
 
Total (Turnout: 85.0%) 11,036,175 100.0
Source: Nohlen et al

Provincial results

Province or city Park Chung Hee Yun Bo-seon Oh Jae-young Byun Young-tae Jang I-seok Total
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Seoul 371,627 (30.1%) 802,052 (65.1%) 20,634 (1.6%) 26,728 (2.2%) 10,537 (0.9%) 1,231,578
Gyeonggi 384,764 (33.1%) 661,984 (56.9%) 54,770 (4.7%) 34,775 (3.0%) 27,554 (2.4%) 1,163,847
Gangweon 296,711 (40.0%) 368,092 (49.1%) 35,568 (4.7%) 24,924 (3.3%) 24,528 (3.3%) 749,823
Chungnam 405,077 (40.8%) 490,663 (49.4%) 47,364 (4.8%) 26,639 (2.7%) 23,359 (2.4%) 993,102
Chungbuk 202,789 (39.8%) 249,397 (48.9%) 26,911 (5.3%) 15,699 (3.1%) 14,971 (2.9%) 509,767
Jeonnam 765,712 (57.2%) 480,800 (35.9%) 51,714 (3.9%) 17,312 (1.3%) 22,604 (1.7%) 1,338,142
Jeonbuk 408,556 (49.4%) 343,171 (41.5%) 27,906 (3.4%) 18,617 (2.3%) 18,223 (2.2%) 826,473
Busan 242,779 (48.2%) 239,038 (47.5%) 11,214 (2.2%) 7,106 (1.4%) 3,419 (0.7%) 503,601
Gyeongnam 706,079 (61.7%) 341,971 (29.9%) 60,645 (5.3%) 19,323 (1.7%) 26,014 (2.3%) 1,144,032
Gyeongbuk 837,124 (55.6%) 543,392 (36.1%) 58,079 (3.9%) 31,113 (2.1%) 34,622 (2.3%) 1,504,330
Jeju 81,422 (70.0%) 26,009 (22.3%) 3,859 (3.3%) 2,207 (1.9%) 3,006 (2.6%) 116,503

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p464 ISBN 0-19-924959-8