South Korean legislative election, 1978

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Parliamentary elections were held in South Korea on 12 December 1978.^[1] The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Republican Party, which won 68 of the 154 elected seats in the National Assembly, despite winning fewer votes than the New Democratic Party.

With one-thirds of seats appointed by the president, the ruling party had a Supermajority. Voter turnout was 77.1%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
New Democratic Party	4,861,204	32.8	61	+9
Democratic Republican Party	4,695,995	31.7	68	–5
Democratic Unification Party	1,095,057	7.4	3	+1
Independents	4,160,187	28.1	22	+3
Presidential appointees	–	–	77	+4
Invalid/blank votes	210,927	–	–	–
Total	15,023,370	100	231	+12
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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

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