1963 South Korean presidential election

Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 15 October 1963. They were the first elections since the 1961 May Coup, and the first during the Third Republic. The result was a narrow victory for the acting incumbent and leader of the governing military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, Park Chung Hee, who received 47% of the vote, securing a transition to civilian rule under his Democratic Republican Party. The total voter turnout was 85%. As of 2025, this remains the only direct presidential election in which the winning candidate did not also come first place in bellwether North Chungcheong Province.

The elections were marked by a number of irregularities.