1971 South Korean presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 27 April 1971. The result was a victory for incumbent president Park Chung Hee, who received 53% of the vote. Voter turnout was 80%. Within a year of his re-election, Park declared martial law and introduced the Yushin Constitution, which vested him with sweeping and near-dictatorial powers. These would be the last contested presidential elections in South Korea until 1981, the last direct presidential election until 1987, and last presidential election in which the victor received an absolute majority of the popular vote until Park's daughter, Park Geun-hye, did so in 2012.

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