1952 South Korean presidential election

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1952 South Korean elections
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5 August 1952
Presidential election
  1948
1956  
  Rhee Syng-Man in 1948.jpg Cho Bong-am.png Yi Si-yeong.jpg
Candidate Syngman Rhee Cho Bong-am Yi Si-yeong
Party Liberal Independent Democratic Nationalist
Popular vote5,238,769797,504764,715
Percentage74.62%11.36%10.89%

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President before election

Syngman Rhee
Liberal

Elected President

Syngman Rhee
Liberal

Vice presidential election
 1951
1956  
  Ham Tai-young.jpg Lee Pomsuk 1952's.jpg Cho Byung-ok.PNG
Candidate Ham Tae-young Lee Beom-seok Chough Pyung-ok
Party Independent Liberal Democratic Nationalist
Popular vote2,943,8131,815,692575,260
Percentage41.27%25.45%8.06%

 
Liberal
Yi Yun-yong, The Dong-A Ilbo.jpg
CandidateLee Gap-sung Yi Yun-yong
Party Liberal Social Democratic
Popular vote500,972458,583
Percentage7.02%6.43%

Vice President before election

Kim Seong-su
Liberal

Elected Vice President

Ham Tae-young
Independent

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.

Contents

Background

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

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Syngman Rhee Liberal Party 5,238,76974.62
Cho Bong-am Independent797,50411.36
Yi Si-yeong Democratic Nationalist Party 764,71510.89
Shin Heung-u Independent219,6963.13
Total7,020,684100.00
Valid votes7,020,68496.49
Invalid/blank votes255,1993.51
Total votes7,275,883100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,259,42888.09
Source: Nohlen et al.

By region

Region Syngman Rhee Cho Bong-am Yi Si-yeong Shin Heung-u
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
Seoul 205,30082.225,63110.314,8836.03,9231.6
Gyeonggi 657,17487.744,9676.034,7044.612,8911.7
Gangwon 366,58392.410,5162.713,3783.46,3051.6
North Chungcheong 386,66586.725,8755.823,0065.210,4092.3
South Chungcheong 636,06182.456,5907.358,7547.620,9472.7
North Jeolla 468,22065.9109,49015.496,27113.636,2215.1
South Jeolla 823,58773.699,8858.9165,24514.830,6772.7
North Gyeongsang 921,98875.0129,79110.6140,27111.437,1003.0
South Gyeongsang 693,52355.4288,65423.0211,54416.958,5864.7
Jeju 79,66883.86,1056.46,6597.02,6372.8
Total5,238,76974.6797,50411.4764,71510.9219,6963.1
Source: National Election Commission [4]

Vice president

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ham Tae-young Independent2,943,81341.27
Lee Beom-seok Liberal Party 1,815,69225.45
Chough Pyung-ok Democratic Nationalist Party 575,2608.06
Lee Gap-sung Liberal Party Movement500,9727.02
Yi Yun-yong Choseon Democratic Party 458,5836.43
Jeon Jin-hanGeneral Alliance of Laborers for Korean Independence302,4714.24
Louise Yim Liberal Party Movement190,2112.67
Pak Sung-wookIndependent181,3882.54
Jeong Ki-won Liberal Party Movement164,9072.31
Total7,133,297100.00
Valid votes7,133,29798.11
Invalid/blank votes137,5851.89
Total votes7,270,882100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,259,42888.03

By region

Region Ham Tae-young Lee Beom-seok Chough Pyung-ok Lee Gap-sung Yi Yun-yong Jeon Jin-hanLouise YimPak Sung-wookJeong Ki-won
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
Seoul 70,20627.6117,32646.216,4296.513,8155.415,4756.18,9113.54,6761.84,5081.82,7271.1
Gyeonggi 347,79945.6252,09033.127,7763.635,1544.642,0385.521,0762.813,1951.710,5471.412,5931.7
Gangwon 223,53455.6129,70432.35,9621.59,4272.311,5552.910,6752.74,4241.12,8110.73,6740.9
North Chungcheong 216,22347.8130,84328.918,9264.223,1905.124,4425.413,0982.99,0942.07,9831.88,8302.0
South Chungcheong 118,29115.1452,20957.647,4826.134,1724.443,8955.635,0574.521,0472.718,3542.314,2871.8
North Jeolla 190,24626.3235,63732.567,7319.448,5546.763,7298.834,7504.837,0245.124,9853.521,5003.0
South Jeolla 729,54164.259,3185.2125,52511.077,2316.860,6585.323,2212.020,4701.818,0311.622,7392.0
North Gyeongsang 716,79457.497,2567.8100,4988.1115,7559.373,6845.950,8844.128,2632.332,7192.631,9802.6
South Gyeongsang 296,76623.3306,98224.1161,78712.7139,00010.9116,2609.1100,0617.949,6753.959,0794.643,8073.4
Jeju 34,41336.034,32735.93,1443.34,6744.96,8477.24,7385.02,3432.52,3712.52,7702.9
Total2,943,81341.31,815,69225.5575,2608.1500,9727.0458,5836.4302,4714.2190,2112.7181,3882.5164,9072.3

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)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture . Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  4. "개표현황". National Election Commission. Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 14 April 2021.