2008 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on April 9, 2008.[1] The conservative Grand National Party won 153 of 299 seats while the main opposition United Democratic Party won 81 seats.[2] This election marked the lowest-ever voter turnout of 46.0%.[3]

2008 South Korean legislative election
9 April 2008
All 299 seats to the National Assembly
150 seats needed for a majority
Turnout46.1% (14.5 pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Kang Jae-seop Son Hak-gyu Lee Hoi-chang
Party Grand National United Democratic Liberty Forward
Leader since 11 July 2006 17 February 2008 1 February 2008
Leader's seat Daegu Seo-gu Jongno-gu (defeated) Hongseong
Last election 121 seats, 35.8% 152 seats, 38.3%
(As Uri)
(MDP: 9 seats, 7.1%)		 New party
Seats before 112 136 9
Seats won 153 81 18
Seat change 41 55 9
Popular vote 6,421,654 4,313,111 1,173,463
Percentage 37.4% 25.1% 6.8%
Swing 1.6% 20.3% 0.0%
■ - GNP ■ - UDP ■ – LFP ■ – Pro-Park ■ - DLP ■ - CKP
■ - Others
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Parties and Coalitions

As of April 9, 2008, there are six political parties represented in the 18th National Assembly of South Korea, in addition to independents:

  • Grand National Party (한나라당, Hannara-dang), led by Kang Jae-seop. The current major conservative party within the National Assembly. (153 seats won)
  • United Democratic Party (통합민주당, Tongham Minju-dang), led by Son Hak-gyu. The current major liberal party within the National Assembly. (81 seats won)
    • United Democratic Party is now known as Democratic Party (민주당 Minju-dang).
  • Liberty Forward Party (자유선진당, Jayu Seonjin-dang), led by Lee Hoi-chang. The Chungcheong Region-strongholder and current second conservative party within the National Assembly against the GNP. (18 seats won)
  • Pro-Park Geun-hye Coalition (친박연대, Chin-bak Yeon-dae), led by Seo Cheong-won, although their inspirational leader is former GNP leader Park Geun-hye. A conservative coalition with Park Geun-hye within the National Assembly that broke away from the GNP after a dispute on the GNP's candidate nomination, which happened just before the election. (14 seats won)
  • Democratic Labour Party (민주노동당, Minju Nodong-dang), led by Chun Young-se. A minor but the most progressive party within the 18th National Assembly, against both the Grand Nationals and Democrats. (5 seats won)
  • Renewal of Korea Party (창조한국당, Changjo Hanguk-dang), led by Moon Kook-hyun. A minor but pro-environmental liberal party within the National Assembly, against the Grand Nationals. (3 seats won)
  • (no seats) The New Progressive Party (진보신당) Jinbo Shin-dang), led by Sim Sang-jeong and Roh Hoe-chan, won 2.94% votes but not enough to gain any seats. The New Progressive Party split from the Democratic Labour Party as a reaction to nationalism after the 2007 presidential elections.

Results
↓
5 81 3 25 18 14 153
D
L
P		 United Democratic Party C
K
P		 Ind. L
F
P		 Pro
Park		 Grand National Party

The national summary of votes and seats by party follow:

 Summary of the 9 April 2008 South Korean National Assembly election results[4]
Turnout 46.0%
Parties Local seats±Block seats±Constituency votes%PR block votes%Total seats±
Grand National Party (한나라당) (GNP) 131+3122+17,478,77643.45%6,421,72737.48%153+32
United Democratic Party2 (통합민주당) (UDP) 66-6315-84,977,50828.92%4,313,64525.17%81-71
Liberty Forward Party (자유선진당) (LFP) 14+144+4984,7515.72%1,173,4636.84%18+18
Pro-Park Coalition (친박연대) (PRO-PARK) 6+68+8637,3513.70%2,258,75013.18%14+14
Democratic Labor Party (민주노동당) (DLP) 2±04-4583,6653.39%973,4455.68%5-5
Creative Korea Party (창조한국당) (CKP) 1+12+272,8030.42%651,9933.80%3+3
New Progressive Party (진보신당) (NPP) 0±00±0229,5001.33%504,4662.94%0±0
   Other parties 0±00±0341,0101.98%834,0484.83%0±0
Independents 25+23——1,907,32611.08%——25+23
Total 245 55 17,212,690 100.0% 17,131,537 100.0% 300
Ideology
Conservative (GNP, LFP, PRO-PARK) 151+5134+139,100,87952.87%9,853,94057.50%185+64
Liberal (UDP, CKP) 67-6717-105,050,31129.34%7,965,63827.28%84-79
Progressive (DLP, NPP) 2±04-4813,1654.72%14779118.62%5-5
Total 245 55 14,964,354 86.9% 16,297,489 95.1% 300

