1952 South Korean local elections

Local elections were held in South Korea on 25 April 1952 for city, town and township councils and on 10 May 1952 for provincial councils.^[1] 306 provincial councilors, 378 city councilors, 1,115 town councilors and 16,051 township councilors were elected.^[2]

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Party		City councils			Town councils			Township councils
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Party			114			274			4,056
	Korea Youth Party			40			229			2,574
	National Association			29			155			2,437
	Democratic Nationalist Party			7			7			21
	Korean Federation of Trade Unions			5			6			12
	Korea Nationalist Party			2			0			16
	Other parties			9			14			68
	Independents			172			430			6,867
Invalid/blank votes			–	–		–	–		–	–
Total		891,728	100	378	649,544	100	1,115	5,295,462	100	16,051
Registered voters/turnout		1,111,489	80.23	–	734,538	88.43	–	5,689,917	93.07	–
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations^[2]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Party			147
	Korea Youth Party			34
	National Association			32
	Democratic Nationalist Party			4
	Korean Federation of Trade Unions			2
	Other parties			2
	Independents			85
Invalid/blank votes			–	–
Total		5,165,226	100	306
Registered voters/turnout		6,358,383	81.23	–
Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations^[2]

Region	Seats
	Total	Liberal	Youth	National Association	Democratic Nationalist	Federation of Trade Unions	Other	Ind.
	Total
North Chungcheong	28	18	1	2	0	0	0	7
South Chungcheong	46	23	9	2	1	0	1	10
North Jeolla	32	13	9	1	1	0	0	8
South Jeolla	59	49	2	2	1	1	0	4
North Gyeongsang	61	18	6	11	0	0	1	25
South Gyeongsang	60	19	3	11	1	1	0	25
Jeju	20	7	4	3	0	0	0	6
Total	306	147	34	32	4	2	2	85

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1952 South Korean local elections

Provincial council elections

Results per province

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