1978 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 December 1978.[1]

1978 South Korean legislative election

12 December 1978
154 seats to the National Assembly with 77 Presidential appointees 116 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	77.1% (4.2 pp)
Leader Park Chung-hee Yi Cheol-seung Party Democratic Republican New Democratic Leader since 31 August 1963 21 September 1976 Leader's seat not contesting (President) Jeonju, Wanju Last election 73 seats 52 seats Seats won 68 61 Seat change 5 9 Popular vote 4,695,955 4,861,204 Percentage 31.7% 32.8%

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 popular votes than the opposition New Democratic Party.

With one-thirds of seats appointed by President Park Chung-hee, the ruling party had a supermajority. Voter turnout was 77.1%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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
Registered voters/turnout		19,489,490	77.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

Results by city/province

Region	Total seats	Seats won
		Democratic Republican	New Democratic	Democratic Unification	Ind.
Seoul	22	9	11	1	1
Busan	10	4	5	0	1
Gyeonggi	16	8	7	0	1
Gangwon	10	5	3	0	2
North Chungcheong	8	3	4	1	0
South Chungcheong	14	7	5	0	2
North Jeolla	12	6	4	0	2
South Jeolla	20	8	7	1	4
North Gyeongsang	22	9	8	0	5
South Gyeongsang	18	8	7	0	3
Jeju	2	1	0	0	1
Total	146	68	61	3	22

References

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