1967 South Korean presidential election explained

Country:Republic of Korea
Flag Year:1949
Type:presidential
Previous Election:1963 South Korean presidential election
Previous Year:1963
Next Election:1971 South Korean presidential election
Next Year:1971
Election Date:3 May 1967
Image1:Park Chung-hee 1963's.png
Nominee1:Park Chung Hee
Party1:Democratic Republican Party (South Korea)
Popular Vote1:5,688,666
Percentage1:51.44%
Nominee2:Yun Posun
Party2:New Democratic Party (South Korea)
Popular Vote2:4,526,541
Percentage2:40.93%
Map Size:250px
President
Before Election:Park Chung Hee
Before Party:Democratic Republican Party (South Korea)
After Election:Park Chung Hee
After Party:Democratic Republican Party (South Korea)

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 3 May 1967.[1] The result was a victory for Park Chung Hee, who won 51.4% of the vote. Voter turnout was 83.6%.[2]

Nominations

Military

The Democratic Republican Party National Convention was held on 2 February and President Park Chung Hee was nominated as its presidential candidate without a vote.[3]

Civilian

In May 1965 the two largest opposition parties in the parliament, former president Yun Posun's Civil Rule Party (CRP) and stateswoman Park Soon-cheon's Democratic Party (DP), joined to create the People's Party (PP), forming a united opposition against President Park Chung Hee's military dictatorship.

However, in 1965 the radical wing of the People's Party led by Yun left the party, later forming the New Korea Party (NKP) in 1966. The NKP and nominated Yun for president. The remaining members of the People's Party, the moderates led by Park Sang-cheon, nominated former president of Korea University Yu Jin-oh.

Fearing that running two candidates to represent the civilian field might result in Park winning easily, the two parties decided to join forces and created the New Democratic Party (NDP) on 7 February, agreeing to nominate Yun as its candidate.[4] [5]

Results

By-province

Province or cityPark Chung HeeYun PosunOh Jae-youngKim Jun-yeonChun Jin-hanLee Se-jinTotal
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
Seoul595,513(45.2%)675,716(51.3%)11,447(0.9%)13,142(1.0%)14,242(1.1%)7,635(0.6%)1,317,695ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.22,0,1) id:green value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.52)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:45.2 color:blue width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:45.2 till:96.5 color:green width:0.2in
Gyeonggi525,676(41.0%)674,964(52.6%)22,383(1.7%)23,248(1.8%)25,306(2.0%)11,029(0.9%)1,282,606ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.22,0,1) id:green value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.52)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:41.0 color:blue width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:41.0 till:93.6 color:green width:0.2in
Gangweon429,589(51.3%)349,807(41.7%)18,211 (2.2%)17,757 (2.1%)15,400(1.8%)7,310(0.9%)838,074ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.22,0,1) id:green value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.52)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:51.3 color:blue width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:51.3 till:93.0 color:green width:0.2in
Chungnam489,516(45.4%)505,076(46.8%)17,662(1.6%)27,295(2.5%)28,809(2.7%)10,560(1.0%)1,078,918ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.22,0,1) id:green value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.52)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:45.4 color:blue width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:45.4 till:92.2 color:green width:0.2in
Chungbuk269,830(46.6%)252,469(43.6%)15,058(2.6%)14,526(2.5%)20,345(3.5%)7,114(1.2%)579,342ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.22,0,1) id:green value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.52)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:46.6 color:blue width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:46.6 till:90.2 color:green width:0.2in
Jeonnam652,847(44.6%)682,622(46.6%)42,249(2.9%)46,721(3.2%)28,156 (1.9%)11,774 (0.8%)1,464,369ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.22,0,1) id:green value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.52)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:44.6 color:blue width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:44.6 till:91.2 color:green width:0.2in
Jeonbuk392,037(45.0%)451,611(51.9%)21,527(2.5%)23,945(2.8%)28,943(3.3%)8,325(1.0%)870,344ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.22,0,1) id:green value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.52)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:45.0 color:blue width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:45.0 till:96.9 color:green width:0.2in
Busan338,135(64.2%)164,077(31.2%)9,922(1.9%)6,866(1.3%)4,556(0.9%)3,028(0.6%)526,584ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.22,0,1) id:green value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.52)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:64.2 color:blue width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:64.2 till:95.4 color:green width:0.2in
Gyeongnam838,426(68.6%)281,545(23.0%)45,325(3.7%)30,740(2.5%)16,065(1.3%)9,895(0.8%)1,221,996ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.22,0,1) id:green value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.52)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:68.6 color:blue width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:68.6 till:91.6 color:green width:0.2in
Gyeongbuk1,083,939(64.0%)447,082(26.4%)56,328 (3.3%)40,884(2.4%)45,482(2.7%)19,647(1.2%)1,693,362ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.22,0,1) id:green value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.52)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:64.0 color:blue width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:64.0 till:90.4 color:green width:0.2in
Jeju73,158(56.5%)41,572(32.1%)4,421 (3.4%)3,245(2.5%)4,875(3.8%)2,116(1.6%)129,387ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.22,0,1) id:green value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.52)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:56.5 color:blue width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:56.5 till:88.6 color:green width:0.2in

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Nohlen et al., p464
  3. Web site: e영상역사관 » 영상보기. www.ehistory.go.kr. ko. 2018-04-21.
  4. Web site: 민중당(民衆黨). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. ko. 2018-04-21.
  5. News: 신민당 통합창당대통령후보 윤보선·당수 유진오씨. 1967-02-07. JoongAng Ilbo. 2018-04-21. ko-KR.

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