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Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 27 April 1971.[1] The result was a victory for incumbent president Park Chung-hee, who won 53.2% of the vote. Voter turnout was 79.8%.[2] 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, and the last direct presidential elections until 1987.
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