1956 South Korean local elections

none Elections were held in South Korea on 8 August 1956 for city, town and township mayors and councilors and on 13 August 1956 for special city and provincial councilors.[지방선거 알리미]지방선거의 역사 https://www.nec.go.kr/portalVt/bbs/view/B0000279/38217.do?menuNo=&viewType=B&pageIndex=3 live https://web.archive.org/web/20201115003312/https://www.nec.go.kr/portalVt/bbs/view/B0000279/38217.do?menuNo=&viewType=B&pageIndex=3 2020-11-15 National Election Commission A total of six city mayors, 30 town mayors, 544 township mayors, 416 city councilors, 990 town councilors, 15,548 township councilors, 47 special city councilors, and 390 provincial councilors were elected. City, town and township elections Elections for city, town and township mayors and councilors were held on 8 August 1956. Mayoral elections Summary PartyCityTownTownshipVotes%MayorsVotes%MayorsVotes%MayorsLiberal Party28282Democratic Party019National Association016Farmers' Association003Other parties001Independents420243Invalid/blank votes––––––Total181,863100630544Registered voters/turnout209,81586.68–––Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations20 June 1995 CLAIR REPORT NUMBER 103 http://www.clair.or.jp/j/forum/c_report/pdf/103.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20030830094331/http://www.clair.or.jp:80/j/forum/c_report/pdf/103.pdf 2003-08-30 Council of Local Authorities for International Relations City mayoral elections by region RegionMayorsLiberalInd.Gangwon11North Chungcheong211North Jeolla22South Jeolla11Total624 Town mayoral elections by region RegionMayorsLiberalDemocraticNational AssociationInd.Gyeonggi44Gangwon33North Chungcheong33South Chungcheong514North Jeolla211South Jeolla422North Gyeongsang5113South Gyeongsang312Jeju11Total3081120 Township mayoral elections by region RegionMayorsLiberalDemocraticNational AssociationFarmers' AssociationOthersInd.Gyeonggi106461158Gangwon5947111North Chungcheong4242South Chungcheong81162162North Jeolla4330112South Jeolla4226115North Gyeongsang984642145South Gyeongsang68243140Jeju55Total5442829631243 Council elections PartyCityTownTownshipVotes%Seats+/–Votes%Seats+/–Votes%Seats+/–Liberal Party157 +43510 +23610,823 +6,767Democratic Party54New57New231NewNational Association17–1228–127161–2,276Farmers' Association1New3New16NewOther parties10 +11–1333–35Independents177 +5391–394,284–2,583Invalid/blank votes–––––––––Total891,728100416+38649,544100990–255,295,46210015,548–503Registered voters/turnout1,111,48980.23––734,53888.43––5,689,91793.07––Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations Special city and provincial elections Elections for special city and provincial councilors were held on 13 August 1956. Summary PartyVotes%SeatsSpecialcityProvinceTotal+/–Liberal Party1248249 +236Democratic Party405898NewNational Association066–127Farmers' Association101NewIndependents57883–39Invalid/blank votes––––Total7,223,60510047390437+131Registered voters/turnout8,421,77285.77–––Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations By region RegionSeatsLiberalDemocraticNational AssociationFarmers' AssociationIndependentSeoul4714015Gyeonggi45142218Gangwon252311North Chungcheong30291South Chungcheong453762North Jeolla4422616South Jeolla5847101North Gyeongsang61407113South Gyeongsang67216436Jeju1515Total437249986183 References Category:1956 elections in South Korea 1956