South Korean constitutional referendum, 1962

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A constitutional referendum was held in South Korea on 17 December 1962.^[1] The new constitution was approved by 80.6% of voters, with a turnout of 85.3%.^[2]

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	8,339,333	80.6
Against	2,008,801	19.4
Invalid/blank votes	237,864	–
Total	10,585,998	100
Registered voters/turnout	12,412,798	85.1
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
↑ Nohlen et al., p427

Elections and referendums in South Korea

Presidential elections	1948 1952 1956 1960 (Mar) 1960 (Aug) 1963 1967 1971 1972 1978 1979 1980 1981 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017

Legislative elections	1946 1948 1950 1954 1958 1960 1963 1967 1971 1973 1978 1981 1985 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Local elections	1952 1956 1960 1991 1995 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

By-elections	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Referendums	1962 1969 1972 1975 1980 1987

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