1963 South Korean legislative election
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 26 November 1963.[1] They were the first held after the 1961 coup and subsequent approval of a new constitution the previous December, which inaugurated the Third Republic.
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 175 seats to the National Assembly 88 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | 72.1% ( 12.2 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|---|
| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the Republic of Korea |
|
South Korea portal |
The result was a victory for the Democratic Republican Party of coup leader Park Chung-hee, which won 110 of the 175 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 72.1%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FPTP | PR | Total | +/– | ||||
| Democratic Republican Party | 3,112,985 | 33.5 | 88 | 22 | 110 | New | |
| Civil Rule Party | 1,870,976 | 20.1 | 27 | 14 | 41 | New | |
| Democratic Party | 1,264,285 | 13.6 | 8 | 5 | 13 | –162 | |
| People's Party | 822,000 | 8.8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | New | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 752,026 | 8.1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | New | |
| Conservative Party | 276,477 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Liberal Party | 271,820 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | |
| Righteous Citizens Party | 259,960 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| New Development Party | 189,077 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Autumn Wind Association | 193,938 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| New People's Association | 175,124 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 323,353 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 9,622,183 | 100 | 131 | 44 | 175 | –58 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 13,344,149 | 72.1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||||
Results by city/province
| Region | Total seats |
Seats won | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republican | Civil Rule | Democratic | Liberal Democratic | People's | ||
| Seoul | 14 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Busan | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gyeonggi | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gangwon | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| North Chungcheong | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| South Chungcheong | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| North Jeolla | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Jeolla | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| North Gyeongsang | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Gyeongsang | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeju | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Constituency total | 131 | 88 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| PR list | 44 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 175 | 110 | 41 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
| Presidential elections | |
|---|---|
| Legislative elections | |
| By-elections | |
| Local elections | |
| Referendums | |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.