1958 South Korean legislative election

1958 South Korean legislative election
South Korea
← 1954 2 May 1958 1960 →

All 233 seats in the House of Representatives
117 seats needed for a majority
Turnout87.80% (Decrease 3.34pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Liberal Syngman Rhee 42.07 126 +12
Democratic Chough Pyung-ok 33.99 79 +64
Unification 0.63 1 New
Independents 21.67 27 −41
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
Speaker before Speaker after
Lee Ki-poong
Liberal
Lee Ki-poong
Liberal

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on Friday 2 May 1958.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 126 of the 233 seats. Voter turnout was 87.8%.

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