1950 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 30 May 1950.[1] The elections resulted in a tie between the Democratic Nationalist Party and the Korea Nationalist Party, which both won 24 seats. Voter turnout was 91.9%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Nationalist Party	683,910	9.8	24
	Korea Nationalist Party	677,173	9.7	24
	National Association	473,153	6.8	14
	Korea Youth Party	227,539	3.3	10
	Korean Federation of Trade Unions	117,939	1.7	3
	Socialist Party	89,413	1.3	2
	Ilmin Club	71,239	1.0	3
	Korea Independence Workers Party	45,813	0.7	0
	National Independence Federation	33,464	0.5	1
	Korea Independence Party	17,745	0.3	0
	Other parties	152,365	2.2	3
	Independents	4,397,287	62.9	126
Invalid/blank votes		765,036	–	–
Total		7,752,076	100	210
Registered voters/turnout		8,434,737	91.9	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

Results by city/province

Region	Total seats	Seats won
		Democratic Nationalist	Nationalist	National Association	Youth	Federation of Trade Unions	Socialist	Ilmin Club	National Independence Federation	Other	Ind.
Seoul	16	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	7
Gyeonggi	30	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	20
Gangwon	12	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
North Chungcheong	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
South Chungcheong	19	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	11
North Jeolla	22	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	15
South Jeolla	30	9	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	13
North Gyeongsang	34	2	3	1	4	0	0	1	0	1	22
South Gyeongsang	32	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	26
Jeju	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	210	28	19	13	9	3	2	3	1	3	129
Source: National Election Commission

See also

• List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 1950–1954
• Second National Assembly

References

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