Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 3 May 1967.[1] The result was a victory for Park Chung Hee, who received 51% of the vote. Voter turnout was 84%.[2]
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 Map of pluralities won in provinces and cities: ■ – Park Chung Hee ■ – Yun Posun | |||||||||||||||||
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Nominations
editMilitary
editThe Democratic Republican Party National Convention was held on 2 February and President Park Chung Hee was nominated as its presidential candidate without a vote.[3]
Civilian
editIn May 1965 the two largest opposition parties in the parliament, former president Yun Posun's Civil Rule Party (CRP) and stateswoman Park Soon-cheon's Democratic Party (DP), joined to create the People's Party (PP), forming a united opposition against President Park Chung Hee's military dictatorship.
However, in 1965 the radical wing of the People's Party led by Yun left the party, later forming the New Korea Party (NKP) in 1966. The NKP and nominated Yun for president. The remaining members of the People's Party, the moderates led by Park Sang-cheon, nominated former president of Korea University Yu Jin-oh.
Fearing that running two candidates to represent the civilian field might result in Park winning easily, the two parties decided to join forces and created the New Democratic Party (NDP) on 7 February, agreeing to nominate Yun as its candidate.[4][5]
Results
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Chung Hee | Democratic Republican Party | 5,688,666 | 51.44 | |
| Yun Posun | New Democratic Party | 4,526,541 | 40.93 | |
| Oh Chaeo-yong | United Korea Party | 264,533 | 2.39 | |
| Kim Chun-yon | People's Party | 248,369 | 2.25 | |
| Cheon Chin-han | Korea Independence Party | 232,179 | 2.10 | |
| Lee Se-chin | Justice Party | 98,433 | 0.89 | |
| Total | 11,058,721 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 11,058,721 | 94.96 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 586,494 | 5.04 | ||
| Total votes | 11,645,215 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 13,935,093 | 83.57 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
By province
edit| Province or city | Park Chung Hee | Yun Posun | Oh Jae-young | Kim Jun-yeon | Chun Jin-han | Lee Se-jin | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Seoul | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ^ Nohlen et al., p464
- ^ "e영상역사관 » 영상보기". e-Video History Museum (in Korean). Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "민중당(民衆黨)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "신민당 통합창당|대통령후보 윤보선·당수 유진오씨". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 7 February 1967. Retrieved 21 April 2018.