1971 South Korean presidential election

none South Korea 1949 presidential 1967 South Korean presidential election 1967 1972 South Korean presidential election 1972 27 April 1971 Park Chung Hee (박정희) Presidential Portrait.jpg Park Chung Hee Democratic Republican Party (South Korea) 6,342,828 53.20% Kim Dae-jung in 1970.jpg Kim Dae-jung New Democratic Party (South Korea) 5,395,900 45.26% 300px Results by municipal-level division 300px Results by provincial-level division 300px Results by region President Park Chung Hee Democratic Republican Party (South Korea) Park Chung Hee Democratic Republican Party (South Korea) Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 27 April 1971.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 0-19-924959-8 The result was a victory for incumbent president Park Chung Hee, who received 53% of the vote. Voter turnout was 80%.Nohlen et al., p465 Within a year of his re-election, Park declared martial law and introduced the Yushin Constitution, which vested him with sweeping and near-dictatorial powers. These would be the last contested presidential elections in South Korea until 1981, the last direct presidential election until 1987, and last presidential election in which the victor received an absolute majority of the popular vote until Park's daughter, Park Geun-hye, did so in 2012. Nominations Democratic Republican Party The DRP Convention was held on 17 March 1971, at which incumbent president Park Chung Hee became the presidential nominee.http://dws124.dongwonweb.co.kr/subject/view.asp?AR_ID=3-040 의왕시사 dws124.dongwonweb.co.kr 2018-04-22 2018-04-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20180422202144/http://dws124.dongwonweb.co.kr/subject/view.asp?AR_ID=3-040 dead Under the constitution, Park would have normally been ineligible to run in 1971, as presidents were limited to two consecutive terms. However, shortly after his re-election in 1967, the DRP-dominated legislature passed a constitutional amendment allowing the incumbent president to run for three consecutive terms. New Democratic Party By tradition, the most senior members of the party leadership were supposed to run for president. It was assumed that either former Korea University president Yu Jin-oh, the sitting party chair Yu Jin-san, or former president Yun Po-sun would be chosen for the party's candidate. However, the norm was broken by lawmaker Kim Young-sam, who was only in his early forties, when he declared his bid for the New Democratic nomination for president on 8 November 1969. He was followed by Kim Dae-jung and Lee Cheol-seung, both prominent politicians in their forties. The party leadership tried to discourage the three candidates at first, but later conceded that it was now time for the new generation to take over. Lee Cheol-seung withdrew his bid and endorsed Kim Dae-jung after the party leadership, including Chairman Yu Jin-san, announced they would be backing Kim Young-sam. At the convention held on 29 September 1970, the establishment-endorsed Kim Young-sam surprisingly lost to the minority faction's Kim Dae-jung, who became the party's candidate.http://news.joins.com/article/2707838 대권 경선사/DJ가 YS에 대역전승/70년 신민당 1992-05-10 JoongAng Ilbo 2018-04-22 ko-KR CandidateFirst roundSecond roundDelegates%Delegates%Kim Dae-jung38243.1645851.81Kim Young-sam42147.5741046.38Invalid/blank votes829.27161.81Total885100884100 Results Park Chung Hee Democratic Republican Party 6342828 Kim Dae-jung New Democratic Party 5395900 Jin Bok-ki ko 진복기 People's Party 122914 Park Gi-chul ko 박기출 National Party (South Korea) ko 국민당 (1971년 대한민국) National Party 43753 Lee Jong-yun Liberal Democratic Party 17823 494606 15552236 Nohlen et al. By province and city Province/City Park Chung Hee Kim Dae-jung Jin Bok-ki Park Gi-chul Lee Jong-yun Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Seoul805,77239.951,198,01859.406,8810.344,8110.241,4260.07Busan385,99955.66302,45243.611,9740.282,5180.365830.08Gyeonggi687,98548.87696,58249.4813,7700.986,5470.472,9950.21Gangwon502,72259.85325,55638.767,3260.872,9850.361,3900.17North Chungcheong312,74457.32222,10640.706,9891.282,6620.491,1540.21South Chungcheong556,63253.49461,97844.3914,4111.385,2850.512,3220.22North Jeolla308,85035.49535,51961.5321,1622.433,1670.361,6460.19South Jeolla479,73734.43874,97462.8031,9862.304,3620.312,1220.15North Gyeongsang1,333,05175.62411,11623.329,8380.566,4380.372,3740.13South Gyeongsang891,11973.36310,59525.576,7930.564,5800.381,6340.13Jeju78,21756.8557,00441.431,7841.303980.291770.13 Total6,342,82853.20 5,395,900 45.26 122,914 1.03 43,753 0.37 17,823 0.15 References South Korea Presidential Category:Presidential elections in South Korea