South Korean presidential election, 1956

Republic of Korea presidential election, 1956
South Korea
15 May 1956

 
Nominee Syngman Rhee Cho Bong-am
Party Liberal Independent
Popular vote 5,046,437 2,163,808
Percentage 70.0% 30.0%

Map of pluralities won in provinces and cities:

– Syngman Rhee


President before election

Syngman Rhee
Liberal

Elected President

Syngman Rhee
Liberal

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 15 May 1956.[1] The result was a victory for Syngman Rhee, who won 70.0% of the vote. Voter turnout was 94.4%.[2]

Rhee, who at that time held a virtual monopoly on political power, was opposed by Shin Ik-hee and Cho Bong-am. Shin died before the election by disease, and Cho campaigned on a platform of peaceful reunification in opposition to Rhee's policy of "March North and unify Korea".[3] Cho exceeded expectations by receiving over 30% of the vote. Three years later, Cho was accused of violating the National Security Law and executed.[4]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Syngman RheeLiberal Party5,046,43770.0
Cho Bong-amIndependent2,163,80830.0
Invalid/blank votes1,856,818
Total9,067,063100
Registered voters/turnout9,606,87096.4
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vice-President

Candidate Party Votes %
Chang MyonDemocratic Party4,012,65446.4
Lee Ki-poongLiberal Party3,805,50244.0
Lee Beom-seokIndependent317,5793.7
Yun Chi-youngKorea Nationalist Party241,2782.8
Paeg Song-ukIndependent230,5552.7
Yi Yun-yongChoseon Democratic Party34,9260.4
Invalid/blank votes
Total8,642,494100
Registered voters/turnout9,606,870

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen et al., p464
  3. Kim, H-A (2004). Korea's development under Park Chung Hee. RoutledgeCurzon, pp. 4243.
  4. Kim, p. 42.
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