1956 South Korean presidential election

none Republic of Korea 1949 presidential 1952 South Korean presidential election 1952 March 1960 South Korean presidential election March 1960 15 May 1956 yes Presidential election Rhee Syng-Man in 1948 (3x4).jpg Syngman Rhee Liberal Party (South Korea) 5,046,437 69.99% Cho Bong-am.png Cho Bong-am Progressive e60026 2,163,808 30.01% 300px Results by municipal-level division 300px Results by provincial-level division President Syngman Rhee Liberal Party (South Korea) Syngman Rhee Liberal Party (South Korea) yes Vice presidential election John Myun.jpg Chang Myon Democratic Party (South Korea, 1955) 4,012,654 46.43% Vice president Lee gi bung.png Lee Ki Poong Liberal Party (South Korea) 3,805,502 44.03% Ham Tae-young Independent (politician) Chang Myon Democratic Party (South Korea, 1955) Presidential and vice presidential elections were held in South Korea on 15 May 1956.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 Syngman Rhee, who won 70.0% of the vote. Voter turnout was 94.4%.Nohlen et al., p464 thumb|Election posters for Rhee's Liberal party 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".Kim, H-A (2004). Korea's development under Park Chung Hee. RoutledgeCurzon, pp. 42–43. Cho exceeded expectations by receiving over 30% of the vote. Three years later, Cho was accused of violating the National Security Law and executed.Kim, p. 42. Results President Syngman Rhee Liberal Party 5046437 Cho Bong-am Progressive Party #e60026 2163808 1856818 9606870 Nohlen et al. By province and city Province/City Syngman Rhee Cho Bong-am Votes % Votes % Seoul205,25363.28119,12936.72Gyeonggi607,75777.14180,15022.86Gangwon644,69390.8165,2709.19North Chungcheong353,20186.1057,02613.90South Chungcheong530,53177.06157,97322.94North Jeolla424,67460.17281,06839.83South Jeolla741,62372.11286,78727.89North Gyeongsang621,53055.32501,91744.68South Gyeongsang830,49262.30502,50737.70Jeju86,68387.8611,98112.14 Total5,046,43769.99 2,163,808 30.01 Source: National Election Commission개표현황 http://info.nec.go.kr/main/showDocument.xhtml?electionId=0000000000&topMenuId=VC&secondMenuId=VCCP09 live https://web.archive.org/web/20170710143922/http://info.nec.go.kr/main/showDocument.xhtml?electionId=0000000000&topMenuId=VC&secondMenuId=VCCP09 2017-07-10 14 April 2021 National Election Commission Vice president Chang Myon Democratic Party 4012654 Lee Ki-poong Liberal Party 3805502 Lee Beom-seok Independent 317579 Yun Chi-young Korea Nationalist Party 241278 Paeg Song-uk Independent 230555 Yi Yun-yong Choseon Democratic Party 34926 421700 9606870 By province and city Province/City Chang Myon Lee Ki-poong Lee Beom-seok Yun Chi-young Paeg Song-uk Yi Yun-yong Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Seoul451,03776.9095,45416.2721,5303.6712,4452.123,8020.652,2850.39Gyeonggi450,14044.90424,10442.3055,6215.5540,7204.0625,2162.526,7680.68Gangwon103,49313.56611,70480.1623,6123.0914,0461.847,0520.923,2250.42North Chungcheong159,31033.66245,21851.8128,2645.9714,4113.0424,7275.221,3470.28South Chungcheong374,20943.71364,75042.6051,5896.0329,0543.3931,8953.734,6750.55North Jeolla428,41051.04338,28340.3028,9543.4525,4303.0315,5961.862,7380.33South Jeolla529,34143.66549,27945.3033,8902.8025,9792.1470,6285.833,2940.27North Gyeongsang715,34254.35475,75436.1541,0373.1238,1882.9040,5443.085,3030.40South Gyeongsang778,90352.51623,40942.0330,2642.0438,2882.587,8990.534,5750.31Jeju22,46919.8977,54768.657,8186.922,7172.412,1961.942160.19 Total4,012,65446.43 3,805,502 44.03 317,579 3.67 241,278 2.79 230,555 2.67 34,926 0.40 References Category:1956 elections in South Korea Category:Presidential elections in South Korea