1Later changed to Future Hope Alliance.

2Later changed to Democratic Party.

Election results (Total)
Seats prior to the election

Result by region
Region Seats Electorate Turnout % Party Constituency Proportional
Votes % Seats Votes %
Seoul 48 8,078,345 3,701,619 45.8 Grand National Party 1,834,534 51.2 40 1,473,477
United Democratic Party 1,330,194 37.1 7 1,037,469
Liberty Forward Party 83,339 2.3 0 175,731
Democratic Labour Party 72,478 2.0 0 138,751
Pro-Park Coalition 68,861 1.9 0 382,814
Creative Korea Party 55,392 1.6 1 169,787
Others 138,563 3.9 0 285,353
Busan 18 2,841,445 1,218,303 42.9 Grand National Party 568,411 47.3 11 521,286
United Democratic Party 141,386 11.8 1 152,494
Pro-Park Coalition 110,940 9.2 0 270,393
Democratic Labour Party 51,075 4.3 0 63,243
Liberty Forward Party 33,102 2.8 0 62,238
Creative Korea Party 45,136
Others 296,269 24.7 6 82,984
Incheon 12 2,018,699 858,234 42.5 Grand National Party 407,846 48.0 9 335,252
United Democratic Party 268,622 31.6 2 207,480
Liberty Forward Party 40,791 4.8 0 51,609
Democratic Labour Party 29,316 3.4 0 48,937
Creative Korea Party 3,121 0.4 0 37,007
Pro-Park Coalition 91,792
Others 100,089 11.8 1 72,731
Daegu 12 1,899,679 857,041 45.1 Grand National Party 513,667 61.1 8 393,558
Pro-Park Coalition 132,443 15.7 3 276,790
Democratic Labour Party 15,097 1.8 0 27,366
Liberty Forward Party 22,893 2.7 0 33,437
United Democratic Party 6,466 0.8 0 41,649
Creative Korea Party 24,621
Others 150,784 17.9 1 47,769
Gwangju 8 1,034,393 438,379 42.4 United Democratic Party 281,182 64.7 7 304,789
Democratic Labour Party 33,602 7.7 0 40,550
Grand National Party 26,553 6.1 0 25,551
Liberty Forward Party 621 0.1 0 4,048
Creative Korea Party 16,917
Pro-Park Coalition 5,595
Others 92,599 21.3 1 35,500
Daejeon 6 1,101,299 499,193 45.3 Liberty Forward Party 198,355 40.0 5 169,358
Grand National Party 131,830 26.6 0 122,220
United Democratic Party 118,756 24.0 1 91,777
Pro-Park Coalition 21,896 4.4 0 42,670
Democratic Labour Party 4,207 0.8 0 19,109
Creative Korea Party 2,149 0.4 0 18,051
Others 18,532 3.7 0 29,884
Ulsan 6 812,693 371,834 45.8 Grand National Party 196,218 53.4 5 157,453
Democratic Labour Party 67,185 18.3 0 52,308
Pro-Park Coalition 20,347 5.5 0 68,728
United Democratic Party 8,309 2.3 0 34,295
Creative Korea Party 12,799
Liberty Forward Party 12,382
Others 75,209 20.5 1 29,348
Gyeonggi 51 8,290,855 3,626,666 43.7 Grand National Party 1,734,696 48.3 32 1,465,283
United Democratic Party 1,331,142 37.0 17 207,480
Pro-Park Coalition 136,810 3.8 1 51,609
Democratic Labour Party 100,374 2.8 0 48,937
Liberty Forward Party 86,620 2.4 0 169,682
Creative Korea Party 4,068 0.1 0 157,101
Others 201,036 5.6 1 1,480,584
Gangwon 8 1,166,766 600,692 51.5 Grand National Party 266,217 44.8 3 266,768
