1952 South Korean presidential election

Presidential and vice-presidential elections were held in South Korea on 5 August 1952.[1] The result was a victory for Syngman Rhee, who won 74.6% of the vote. Voter turnout was 88.1%.[2] The election was held during the Korean War, which played an important role in consolidating Rhee's support.

1952 South Korean presidential election
5 August 1952
 
Nominee Syngman Rhee Cho Bong-am Yi Si-yeong
Party Liberal Independent DNP
Popular vote 5,238,769 797,504 764,715
Percentage 74.6% 11.4% 10.9%
President before election

Syngman Rhee
Liberal

 Elected President

Syngman Rhee
Liberal

Constitutional Amendment

President Rhee's factions took a devastating blow in the 1950 legislative election, when they won a little more than a quarter of the seats in the National Assembly, combined. In belief he would have little shot at reelection in the opposition-controlled legislature, President Rhee decided to amend the constitution so that the president would be elected by the people, instead of the legislature. President Rhee had the amendment pass in July 1952, after using police and military to threaten lawmakers.[3]

Results

Presidential election
Candidate Party Votes %
Syngman RheeLiberal Party5,238,76974.6
Cho Bong-amIndependent797,50411.4
Yi Si-yeongDemocratic Nationalist Party764,71510.9
Shin Heung-uIndependent219,6963.1
Invalid/blank votes255,199–
Total7,275,883100
Registered voters/turnout8,259,42888.1
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vice presidential election
Candidate Party Votes %
Ham Tae-young Independent 2,943,813 41.3%
Lee Beom-seok Liberal Party 1,815,692 25.5%
Chough Pyung-ok Democratic Nationalist Party 575,260 8.1%
Lee Gap-sung Liberal Party Movement 500,972 7.0%
Yi Yun-yong Choseon Democratic Party 458,583 6.4%
Jeon Jin-han General Alliance of Laborers for Korean Independence 302,471 4.2%
Lim Young-shin Liberal Party Movement 190,211 2.7%
Paik Sung-wook Independent 181,388 2.5%
Jeong Ki-won Liberal Party Movement 164,907 2.3%
Invalid/blank votes 137,585–
Total 7,270,882 100
Registered voters/turnout 8,259,428 88.0

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen et al., p464
  3. "발췌개헌(拔萃改憲) - 한국민족문화대백과사전". encykorea.aks.ac.kr. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
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