1956 South Korean local elections

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. 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.

City, town and township elections

Elections for city, town and township mayors and councilors were held on 8 August 1956.

Mayoral elections

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

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

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

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