South Korean presidential election, 1967
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Presidential elections were held in South Korea
on 3 May 1967. The result was a victory for Park Chung-hee
, who won 51.4% of the vote. Voter turnout was 83.6%.
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
on 3 May 1967. The result was a victory for Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee was a Republic of Korea Army general and the leader of South Korea from 1961 to 1979. He seized power in a military coup and ruled until his assassination in 1979. He has been credited with the industrialization of the Republic of Korea through export-led growth...
, who won 51.4% of the vote. Voter turnout was 83.6%.
Provincial results
Province or city | Park Chung Hee | Yun Bo-seon | Oh Jae-young | Kim Jun-yeon | Chun Jin-han | Lee Se-jin | Total | |||||||
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Votes | % | 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... |
595,513 | (45.2%) | 675,716 | (51.3%) | 11,447 | (0.9%) | 13,142 | (1.0%) | 14,242 | (1.1%) | 7,635 | (0.6%) | 1,317,695 | |
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... |
525,676 | (41.0%) | 674,964 | (52.6%) | 22,383 | (1.7%) | 23,248 | (1.8%) | 25,306 | (2.0%) | 11,029 | (0.9%) | 1,282,606 | |
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:... |
429,589 | (51.3%) | 349,807 | (41.7%) | 18,211 | (2.2%) | 17,757 | (2.1%) | 15,400 | (1.8%) | 7,310 | (0.9%) | 838,074 | |
Chungnam | 489,516 | (45.4%) | 505,076 | (46.8%) | 17,662 | (1.6%) | 27,295 | (2.5%) | 28,809 | (2.7%) | 10,560 | (1.0%) | 1,078,918 | |
Chungbuk | 269,830 | (46.6%) | 252,469 | (43.6%) | 15,058 | (2.6%) | 14,526 | (2.5%) | 20,345 | (3.5%) | 7,114 | (1.2%) | 579,342 | |
Jeonnam | 652,847 | (44.6%) | 682,622 | (46.6%) | 42,249 | (2.9%) | 46,721 | (3.2%) | 28,156 | (1.9%) | 11,774 | (0.8%) | 1,464,369 | |
Jeonbuk | 392,037 | (45.0%) | 451,611 | (51.9%) | 21,527 | (2.5%) | 23,945 | (2.8%) | 28,943 | (3.3%) | 8,325 | (1.0%) | 870,344 | |
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... |
338,135 | (64.2%) | 164,077 | (31.2%) | 9,922 | (1.9%) | 6,866 | (1.3%) | 4,556 | (0.9%) | 3,028 | (0.6%) | 526,584 | |
Gyeongnam | 838,426 | (68.6%) | 281,545 | (23.0%) | 45,325 | (3.7%) | 30,740 | (2.5%) | 16,065 | (1.3%) | 9,895 | (0.8%) | 1,221,996 | |
Gyeongbuk | 1,083,939 | (64.0%) | 447,082 | (26.4%) | 56,328 | (3.3%) | 40,884 | (2.4%) | 45,482 | (2.7%) | 19,647 | (1.2%) | 1,693,362 | |
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... |
73,158 | (56.5%) | 41,572 | (32.1%) | 4,421 | (3.4%) | 3,245 | (2.5%) | 4,875 | (3.8%) | 2,116 | (1.6%) | 129,387 |