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
Turnout75.77% (Decrease8.80pp)
  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 Decrease 23 New
Popular vote 6,670,494 3,783,279
Percentage 33.96% 19.26%
Swing Decrease 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

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.

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