South Korean presidential election, 1971
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Map of pluralities won in provinces and cities:
■ – Park Chung Hee
■ – Kim Dae-jung |
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Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 27 April 1971.[1] The result was a victory for Park Chung-hee, who won 53.2% of the vote. Voter turnout was 79.8%.[2] Within a year of his re-election, Park declared martial law and introduced the Yushin Constitution. The military retained control until June 1987.
Nominations
Democratic Republican Party
The DRP Convention was held on 17 March, 1971, where incumbent president Park Chung-hee became the presidential nominee.[3]
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.[4]
Candidate |
First round |
Second round |
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Delegates |
% |
Delegates |
% |
Kim Dae-jung | 382 | 43.16 | 458 | 51.81 |
Kim Young-sam | 421 | 47.57 | 410 | 46.38 |
Invalid/blank votes | 82 | 9.27 | 16 | 1.81 |
Total | 885 | 100 | 884 | 100 |
Results
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
Park Chung-hee | Democratic Republican Party | 6,342,828 | 53.2 |
Kim Dae-jung | New Democratic Party | 5,395,900 | 45.3 |
Jin Bok-ki | People's Party | 122,914 | 1.0 |
Park Ki-chul | Democratic Nationalist Party | 43,753 | 0.4 |
Lee Jong-yun | Liberal Democratic Party | 17,823 | 0.1 |
Invalid/blank votes | 494,606 | – |
Total | 12,417,824 | 100 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
Provincial results
Province or city |
Park Chung Hee |
Kim Dae-jung |
Jin Bok-ki |
Park Ki-chul |
Lee Jong-yun |
Total |
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Seoul |
805,772 |
(40.0%) |
1,198,018 |
(59.4%) |
6,881 |
(0.3%) |
4,811 |
(0.2%) |
1,426 |
(0.1%) |
2,016,098 |
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Gyeonggi |
687,985 |
(48.9%) |
696,582 |
(49.5%) |
13,770 |
(1.0%) |
6,547 |
(0.5%) |
2,995 |
(0.2%) |
1,407,879 |
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Gangweon |
502,722 |
(60.0%) |
325,556 |
(38.8%) |
7,326 |
(0.9%) |
2,985 |
(0.4%) |
1,390 |
(0.2%) |
839,979 |
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Chungnam |
556,632 |
(53.5%) |
461,978 |
(44.4%) |
14,411 |
(1.4%) |
5,285 |
(0.5%) |
2,322 |
(0.2%) |
1,040,628 |
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Chungbuk |
312,744 |
(57.3%) |
222,106 |
(40.7%) |
6,989 |
(1.3%) |
2,662 |
(0.5%) |
1,154 |
(0.2%) |
545,655 |
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Jeonnam |
479,737 |
(34.4%) |
874,974 |
(62.8%) |
31,986 |
(2.3%) |
4,362 |
(0.3%) |
2,122 |
(0.2%) |
1,393,181 |
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Jeonbuk |
308,850 |
(35.5%) |
535,519 |
(61.5%) |
21,162 |
(2.4%) |
3,167 |
(0.4%) |
1,646 |
(0.2%) |
870,344 |
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Busan |
385,999 |
(55.7%) |
302,452 |
(43.6%) |
1,974 |
(0.3%) |
2,518 |
(0.4%) |
583 |
(0.1%) |
693,526 |
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Gyeongnam |
891,119 |
(73.4%) |
310,595 |
(25.6%) |
6,793 |
(0.6%) |
4,580 |
(0.4%) |
1,634 |
(0.1%) |
1,214,721 |
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Gyeongbuk |
1,333,051 |
(75.6%) |
411,116 |
(23.3%) |
9,838 |
(0.6%) |
6,438 |
(0.4%) |
2,374 |
(0.1%) |
1,762,817 |
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Jeju |
78,217 |
(56.9%) |
57,004 |
(41.4%) |
1,784 |
(1.3%) |
398 |
(0.3%) |
177 |
(0.1%) |
137,580 |
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References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420
ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ↑ Nohlen et al., p465
- ↑ "의왕시사". dws124.dongwonweb.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ↑ "대권 경선사/DJ가 YS에 대역전승/70년 신민당". 중앙일보 (in Korean). 1992-05-10. Retrieved 2018-04-22.