1967 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 8 June 1967.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Republican Party, which won 129 of the 175 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 76.1%.

1967 South Korean legislative election

8 June 1967

All 175 seats to the National Assembly
88 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.1% (4 pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Park Chung-hee Yu Jin-oh
Party Democratic Republican New Democratic
Leader since 31 August 1963 11 February 1967
Leader's seat not contesting
(President)
Jongno
Last election 110 seats
Seats won 129 45
Seat change 19 New
Popular vote 5,494,922 3,554,224
Percentage 50.6% 32.7%

Results

Party Votes % Seats
FPTP PR Total +/–
Democratic Republican Party5,494,92250.6 102 27129+19
New Democratic Party3,554,22432.7 28 1745New
Liberal Party393,4483.6 0 000
Democratic Party323,2033.0 0 00–13
Mass Party249,5612.3 1 01New
Korea Independence Party240,9362.2 0 00New
People's Party180,3241.7 0 00–2
Justice Party142,6701.3 0 00New
Unificational Socialist Party104,9751.0 0 00New
Free People's Party88,4740.8 0 00New
New Korea Party83,2710.8 0 00New
Invalid/blank votes346,309
Total11,203,317100 131 441750
Registered voters/turnout14,717,35476.1
Source: Nohlen et al.

Results by city/province

Region Total
seats
Seats won
Democratic Republican New Democratic Mass
Seoul 14 1 13 0
Busan 7 2 5 0
Gyeonggi 13 10 3 0
Gangwon 9 8 1 0
North Chungcheong 8 8 0 0
South Chungcheong 13 12 1 0
North Jeolla 11 11 0 0
South Jeolla 19 16 2 1
North Gyeongsang 20 18 2 0
South Gyeongsang 15 14 1 0
Jeju 2 2 0 0
Constituency total 131 102 28 1
PR list 44 27 17 0
Total 175 129 45 1

References

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