1956 South Korean local elections
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Elections were held in South Korea on 8 August 1956 for city, town and township mayors and councilors and on 13 August 1956 for special city and provincial councilors.[1] A total of six city mayors, 30 town mayors, 544 township mayors, 416 city councilors, 990 town councilors, 15,548 township councilors, 47 special city councilors, and 390 provincial councilors were elected.[2]
Mayoral elections
Elections for city, town and township mayors and councilors were held on 8 August 1956.
Summary
| Party | City | Town | Township | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Mayors | Votes | % | Mayors | Votes | % | Mayors | ||
| Liberal Party | 2 | 8 | 282 | |||||||
| Democratic Party | 0 | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| National Association | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Farmers' Association | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Other parties | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Independents | 4 | 20 | 243 | |||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Total | 181,863 | 100 | 6 | 30 | 544 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 209,815 | 86.68 | – | – | – | |||||
| Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations[2] | ||||||||||
City mayoral elections by region
| Region | Mayors | Liberal | Ind. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gangwon | 1 | 1 | |
| North Chungcheong | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| North Jeolla | 2 | 2 | |
| South Jeolla | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Town mayoral elections by region
| Region | Mayors | Liberal | Democratic | National Association | Ind. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyeonggi | 4 | 4 | |||
| Gangwon | 3 | 3 | |||
| North Chungcheong | 3 | 3 | |||
| South Chungcheong | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| North Jeolla | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| South Jeolla | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| North Gyeongsang | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| South Gyeongsang | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jeju | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
Township mayoral elections by region
| Region | Mayors | Liberal | Democratic | National Association | Farmers' Association | Others | Ind. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyeonggi | 106 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 58 | ||
| Gangwon | 59 | 47 | 1 | 11 | |||
| North Chungcheong | 42 | 42 | |||||
| South Chungcheong | 81 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 62 | ||
| North Jeolla | 43 | 30 | 1 | 12 | |||
| South Jeolla | 42 | 26 | 1 | 15 | |||
| North Gyeongsang | 98 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 45 | |
| South Gyeongsang | 68 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 40 | ||
| Jeju | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 544 | 282 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 243 |
Council elections
| Party | City | Town | Township | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| Liberal Party | 157 | +43 | 510 | +236 | 10,823 | +6,767 | |||||||
| Democratic Party | 54 | New | 57 | New | 231 | New | |||||||
| National Association | 17 | –12 | 28 | –127 | 161 | –2,276 | |||||||
| Farmers' Association | 1 | New | 3 | New | 16 | New | |||||||
| Other parties | 10 | +1 | 1 | –13 | 33 | –35 | |||||||
| Independents | 177 | +5 | 391 | –39 | 4,284 | –2,583 | |||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Total | 891,728 | 100 | 416 | +38 | 649,544 | 100 | 990 | –25 | 5,295,462 | 100 | 15,548 | –503 | |
| 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] | |||||||||||||
Special city and provincial elections
Elections for special city and provincial councilors were held on 13 August 1956.
Summary
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special city |
Province | Total | +/– | ||||
| Liberal Party | 1 | 248 | 249 | +236 | |||
| Democratic Party | 40 | 58 | 98 | New | |||
| National Association | 0 | 6 | 6 | –127 | |||
| Farmers' Association | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | |||
| Independents | 5 | 78 | 83 | –39 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | |||
| Total | 7,223,605 | 100 | 47 | 390 | 437 | +131 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,421,772 | 85.77 | – | – | – | ||
| Source: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations[2] | |||||||
By region
| Region | Seats | Liberal | Democratic | National Association | Farmers' Association | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul | 47 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 5 | |
| Gyeonggi | 45 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 8 | |
| Gangwon | 25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | ||
| North Chungcheong | 30 | 29 | 1 | |||
| South Chungcheong | 45 | 37 | 6 | 2 | ||
| North Jeolla | 44 | 22 | 6 | 16 | ||
| South Jeolla | 58 | 47 | 10 | 1 | ||
| North Gyeongsang | 61 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 13 | |
| South Gyeongsang | 67 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 36 | |
| Jeju | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Total | 437 | 249 | 98 | 6 | 1 | 83 |
References
- ↑ "[지방선거 알리미]지방선거의 역사". National Election Commission. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15.
- 1 2 3 4 "CLAIR REPORT NUMBER 103" (PDF). Council of Local Authorities for International Relations. 20 June 1995. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2003-08-30.
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