Presidential and vice presidential elections were held in South Korea on 5 August 1952.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 The result was a victory for Syngman Rhee, who won 74.6% of the vote. Voter turnout was 88.1%.Nohlen et al., p464 The election was held during the Korean War, which played an important role in consolidating Rhee's support.
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.
Results President
By province and city Province/City Syngman Rhee Cho Bong-am Yi Si-yeong Shin Heung-u Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Seoul205,30082.2125,63110.26 14,883 5.963,9231.57Gyeonggi657,17487.6544,9676.0034,7044.6312,8911.72Gangwon366,58392.3910,5162.6513,3783.376,3051.59North Chungcheong386,66586.7025,8755.8023,0065.1610,4092.33South Chungcheong636,06182.3556,5907.3358,7547.6120,9472.71North Jeolla468,22065.93109,49015.4296,27113.5636,2215.10South Jeolla823,58773.5799,8858.92165,24514.7630,6772.74North Gyeongsang921,98875.01129,79110.56140,27111.4137,1003.02South Gyeongsang693,52355.38288,65423.05211,54416.8958,5864.68Jeju79,66883.806,1056.426,6597.002,6372.77 Total5,238,76974.62 797,504 11.36 764,715 10.89 219,696 3.13 Source: National Election Commission Vice president
By province and city Province/City Ham Tae-young Lee Beom-seok Chough Pyung-ok Lee Gap-sung Yi Yun-yong Jeon Jin-han Louise Yim Pak Sung-wook Jeong Ki-won Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Seoul70,20627.63117,32646.18 16,429 6.4713,8155.4415,4756.098,9113.514,6761.844,5081.772,7271.07Gyeonggi347,79945.63252,09033.0727,7763.6435,1544.6142,0385.5121,0762.7613,1951.7310,5471.3812,5931.65Gangwon223,53455.64129,70432.285,9621.489,4272.3511,5552.8810,6752.664,4241.102,8110.703,6740.91North Chungcheong216,22347.77130,84328.9118,9264.1823,1905.1224,4425.4013,0982.899,0942.017,9831.768,8301.95South Chungcheong118,29115.07452,20957.6247,4826.0534,1724.3543,8955.5935,0574.4721,0472.6818,3542.3414,2871.82North Jeolla190,24626.27235,63732.5467,7319.3548,5546.7063,7298.8034,7504.8037,0245.1124,9853.4521,5002.97South Jeolla729,54164.1859,3185.22125,52511.0477,2316.7960,6585.3423,2212.0420,4701.8018,0311.5922,7392.00North Gyeongsang716,79457.4497,2567.79100,4988.05115,7559.2873,6845.9050,8844.0828,2632.2632,7192.6231,9802.56South Gyeongsang296,76623.30306,98224.11161,78712.70139,00010.92116,2609.13100,0617.8649,6753.9059,0794.6443,8073.44Jeju34,41335.9934,32735.903,1443.294,6744.896,8477.164,7384.952,3432.452,3712.482,7702.90 Total2,943,81341.27 1,815,692 25.45 575,260 8.06 500,972 7.02 458,583 6.43 302,471 4.24 190,211 2.67 181,388 2.54 164,907 2.31
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