South Korean legislative election, 1960

South Korean House of Commons election, 1960

29 July 1960

All 233 seats to the House of Commons
117 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 84.3% (Decrease3.5%)

  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Chang Myon Seo Sang-il Cho Gyeong-gyu
Party Democratic Socialist Mass Liberal
Leader since 18 June 1960 5 May 1960 15 June 1960
Leader's seat Yongsan 1st Daegu 2nd -
Last election 80 seats 126 seats
Seats won 175 4 2
Seat change Increase 96 New Decrease 124
Popular vote 3,786,304 541,021 249,960
Percentage 41.7% 6.0% 2.8%
South Korean Senate election, 1960

29 July 1960

All 58 seats to the Senate
30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 84.1%

  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Chang Myon Cho Gyeong-gyu
Party Democratic Liberal
Leader since 18 June 1960 15 June 1960
Seats won 31 4
Popular vote 8,195,543 1,248,753
Percentage 38.9% 5.9%
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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 29 June 1960.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 175 of the 233 seats in the House of Commons, and 31 of the 58 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 84.3%.

This election was the first relatively honest national election held in South Korea. As it turned out, it would be the last free election held there until the 1987 presidential election. It also marked the first time that a liberal party won a majority of seats.

Results

House of Commons

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Party3,786,40141.7175+96
Socialist Mass Party541,0216.04New
Liberal Party249,9602.82–124
Korea Socialist Party57,9650.61New
Korea Independence Party26,6490.30New
Unification Party17,2930.21New
Other parties149,3661.11
Independents4,249,18046.849–41
Invalid/blank votes701,086
Total9,778,9211002330
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate

Party Votes % Seats
Democratic Party5,491,52751.431
Liberal Party658,7486.14
Socialist Mass Party146,0591.41
Korea Socialist Party135,1601.31
Other parties188,7921.71
Independents4,067,34338.120
Invalid/blank votes
Total10,682,62910058
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. 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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