South Korean presidential election, 1963
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The first presidential elections in South Korea
since the 1961 May Coup
took place on 15 October 1963. 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 won 46.6% of the vote, securing a transition to civilian rule under his Democratic Republican Party
. Voter turnout was 85.0%.
Third Republic of South Korea
The Third Republic of South Korea was the government of South Korea from 1963 to 1972. It was presented as a return to civilian rule after a period of rule by the military junta known as the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction which had overthrown the Second Republic of South Korea in 1961...
since the 1961 May Coup
May Coup (South Korea)
The May Coup d'État was a military coup d'état carried out in South Korea by major general Park Chung-Hee and his subordinate officers on May 16, 1961. He justified his coup in the name of bringing the stability to the society and implementing the anti-communism policy...
took place on 15 October 1963. The result was a narrow victory for the acting incumbent and leader of the governing military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
The Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, initially named the Revolutionary Committee, was a military junta that oversaw the government of South Korea from May 16, 1961 until the inauguration of the Third Republic of South Korea in 1963...
, Park Chung Hee, who won 46.6% of the vote, securing a transition to civilian rule under his Democratic Republican Party
Democratic Republican Party (South Korea)
The Democratic Republican Party was a conservative, authoritarian and broadly state corporatist or fascistic political party in South Korea, ruling from its formation in 1963 to its dissolution under Chun Doo-hwan in 1980...
. Voter turnout was 85.0%.
Provincial results
| Province or city | Park Chung Hee | Yun Bo-seon | Oh Jae-young | Byun Young-tae | Jang I-seok | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... |
371,627 | (30.1%) | 802,052 | (65.1%) | 20,634 | (1.6%) | 26,728 | (2.2%) | 10,537 | (0.9%) | 1,231,578 | |
| Gyeonggi Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi-do is the most populous province in South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Suwon. Seoul—South Korea's largest city and national capital—is located in the heart of the province, but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946... |
384,764 | (33.1%) | 661,984 | (56.9%) | 54,770 | (4.7%) | 34,775 | (3.0%) | 27,554 | (2.4%) | 1,163,847 | |
| Gangweon Gangwon-do (South Korea) Gangwon-do is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. Before the division of Korea in 1945, Gangwon and its North Korean neighbour Kangwŏn formed a single province.-History:... |
296,711 | (40.0%) | 368,092 | (49.1%) | 35,568 | (4.7%) | 24,924 | (3.3%) | 24,528 | (3.3%) | 749,823 | |
| Chungnam | 405,077 | (40.8%) | 490,663 | (49.4%) | 47,364 | (4.8%) | 26,639 | (2.7%) | 23,359 | (2.4%) | 993,102 | |
| Chungbuk | 202,789 | (39.8%) | 249,397 | (48.9%) | 26,911 | (5.3%) | 15,699 | (3.1%) | 14,971 | (2.9%) | 509,767 | |
| Jeonnam | 765,712 | (57.2%) | 480,800 | (35.9%) | 51,714 | (3.9%) | 17,312 | (1.3%) | 22,604 | (1.7%) | 1,338,142 | |
| Jeonbuk | 408,556 | (49.4%) | 343,171 | (41.5%) | 27,906 | (3.4%) | 18,617 | (2.3%) | 18,223 | (2.2%) | 826,473 | |
| Busan Busan Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world... |
242,779 | (48.2%) | 239,038 | (47.5%) | 11,214 | (2.2%) | 7,106 | (1.4%) | 3,419 | (0.7%) | 503,601 | |
| Gyeongnam | 706,079 | (61.7%) | 341,971 | (29.9%) | 60,645 | (5.3%) | 19,323 | (1.7%) | 26,014 | (2.3%) | 1,144,032 | |
| Gyeongbuk | 837,124 | (55.6%) | 543,392 | (36.1%) | 58,079 | (3.9%) | 31,113 | (2.1%) | 34,622 | (2.3%) | 1,504,330 | |
| Jeju Jeju Jeju may refer to:*Jeju-do, a province of South Korea** Jeju-do, the main island of Jeju-do**Jeju City, the biggest city on Jeju-do and capital of Jeju-do**Jeju dog, a dog native to Jeju-do... |
81,422 | (70.0%) | 26,009 | (22.3%) | 3,859 | (3.3%) | 2,207 | (1.9%) | 3,006 | (2.6%) | 116,503 |