1971 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 25 May 1971.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Republican Party, which won 113 of the 204 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 73.2%.

1971 South Korean legislative election

25 May 1971

All 204 seats to the National Assembly
103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.2% (2.8 pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Park Chung-hee Kim Hong-il
Party Democratic Republican New Democratic
Leader since 31 August 1963 12 May 1971
Leader's seat not contesting
(President)
PR List 4
Last election 129 seats 45 seats
Seats won 113 89
Seat change 16 44
Popular vote 5,460,581 4,969,050
Percentage 48.8% 44.4%
Swing 1.8%p 11.7%p


Speaker before election

Lee Hyo Sang
Democratic Republican

Speaker

Baek Du-jin
Democratic Republican

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Republican Party5,460,58148.8113–16
New Democratic Party4,969,05044.489+44
National Party454,2574.01New
People's Party155,2771.41+1
Unificational Socialist Party97,3980.900
Mass Party59,3590.50–1
Invalid/blank votes234,280
Total11,430,202100204+29
Registered voters/turnout15,610,25873.2
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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