1971 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 25 May 1971.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Republican Party, which won 113 of the 204 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 73.2%.

1971 South Korean legislative election

25 May 1971
All 204 seats to the National Assembly 103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.2% (2.8 pp)
Leader Park Chung-hee Kim Hong-il Party Democratic Republican New Democratic Leader since 31 August 1963 12 May 1971 Leader's seat not contesting (President) PR List 4 Last election 129 seats 45 seats Seats won 113 89 Seat change 16 44 Popular vote 5,460,581 4,969,050 Percentage 48.8% 44.4% Swing 1.8%p 11.7%p
Speaker before election Lee Hyo Sang Democratic Republican Speaker Baek Du-jin Democratic Republican

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				FPTP	PR	Total	+/–
	Democratic Republican Party	5,460,581	48.8	86	27	113	–16
	New Democratic Party	4,969,050	44.4	65	24	89	+44
	National Party	454,257	4.0	1	0	1	New
	People's Party	155,277	1.4	1	0	1	+1
	Unificational Socialist Party	97,398	0.9	0	0	0	0
	Mass Party	59,359	0.5	0	0	0	–1
Invalid/blank votes		234,280	–	–	–	–	–
Total		11,430,202	100	153	51	204	+29
Registered voters/turnout		15,610,258	73.2	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

Results by city/province

Region	Total seats	Seats won
		Democratic Republican	New Democratic	National	People's
Seoul	19	1	18	0	0
Busan	8	2	6	0	0
Gyeonggi	16	11	4	0	1
Gangwon	9	8	1	0	0
North Chungcheong	8	6	2	0	0
South Chungcheong	15	11	4	0	0
North Jeolla	12	6	6	0	0
South Jeolla	22	15	7	0	0
North Gyeongsang	24	15	8	1	0
South Gyeongsang	18	9	9	0	0
Jeju	2	2	0	0	0
Constituency total	153	86	65	1	1
PR list	51	27	24	0	0
Total	204	113	89	1	1

References

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