South Korean presidential election, 1979

South Korean presidential election, 1979
6 December 1979

 
Nominee Choi Kyu-hah
Party Independent
Electoral vote 2,465
Percentage 96.7%
Votes of the National Council for Reunification

■ – Choi Kyu-hah

■ – Invalid
President before election

Choi Kyu-hah (acting)
Independent

 Elected President

Choi Kyu-hah
Independent

Presidential elections were held on 6 December 1979 following the assassination of Park Chung Hee on 26 October. The electoral college elected in May 1978, the National Council for Reunification, was reconvened and voted by a margin of 2,465 to 84 to confirm former Prime Minister Choi Kyu-hah as the President of the Republic of Korea unopposed; Choi had been acting President since Park's death. 84 votes were declared invalid; a further 11 delegates were not present.[1] While Choi Kyu-hah remained president for eight months, his effective tenure would last for less than a week until Chun Doo-hwan seized power six days later in the coup d'état of December Twelfth.

Results

Candidate Party Votes %
Choi Kyu-hahIndependent2,46596.70
Invalid/blank votes843.30
Total2,549100
Registered voters/turnout2,56099.57

References

  1. ↑ Asia Watch Committee (1986). Human Rights in Korea. p. 31.
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