1978 South Korean legislative election
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 December 1978.[1]
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154 seats to the National Assembly with 77 Presidential appointees 116 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 77.1% ( 4.2 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Republican Party, which won 68 of the 154 elected seats in the National Assembly, despite winning fewer popular votes than the opposition New Democratic Party.
With one-thirds of seats appointed by President Park Chung-hee, the ruling party had a supermajority. Voter turnout was 77.1%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| New Democratic Party | 4,861,204 | 32.8 | 61 | +9 | |
| Democratic Republican Party | 4,695,995 | 31.7 | 68 | –5 | |
| Democratic Unification Party | 1,095,057 | 7.4 | 3 | +1 | |
| Independents | 4,160,187 | 28.1 | 22 | +3 | |
| Presidential appointees | – | – | 77 | +4 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 210,927 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 15,023,370 | 100 | 231 | +12 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 19,489,490 | 77.1 | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
Results by city/province
| Region | Total
seats |
Seats won | |||
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| Democratic Republican | New Democratic | Democratic Unification | Ind. | ||
| Seoul | 22 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Busan | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Gyeonggi | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Gangwon | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| North Chungcheong | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| South Chungcheong | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| North Jeolla | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| South Jeolla | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| North Gyeongsang | 22 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| South Gyeongsang | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeju | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 146 | 68 | 61 | 3 | 22 |
References
- 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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