South Korean legislative election, 2008

South Korean legislative election, 2008
9 April 2008
All 299 seats to the National Assembly
150 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 46.1% (Decrease14.5%)

  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Kang Jae-seop Son Hak-gyu Lee Hoi-chang
Party Grand National United Democratic Liberty Forward
Leader since 11 July 2006 17 February 2008 1 February 2008
Leader's seat Daegu Seo-gu Jongno-gu (defeated) Hongseong
Last election 121 seats, 35.8% 152 seats, 38.3%
(As Uri)
(MDP: 9 seats, 7.1%)		 New party
Seats before 112 136 9
Seats won 153 81 18
Seat change Increase41 Decrease55 Increase9
Popular vote 6,421,654 4,313,111 1,173,463
Percentage 37.4% 25.1% 6.8%
Swing Increase1.6% Decrease20.3% Steady0.0%
■ - GNP ■ - UDP ■ – LFP ■ – Pro-Park ■ - DLP ■ - CKP
■ - Others
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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on April 9, 2008.[1] The conservative Grand National Party won 153 of 299 seats while the main opposition United Democratic Party won 81 seats.[2] This election marked the lowest-ever voter turnout of 46.0%.[3]

Parties and Coalitions

As of April 9, 2008, there are six political parties represented in the 18th National Assembly of South Korea, in addition to independents:

  • Grand National Party (한나라당, Hannara-dang), led by Kang Jae-seop. The current major conservative party within the National Assembly. (153 seats won)
  • United Democratic Party (통합민주당, Tongham Minju-dang), led by Son Hak-gyu. The current major liberal party within the National Assembly. (81 seats won)
    • United Democratic Party is now known as Democratic Party (민주당 Minju-dang).
  • Liberty Forward Party (자유선진당, Jayu Seonjin-dang), led by Lee Hoi-chang. The Chungcheong Region-strongholder and current second conservative party within the National Assembly against the GNP. (18 seats won)
  • Pro-Park Geun-hye Coalition (친박연대, Chin-bak Yeon-dae), led by Seo Cheong-won, although their inspirational leader is former GNP leader Park Geun-hye. A conservative coalition with Park Geun-hye within the National Assembly that broke away from the GNP after a dispute on the GNP's candidate nomination, which happened just before the election. (14 seats won)
  • Democratic Labour Party (민주노동당, Minju Nodong-dang), led by Chun Young-se. A minor but the most progressive party within the 18th National Assembly, against both the Grand Nationals and Democrats. (5 seats won)
  • Renewal of Korea Party (창조한국당, Changjo Hanguk-dang), led by Moon Kook-hyun. A minor but pro-environmental liberal party within the National Assembly, against the Grand Nationals. (3 seats won)
  • (no seats) The New Progressive Party (진보신당) Jinbo Shin-dang), led by Sim Sang-jeong and Roh Hoe-chan, won 2.94% votes but not enough to gain any seats. The New Progressive Party split from the Democratic Labour Party as a reaction to nationalism after the 2007 presidential elections.

Results

↓
5 81 3 25 18 14 153
D
L
P		 United Democratic Party C
K
P		 Ind. L
F
P		 Pro
Park		 Grand National Party

The national summary of votes and seats by party follow:

 Summary of the 9 April 2008 South Korean National Assembly election results[4]
Turnout 46.0%
Parties Local seats±Block seats±Constituency votes%PR block votes%Total seats±
Grand National Party (한나라당) (GNP) 131+3122+17,478,77643.45%6,421,72737.48%153+32
United Democratic Party2 (통합민주당) (UDP) 66-6315-84,977,50828.92%4,313,64525.17%81-71
Liberty Forward Party (자유선진당) (LFP) 14+144+4984,7515.72%1,173,4636.84%18+18
Pro-Park Coalition (친박연대) (PRO-PARK) 6+68+8637,3513.70%2,258,75013.18%14+14
Democratic Labor Party (민주노동당) (DLP) 2±04-4583,6653.39%973,4455.68%5-5
Creative Korea Party (창조한국당) (CKP) 1+12+272,8030.42%651,9933.80%3+3
New Progressive Party (진보신당) (NPP) 0±00±0229,5001.33%504,4662.94%0±0
   Other parties 0±00±0341,0101.98%834,0484.83%0±0
Independents 25+23——1,907,32611.08%——25+23
Total 245 54 17,212,690 100.0% 17,131,537 100.0% 299
Ideology
Conservative (GNP, LFP, PRO-PARK) 151+5134+139,100,87952.87%9,853,94057.50%185+64
Liberal (UDP, CKP) 67-6717-105,050,31129.34%7,965,63827.28%84-79
Progressive (DLP, NPP) 2±04-4813,1654.72%14779118.62%5-5
Total 245 54 14,964,354 86.9% 16,297,489 95.1% 299

1Later changed to Future Hope Alliance.

2Later changed to Democratic Party.

Election results (Total)
Seats prior to the election

Result by region

|Region GNP UDP LFP PGH-C DLP ROKP Independent Total
Seoul 40 7 - - - 1 - 48
Busan 11 1 - 1 - - 5 18
Incheon 9 2 - - - - 1 12
Daegu 8 - - 3 - - 1 12
Gwangju - 7 - - - - 1 8
Daejeon - 1 5 - - - - 6
Ulsan 5 - - - - - 1 6
Gangwon-do 3 2 - - - - 3 8
Gyeonggi-do 32 17 - 1 - - 1 51
South Gyeongsang 13 1 - - 2 - 1 17
North Gyeongsang 9 - - 1 - - 5 15
South Jeolla - 9 - - - - 3 12
North Jeolla - 9 - - - - 2 11
South Chungcheong - 1 8 - - - 1 10
North Chungcheong 1 6 1 - - - - 8
Jeju - 3 - - - - - 3
Proportional
representation		 22 15 4 8 3 2 - 54
Total 153 81 18 14 5 3 25 299

References

  1. ↑ Herrera, Maximiliano. "2015 Electoral Calendar- world elections,US elections,presidential election,world parties". www.mherrera.org. line feed character in |title= at position 83 (help)
  2. ↑ "Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea".
  3. ↑ Political apathy leads to record-low voter turnout, The Hankyoreh, Retrieved on April 10, 2008
  4. ↑ Psephos - Adam Carr. 9 April 2008.
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