South Korean presidential election, 1952

Republic of Korea presidential election, 1952

5 August 1952


Nominee	Syngman Rhee	Cho Bong-am	Yi Si-yeong
Party	Liberal	Independent	DNP
Popular vote	5,238,769	797,504	764,715
Percentage	74.6%	11.4%	10.9%

President before election

Syngman Rhee
Liberal

Elected President

Syngman Rhee
Liberal

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 5 August 1952.^[1] The result was a victory for Syngman Rhee, who won 74.6% of the vote. Voter turnout was 88.1%.^[2] The election was held during the Korean War, which played an important role in consolidating Rhee's support.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Syngman Rhee	Liberal Party	5,238,769	74.6
Cho Bong-am	Independent	797,504	11.4
Yi Si-yeong	Democratic Nationalist Party	764,715	10.9
Shin Heung-u	Independent	219,696	3.1
Invalid/blank votes		255,199	–
Total		7,275,883	100
Registered voters/turnout		8,259,428	88.1
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ 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

Elections and referendums in South Korea
Presidential elections	1948 1952 1956 1960 (Mar) 1960 (Aug) 1963 1967 1971 1972 1978 1979 1980 1981 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017
Legislative elections	1946 1948 1950 1954 1958 1960 1963 1967 1971 1973 1978 1981 1985 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Local elections	1952 1956 1960 1991 1995 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
By-elections	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Referendums	1962 1969 1972 1975 1980 1987

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