2024 South Korean legislative election

2024 South Korean legislative election

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All 300 seats in the National Assembly
151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.97% (Increase0.77pp; Const. votes)
66.99% (Increase0.78pp; PR votes)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Lee Jae-myung Han Dong-hoon Cho Kuk
Party Democratic People Power[d] Rebuilding Korea
Alliance Democratic Alliance[a]
Last election 180 seats[b] 103 seats[e] Did not exist
Seats won 173[c] 108 12
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 5 New
Constituency vote 15,075,279 13,179,769
% and swing 51.57% 45.08%
Regional vote 7,567,459 10,395,264 6,874,278
% and swing 26.70% (Decrease6.66pp) 36.67% (Increase2.83pp) 24.25% (New)

Results of the election.

Speaker before election

Kim Jin-pyo
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Woo Won-shik
Democratic

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 10 April 2024. All 300 members of the National Assembly were elected, 254 from first-past-the-post constituencies and 46 from proportional party lists.[1][2] The two largest parties, the liberal Democratic Party and the conservative People Power Party, once again set up satellite parties to take advantage of the electoral system.

The election served as a "mid-term evaluation" for the Yoon Suk-yeol administration as it approaches its third year. Additionally, there was significant interest in whether the ruling party could surpass the constraints of the ruling coalition, which did not secure a majority in the previous general election, and gain the necessary momentum to govern effectively during the remainder of its term.[3]

The election saw opposition parties, primarily the Democratic Party, retain their majority in the National Assembly.[4] The new legislators would have their first meeting on 30 May.[5]


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  1. ^ "Political parties in full-fledged election mode as April 10 voting nears". The Korea Times. 20 February 2024. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ "선거일정". National Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ 김, 연정 (11 April 2024). "[4·10 총선] 또 무너진 與…野 협조 없이 입법·예산 불가능". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  4. ^ Yim, Hyunsu; Kim, Jack (11 April 2024). "Opposition win in South Korea election to deepen policy stalemate for Yoon". Reuters. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  5. ^ "1st meeting of 22nd parliament's DP lawmakers". Yonhap News Agency. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.