South Korean legislative election, 1978
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Parliamentary elections were held in South Korea on 12 December 1978.[1] 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 votes than the New Democratic Party.
With one-thirds of seats appointed by the president, 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 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
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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