1978 South Korean legislative election

1978 South Korean legislative election

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154 of the 231 seats in the National Assembly 78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	77.08% ( 5.72pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Park Chung-hee Yi Cheol-seung Yang il-dong Party Democratic Republican New Democratic Democratic Unification Last election 73 seats 52 seats 2 seats Seats won 68 61 3 Seat change 5 9 1 Popular vote 4,695,955 4,861,204 1,095,507 Percentage 31.70% 32.82% 7.39% Swing 6.98pp 0.27pp 2.75pp
Speaker before election Chung Il-kwon Democratic Republican Elected Speaker Baek Du-jin Presidential appointee

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 December 1978 to elect 154 members of the National Assembly.^[1] Another 77 members appointed by President Park Chung-hee were indirectly elected by the National Conference for Unification on 21 December 1978.^[2]

Despite garnering 169,000 fewer popular votes than the opposition New Democratic Party, the ruling Democratic Republican Party won a supermajority victory with 68 of the 154 elected seats in the National Assembly and an additional 77 members appointed by President Park. Voter turnout was 77.1%.