1996 South Korean legislative election

1996 South Korean legislative election

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All 299 seats in the National Assembly 150 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.91% ( 7.95pp)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Kim Young-sam Kim Dae-jung Party New Korea National Congress Last election 149 seats[a] Did not exist Seats won 139 79 Seat change 10 New Popular vote 6,783,730 4,971,961 Percentage 34.52% 25.30% Swing 3.97pp New   Third party Fourth party   Leader Kim Jong-pil Park Il Chang Eul-byung Party United Liberal Democrats United Democratic Last election 32 seats[b] 97 seats[c] Seats won 50 15 Seat change 18 82 Popular vote 3,178,474 2,207,695 Percentage 16.17% 11.23% Swing 2.99pp 17.94pp
Speaker before election Hwang Nak-joo New Korea Elected Speaker Kim Soo-han New Korea

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 April 1996.^[1] The result was a victory for the New Korea Party, which won 139 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 63.9%. Although the New Korea Party remained the largest party in the National Assembly, it failed to win the majority.

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