1988 South Korean legislative election

1988 South Korean legislative election

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All 299 seats to the National Assembly 150 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.77% (8.80pp)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Roh Tae-woo Park Yeong-suk Party Democratic Justice Peace Democratic Last election 148 seats Did not exist Seats won 125 70 Seat change 23 New Popular vote 6,670,494 3,783,279 Percentage 33.96% 19.26% Swing 1.29pp New   Third party Fourth party   Leader Kim Myeong-yun Kim Jong-pil Party Reunification Democratic New Democratic Republican Last election Did not exist Did not exist Seats won 59 35 Seat change New New Popular vote 4,680,175 3,062,506 Percentage 23.83% 15.59% Swing New New
Speaker before election Lee Jae-hyung Democratic Justice Elected Speaker Kim Jae-soon Democratic Justice

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 26 April 1988.^[1] The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP), which won 125 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 75.8%. This was the first time the ruling party did not win a majority in the National Assembly since 1960, the first free and fair elections in Korean history. In January 1990, the DJP merged with other two opposition parties, leaving the Kim Dae-jung-led Peace Democratic Party to be the sole opposition party.