United Democratic Party 146,032 24.6 2 109,108
Liberty Forward Party 50,013 8.4 0 37,168
Democratic Labour Party 17,075 2.9 0 34,841
Creative Korea Party 1,647 0.3 0 21,455
Pro-Park Coalition 72,078
Others 113,022 19.0 3 44,589
North Chungcheong 8 1,151,531 567,437 49.3 Grand National Party 222,457 39.5 1 189,681
United Democratic Party 198,905 35.3 6 133,199
Liberty Forward Party 79,401 14.1 1 76,521
Pro-Park Coalition 20,275 3.6 0 68,800
Democratic Labour Party 12,849 2.3 0 31,717
Creative Korea Party 1,770 0.3 0 18,717
Others 27,195 4.8 0 38,940
South Chungcheong 10 1,542,618 744,018 48.2 Liberty Forward Party 341,041 46.4 8 273,564
Grand National Party 221,115 30.1 0 196,418
United Democratic Party 105,250 14.3 1 98,045
Pro-Park Coalition 11,209 1.5 0 52,283
Democratic Labour Party 7,855 1.1 0 34,052
Creative Korea Party 2,040 0.3 0 18,392
Others 46,971 6.4 1 51,307
North Jeolla 11 1,424,401 676,727 47.5 United Democratic Party 363,125 54.7 9 424,663
Grand National Party 47,528 7.2 0 61,091
Democratic Labour Party 8,344 1.3 0 49,047
Creative Korea Party 19,335
Pro-Park Coalition 15,493
Liberty Forward Party 10,847
Others 244,936 36.9 2 79,922
South Jeolla 12 1,496,888 748,744 50.0 United Democratic Party 454,274 61.8 9 486,790
Grand National Party 44,801 6.1 0 46,256
Democratic Labour Party 35,078 4.8 0 73,414
Liberty Forward Party 602 0.1 0 7,721
Creative Korea Party 16,805
Pro-Park Coalition 12,884
Others 200,396 27.3 3 83,879
North Gyeongsang 15 2,097,907 1,113,646 53.1 Grand National Party 594,105 54.3 9 579,285
Pro-Park Coalition 66,577 6.1 1 255,422
United Democratic Party 33,928 3.1 0 60,857
Liberty Forward Party 22,029 2.0 0 31,385
Democratic Labour Party 11,735 1.1 0 44,329
Creative Korea Party 25,521
Others 365,552 33.4 5 86,961
South Gyeongsang 17 2,424,602 1,171,689 48.3 Grand National Party 593,399 51.4 13 517,675
Democratic Labour Party 105,168 9.1 2 122,089
United Democratic Party 98,205 8.5 1 120,889
Liberty Forward Party 14,143 1.2 0 48,700
Creative Korea Party 4,765 0.4 0 39,335
Pro-Park Coalition 206,373
Others 339,467 29.4 1 144,318
Jeju 3 413,904 221,444 53.5 United Democratic Party 91,732 41.8 3 65,720
Grand National Party 75,399 34.4 0 70,473
Democratic Labour Party 12,227 5.6 0 21,718
Liberty Forward Party 7,399 3.4 0 9,072
Creative Korea Party 11,014
Pro-Park Coalition 3,080 1.4 0 26,741
Others 29,668 13.5 0 12,708
Source: Psephos

References
  1. "2008 Electoral Calendar". Maximiliano Herrera's Human Rights Site. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  2. "Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea".
  3. Political apathy leads to record-low voter turnout, The Hankyoreh, Retrieved on April 10, 2008
  4. Psephos - Adam Carr. 9 April 2008.
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