South Korean legislative election, 1973

South Korean legislative election, 1973
27 February 1973
All 219 seats to the National Assembly
and 73 Presidential appointees
110 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 72.9% (Decrease0.3%)

  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Park Chung-hee Yu Chin-san
Party Democratic Republican New Democratic
Leader since 31 August 1963 28 September 1972
Leader's seat not contesting
(President)		 Daedeok, Yeongi, Geumsan
Last election 113 seats 89 seats
Seats won 73 52
Seat change Decrease 40 Decrease 37
Popular vote 4,251,754 3,577,300
Percentage 38.7% 32.5%
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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 27 February 1973.[1]

The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Republican Party, which won 73 of the 146 elected seats in the National Assembly. With one-thirds of seats appointed by President Park Chung-hee, the ruling party had a supermajority. Voter turnout was 72.9%.

The election reconstituted the National Assembly after Park had dissolved it in the October Restoration self-coup four months earlier and pushed through a constitutional referendum which removed presidential term limits and gave him the power to appoint one-third of the National Assembly.[2] The opposition New Democratic Party had also split in 1972 over a leadership dispute between the Yu Chin-san faction and an opposing faction led by Kim Dae-jung and Kim Hong-il.[3] One month before the election, the latter formed the Democratic Unification Party.[4][5] However, the DUP performed poorly and split the opposition vote, and in the aftermath the members expressed regret for their decision to run.[6]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Republican Party4,251,75438.773–40
New Democratic Party3,577,30032.552–37
Democratic Unification Party1,114,20410.22New
Independents2,048,17818.619New
Presidential appointees––73New
Invalid/blank votes205,048–––
Total11,196,484100219+15
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
  2. ↑ Lee, Kap-Yun (1999). "The Votes Mattered: Decreasing Party Support under the Two-Member-District SNTV in Korea (1973–1978)". In Grofman, Bernard; Lee, Sung-Chull; Winckler, Edwin; Woodall, Brian. Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Under the Single Non-Transferable Vote: The Comparative Study of an Embedded Institution. University of Michigan Press. p. 252. ISBN 9780472109098.
  3. ↑ "新民全黨大會 珍山系만으로 强行" [New Democratic Party convention: Chin-san faction alone pushes it through]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 26 September 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 16 May 2018 – via Naver News Library.
  4. ↑ "金弘壹씨系 新民黨 떠나기로 鄭一亨씨는 殘留" [Kim Hong-il faction leaves New Democratic Party, Chyung Yil-hyung remains]. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 18 January 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 12 May 2018 – via Naver News Library.
  5. ↑ "金弘壹씨新民脫党 民統党에參与할듯" [Kim Hong-il will leave New Democratic Party and join Democratic Unification Party]. Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). 19 January 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 12 May 2018 – via Naver News Library.
  6. ↑ "統一黨간부들, 總選참여를후회" [Unification Party leaders regret participation in general election]. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 3 March 1973. p. 2. Retrieved 12 May 2018 – via Naver News Library.
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