1963 South Korean presidential election

none Republic of Korea 1949 presidential August 1960 South Korean presidential election 1960 1967 South Korean presidential election 1967 15 October 1963 Park Chung Hee (박정희) Presidential Portrait.jpg Park Chung Hee Democratic Republican Party (South Korea) 4,702,640 46.65% 윤보선 대통령 존영2 (cropped).jpg Yun Po-sun Civil Rule 4,546,614 45.10% 300px Results by municipal-level division 300px Results by provincial-level division 300px Results by dominant areas by city and county President Park Chung Hee (acting) Democratic Republican Party (South Korea) Park Chung Hee Democratic Republican Party (South Korea) Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 15 October 1963.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 0-19-924959-8 They were the first elections since the 1961 May Coup, and the first during the Third Republic. The result was a narrow victory for the acting incumbent and leader of the governing military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, Park Chung Hee, who received 47% of the vote, securing a transition to civilian rule under his Democratic Republican Party. The total voter turnout was 85%.Nohlen et al., p464"Park Declared Winner In Korea" The Miami News, 19 October 1963, p8A As of 2025, this remains the only direct presidential election in which the winning candidate did not also come first place in bellwether North Chungcheong Province. The elections were marked by a number of irregularities.Kim Byung-Kook The Park Chung Hee Era 2011 Harvard University Press 978-0674061064 353–354 https://books.google.com/books?id=0KsyCLwgsd0C Background General Park Chung Hee, who had led the military government of South Korea since his coup in 1961, agreed to return the power to civil politicians on 8 April 1963, at the same time as announcing he would run for the presidency of the new civilian government. This was after he announced his plans to extend the military rule for another four years, to which United States reacted by threatening to cease all economic aid. Nominations Military The military formed the Democratic Republican Party in February, and Park Chung Hee, who had officially retired from military service the day before, accepted DRP nomination for president in October. 150px|Park Chung-hee poster of the election in 1963. On 3 September, members of the military that were critical of Park's dictatorial behaviour split and formed the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), nominating former Chief of Staff of the Army and former interim prime minister Song Yo-chan for president. Members of the party were oppressed by the government for doing this. Song later withdrew and endorsed Yun Po-sun. Civilian Civilian politicians were deeply divided into multiple parties rather than unifying against Park. On 14 May, Former President Yun Po-sun and his followers founded the Civil Rule Party (CRP), which nominated Yun as its presidential candidate. Also claiming to represent the civilian politicians was the New Politics Party (NPP), which nominated former Prime Minister Heo Jeong as its candidate. When it became clear that Park would win easily if both candidates ran, Yun suggested that the civilians unite under one party, which the NPP agreed to. The People's Party (PP) was officially founded in September, uniting the CRP, NPP and Democratic Friendship Party of former Prime Minister Lee Beom-seok. However, after failing to reach an agreement on whether to nominate Yun or Heo for president, on 13 September, the Civil Rule Party split from the PP and officially re-nominated Yun for president. The factions of Heo and Lee, which remained in the PP, nominated Heo. On 2 October, Heo withdrew his bid for presidency and endorsed Yun, hoping to help defeat Park, which ultimately resulted in failure.https://books.google.com/books?id=rRz2AwAAQBAJ&q=%EC%9C%A4%EB%B3%B4%EC%84%A0+%EB%AF%BC%EC%A0%95%EB%8B%B9+%EC%B6%94%EB%8C%80&pg=PT118 박정희 정권의 시작과 종말 1 이 윤섭 2012-07-31 ebookspub(이북스펍) 9788997293094 kohttp://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Item/E0033358 신정당(新政黨) Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ko 2018-04-21 Results Park Chung Hee Democratic Republican Party 4702640 Yun Po-sun Civil Rule Party 4546614 Oh Jae-young (politician) Oh Jae-young ko 오재영 (1919년) Independent 408664 Pyon Yong-tae Righteous Citizens Party 224443 Jang I-seok New Development Party 198837 954977 12985051 Nohlen et al. By province and city Province/City Park Chung Hee Yun Po-sun Oh Jae-young Pyon Yong-tae Jang I-seok Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Seoul371,62730.17802,05265.1220,6341.6826,7282.1710,5370.86Busan242,77948.21239,03847.4711,2142.237,1061.413,4190.68Gyeonggi384,76433.06661,98456.8854,7704.7134,7752.9927,5542.37Gangwon296,71139.57368,09249.0935,5684.7424,9243.3224,5283.27North Chungcheong202,78939.78249,39748.9226,9115.2815,6993.0814,9712.94South Chungcheong405,07740.79490,66349.4147,3644.7726,6392.6823,3592.35North Jeolla408,55650.04343,17142.0327,9063.4218,6172.2818,2232.23South Jeolla765,71257.22480,80035.9351,7143.8617,3121.2922,6041.69North Gyeongsang837,12455.65543,39236.1258,0793.8631,1132.0734,6222.30South Gyeongsang706,07961.18341,97129.6360,6455.2619,3231.6726,0142.25Jeju81,42269.8926,00922.323,8593.312,2071.893,0062.58 Total4,702,64046.65 4,546,614 45.10 408,664 4.05 224,443 2.23 198,837 1.97 References South Korea President Category:Presidential elections in South Korea Category:Electoral fraud in South Korea