South Korean legislative election, 1988

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Parliamentary elections were held in South Korea on 26 April 1988.^[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Justice Party, which won 125 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 75.8%.

Parties

The governing Democratic Justice Party (DJP) recently elected President Roh Tae-woo. While remaining the largest party, the DJP lost its absolute parliamentary majority, which is the first for a ruling party. The party was hindered by a stronger opposition and the unpopularity of former party leader and President Chun Doo-hwan.

The opposition Party for Peace and Democracy led by veteran opposition leader Kim Dae Jung had a strong showing. It come in a distant second but overtook its rival, the opposition Reunification Democratic Party (RDP), to become the largest parliamentary opposition party. This was vindication for Dae Jung, who came third behind both Roh Tae-woo and Kim Young-sam in the South Korean presidential election, 1987.

For Kim Young-sam and the Reunification Democratic Party the election was a major setback. The party came a distant third, this was after Kim had placed second in the first democratic presidential elections, just ahead of Dae Jung.

The New Democratic Republican Party (NDRP) led by former prime Minister Kim Jong-pil came a distant fourth. However, thanks to the failure of the DJP to win an absolute majority, the oppositions emerged as the major powerbrokers in the new National Assembly.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic Justice Party	6,675,494	34.0	125	–23
Reunification Democratic Party	4,680,175	23.8	59	New
Party for peace and democracy	3,783,279	19.3	70	New
New Democratic Republican Party	3,062,506	15.6	35	New
Hangyore Democratic Party	251,236	1.3	1	New
People's Party	65,650	0.3	0	New
Korean National Party	65,032	0.3	0	–20
New Korea Democratic Party	46,877	0.2	0	–67
Democratic Korea Party	32,799	0.2	0	–35
Korean Justice Party	25,433	0.1	0	New
Third Generation Party	16,148	0.1	0	New
Han Ideology Reunification Korean Party	3,756	0.0	0	New
Unificational Socialist Party	3,267	0.0	0	New
Christian Holy People's Party	2,247	0.0	0	New
Independents	933,161	4.8	9	+5
Invalid/blank votes	208,775	–	–	–
Total	19,850,815	100	299	+23
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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