South Korean legislative election, 1985
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Parliamentary elections were held in South Korea on 12 February 1985.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Justice Party, which won 148 of the 276 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 84.6%.
Parties
The ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP) of President Chun Doo-hwan managed to remain the largest party in the National Assembly but faced a tougher challenge from the united opposition.
The New Korea Democratic Party (NKDP) was formed by former members of the New Democratic Party, notably opposition leaders Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam. The party made strong gains across the country, largely thanks to its focus on greater democratic rights.
The Korean Nationalist Party had been formed by former members of the Democratic Republican Party in the run-up to the 1981 elections. After making some key gains, the party lost ground in these elections, largely thanks to the gains of the NKDP.
The opposition Democratic Korea Party had been the premier opposition party following the 1981 elections, but it suffered major defections to the NKDP.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Democratic Justice Party | 7,040,811 | 35.2 | 148 | –3 |
| New Korea Democratic Party | 5,843,827 | 29.3 | 67 | New |
| Democratic Korea Party | 3,930,966 | 19.7 | 35 | –46 |
| Korean National Party | 1,828,744 | 9.2 | 20 | –5 |
| New Socialist Party | 288,863 | 1.4 | 1 | New |
| Workers and Farmers Party | 185,859 | 0.9 | 0 | New |
| New Democratic Party | 112,654 | 0.6 | 1 | New |
| Civil Rights Party | 75,634 | 0.4 | 0 | –2 |
| National Group Party | 17,257 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 650,028 | 3.3 | 4 | –7 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 312,029 | – | – | – |
| Total | 20,286,672 | 100 | 276 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 23,987,830 | 84.6 | – | – |
| 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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