1980 South Korean presidential election
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2,540 members of the National Conference for Unification 1,271 votes needed to win | ||||||||||||||
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Votes of the National Conference for Unification
Chun Doo-hwan: 2524 Invalid/blank: 1 Did not vote: 15 | ||||||||||||||
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Indirect presidential elections were held in South Korea on 27 August 1980 to fill the vacancy caused by President Choi Kyu-hah's resignation.
Under the 1972 Yushin Constitution, the president was elected by the National Conference for Unification, whose 2,540 members had been elected for a six-year term of office in December 1978. General Chun Doo-hwan was the only candidate, and was elected unopposed.[1]
Chun was to serve for the remainder of the 1978–1984 term of longtime president Park Chung-hee, who had died in 1979 and been replaced by Choi. However, Chun subsequently decided to stage a coup and end the Fourth Republic and draft a new constitution, which was promulgated in October 1980 after being approved in a referendum. The first presidential election under the new constitution was held in February 1981, and Chun was elected by an overwhelming majority under controversial circumstances.[2]
Background
[edit]After the assassination of the military dictator President Park Chung-hee in October 1979, Prime Minister Choi Kyu-hah was elected president in the December 1979 elections. However, General Chun Doo-hwan staged the Coup d'état of December Twelfth and effectively took control of the government, making President Choi a figurehead. However, on 16 August 1980, following the Coup d'état of May Seventeenth, Chun removed Choi from office so he could become president himself.
Results
[edit]In order to be elected, a candidate had to receive the vote of over 50% of the incumbent members of the National Conference for Unification. With 2,540 delegates present, Chun had to receive at least 1,271 votes to be elected. He received 2,524 votes, 99.37% of the total possible.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Chun Doo-hwan | Independent | 2,524 | 100.00 | |
Total | 2,524 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 2,524 | 99.96 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 1 | 0.04 | ||
Total votes | 2,525 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,540 | 99.41 |
Electors per region
[edit]Region | Eligible electors | Vacancies | Total |
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Seoul | 388 | 3 | 391 |
Busan | 145 | 0 | 145 |
Gyeonggi | 315 | 4 | 319 |
Gangwon | 148 | 3 | 151 |
North Chungcheong | 129 | 2 | 131 |
South Chungcheong | 229 | 6 | 235 |
North Jeolla | 202 | 1 | 203 |
South Jeolla | 308 | 4 | 312 |
North Gyeongsang | 367 | 12 | 379 |
South Gyeongsang | 282 | 8 | 290 |
Jeju | 27 | 0 | 27 |
Total | 2,540 | 43 | 2,583 |
References
[edit]- ^ Croissant, Aurel. "Electoral Politics in South Korea" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Foundation. p. 266.
- ^ "South Korea". HISTORY. Retrieved 2019-03-29.