1960 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 29 June 1960.[1] They were the first elections of the Second Republic and saw the first election of members of the new Senate, together with the fifth election of members of the House of Commons. They were also the first relatively free and fair national elections held in the country, but would be the last free elections until the 1987 presidential elections. Voter turnout was 84.3%.

1960 South Korean House of Commons election

29 July 1960
All 233 seats to the House of Commons 117 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.3% (3.5 pp)
Leader Chang Myon Seo Sang-il Cho Gyeong-gyu Party Democratic Socialist Mass Liberal Leader since 18 June 1960 5 May 1960 15 June 1960 Leader's seat Yongsan 1st Daegu 2nd - Last election 80 seats – 126 seats Seats won 175 4 2 Seat change 96 New 124 Popular vote 3,786,304 541,021 249,960 Percentage 41.7% 6.0% 2.8%

1960 South Korean Senate election

29 July 1960
All 58 seats to the Senate 30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.1%
Leader Chang Myon Cho Gyeong-gyu Party Democratic Liberal Leader since 18 June 1960 15 June 1960 Seats won 31 4 Popular vote 8,195,543 1,248,753 Percentage 38.9% 5.9%

The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 175 of the 233 seats in the House of Commons, and 31 of the 58 seats in the Senate. It was the first time that the Democratic Party won a legislative election, but the party and its successors did not win an election again until 2004.

Results

Summary

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party	3,786,401	41.7	175	+96
	Socialist Mass Party	541,021	6.0	4	New
	Liberal Party	249,960	2.8	2	–124
	Korea Socialist Party	57,965	0.6	1	New
	Korea Independence Party	26,649	0.3	0	New
	Unification Party	17,293	0.2	1	New
	Other parties	149,366	1.1	1	–
	Independents	4,249,180	46.8	49	–41
Invalid/blank votes		701,086	–	–	–
Total		9,778,921	100	233	0
Registered voters/turnout		11,593,432	84.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

Results by city/province

Region	Total seats	Seats won
		Democratic	Socialist Mass	Liberal	Socialist	Unification	Other	Ind.
Seoul	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1
Gyeonggi	25	14	0	0	0	0	0	11
Gangwon	20	12	1	1	0	0	0	6
North Chungcheong	13	9	0	0	0	0	1	3
South Chungcheong	22	18	0	0	0	0	0	4
North Jeolla	24	18	1	0	0	0	0	5
South Jeolla	32	29	0	0	0	1	0	2
North Gyeongsang	38	28	1	0	0	0	0	9
South Gyeongsang	40	31	1	1	0	0	0	7
Jeju	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total	233	175	4	2	1	1	1	49

Summary

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Democratic Party	5,491,527	51.4	31
Liberal Party	658,748	6.1	4
Socialist Mass Party	146,059	1.4	1
Korea Socialist Party	135,160	1.3	1
Other parties	188,792	1.7	1
Independents	4,067,343	38.1	20
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	10,682,629	100	58
Registered voters/turnout	11,593,432		–
Source: Nohlen et al.

Results by city/province

Region	Total seats	Seats won
		Democratic	Liberal	Socialist Mass	Socialist	Other	Ind.
Seoul	6	4	0	0	0	0	2
Gyeonggi	6	3	1	0	0	0	2
Gangwon	4	3	0	0	0	0	1
North Chungcheong	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
South Chungcheong	6	2	1	1	0	0	2
North Jeolla	6	4	0	0	0	0	2
South Jeolla	8	4	1	0	0	0	3
North Gyeongsang	8	3	0	0	1	0	4
South Gyeongsang	8	4	0	0	0	1	3
Jeju	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total	58	31	4	1	1	1	20

References

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