1967 South Korean presidential election

1967 South Korean presidential election

3 May 1967

Nominee Park Chung Hee Yun Posun Party Democratic Republican New Democratic Popular vote 5,688,666 4,526,541 Percentage 51.44% 40.93%

Map of pluralities won in provinces and cities: ■ – Park Chung Hee ■ – Yun Posun

President before election Park Chung Hee Democratic Republican Elected President Park Chung Hee Democratic Republican

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 3 May 1967.^[1] The result was a victory for Park Chung Hee, who received 51% of the vote. Voter turnout was 84%.^[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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Park Chung Hee	Democratic Republican Party	5,688,666	51.44
	Yun Posun	New Democratic Party	4,526,541	40.93
	Oh Chaeo-yong [ko]	United Korea Party	264,533	2.39
	Kim Chun-yon [ko]	People's Party	248,369	2.25
	Cheon Chin-han [ko]	Korea Independence Party	232,179	2.10
	Lee Se-chin	Justice Party	98,433	0.89
Total			11,058,721	100.00
Valid votes			11,058,721	94.96
Invalid/blank votes			586,494	5.04
Total votes			11,645,215	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			13,935,093	83.57
Source: Nohlen et al.

By province

Province or city	Park Chung Hee		Yun Posun		Oh Jae-young		Kim Jun-yeon		Chun Jin-han		Lee Se-jin		Total
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Seoul	595,513	(45.2%)	675,716	(51.3%)	11,447	(0.9%)	13,142	(1.0%)	14,242	(1.1%)	7,635	(0.6%)	1,317,695
Gyeonggi	525,676	(41.0%)	674,964	(52.6%)	22,383	(1.7%)	23,248	(1.8%)	25,306	(2.0%)	11,029	(0.9%)	1,282,606
Gangweon	429,589	(51.3%)	349,807	(41.7%)	18,211	(2.2%)	17,757	(2.1%)	15,400	(1.8%)	7,310	(0.9%)	838,074
Chungnam	489,516	(45.4%)	505,076	(46.8%)	17,662	(1.6%)	27,295	(2.5%)	28,809	(2.7%)	10,560	(1.0%)	1,078,918
Chungbuk	269,830	(46.6%)	252,469	(43.6%)	15,058	(2.6%)	14,526	(2.5%)	20,345	(3.5%)	7,114	(1.2%)	579,342
Jeonnam	652,847	(44.6%)	682,622	(46.6%)	42,249	(2.9%)	46,721	(3.2%)	28,156	(1.9%)	11,774	(0.8%)	1,464,369
Jeonbuk	392,037	(45.0%)	451,611	(51.9%)	21,527	(2.5%)	23,945	(2.8%)	28,943	(3.3%)	8,325	(1.0%)	870,344
Busan	338,135	(64.2%)	164,077	(31.2%)	9,922	(1.9%)	6,866	(1.3%)	4,556	(0.9%)	3,028	(0.6%)	526,584
Gyeongnam	838,426	(68.6%)	281,545	(23.0%)	45,325	(3.7%)	30,740	(2.5%)	16,065	(1.3%)	9,895	(0.8%)	1,221,996
Gyeongbuk	1,083,939	(64.0%)	447,082	(26.4%)	56,328	(3.3%)	40,884	(2.4%)	45,482	(2.7%)	19,647	(1.2%)	1,693,362
Jeju	73,158	(56.5%)	41,572	(32.1%)	4,421	(3.4%)	3,245	(2.5%)	4,875	(3.8%)	2,116	(1.6%)	129,387

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. "e영상역사관 » 영상보기". e-Video History Museum (in Korean). Retrieved 21 April 2018.
4. "민중당(民衆黨)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 21 April 2018.
5. "신민당 통합창당|대통령후보 윤보선·당수 유진오씨". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 7 February 1967. Retrieved 21 April 2018.