Local elections were held in South Korea on 25 April 1952 for city, town and township councils and on 10 May 1952 for provincial councils.[1] 306 provincial councilors, 378 city councilors, 1,115 town councilors and 16,051 township councilors were elected.[2]
Elections for city, town and township councils were held on 25 April 1952.
Party | City councils | Town councils | Township councils | ||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Liberal Party | 114 | 274 | 4,056 | ||||||||
Korea Youth Party | 40 | 229 | 2,574 | ||||||||
National Association | 29 | 155 | 2,437 | ||||||||
Democratic Nationalist Party | 7 | 7 | 21 | ||||||||
Korean Federation of Trade Unions | 5 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||
Korea Nationalist Party | 2 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||
Other parties | 9 | 14 | 68 | ||||||||
Independents | 172 | 430 | 6,867 | ||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
Total | 891,728 | 100 | 378 | 649,544 | 100 | 1,115 | 5,295,462 | 100 | 16,051 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,111,489 | 80.23 | – | 734,538 | 88.43 | – | 5,689,917 | 93.07 | – | ||
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations |
Elections for provincial councils were held on 10 May 1952.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Party | 147 | ||||
Korea Youth Party | 34 | ||||
National Association | 32 | ||||
Democratic Nationalist Party | 4 | ||||
Korean Federation of Trade Unions | 2 | ||||
Other parties | 2 | ||||
Independents | 85 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | |||
Total | 5,165,226 | 100 | 306 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,358,383 | 81.23 | – | ||
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations |
Region | Seats | ||||||||
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Total | Liberal | Youth | National Association | Democratic Nationalist | Federation of Trade Unions | Other | Ind. | ||
North Chungcheong | 28 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
South Chungcheong | 46 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
North Jeolla | 32 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
South Jeolla | 59 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
North Gyeongsang | 61 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | |
South Gyeongsang | 60 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | |
Jeju | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Total | 306 | 147 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 85 |