1967 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 8 June 1967.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Republican Party, which won 129 of the 175 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 76.1%.

1967 South Korean legislative election

8 June 1967

All 175 seats to the National Assembly
88 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.1% (4 pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Park Chung-hee Yu Jin-oh
Party Democratic Republican New Democratic
Leader since 31 August 1963 11 February 1967
Leader's seat not contesting
(President)
Jongno
Last election 110 seats –
Seats won 129 45
Seat change 19 New
Popular vote 5,494,922 3,554,224
Percentage 50.6% 32.7%

Results

Party Votes % Seats
FPTP PR Total +/–
Democratic Republican Party5,494,92250.6 102 27129+19
New Democratic Party3,554,22432.7 28 1745New
Liberal Party393,4483.6 0 000
Democratic Party323,2033.0 0 00–13
Mass Party249,5612.3 1 01New
Korea Independence Party240,9362.2 0 00New
People's Party180,3241.7 0 00–2
Justice Party142,6701.3 0 00New
Unificational Socialist Party104,9751.0 0 00New
Free People's Party88,4740.8 0 00New
New Korea Party83,2710.8 0 00New
Invalid/blank votes346,309– – –––
Total11,203,317100 131 441750
Registered voters/turnout14,717,35476.1 – –––
Source: Nohlen et al.

Results by city/province

Region Total
seats
Seats won
Democratic Republican New Democratic Mass
Seoul 14 1 13 0
Busan 7 2 5 0
Gyeonggi 13 10 3 0
Gangwon 9 8 1 0
North Chungcheong 8 8 0 0
South Chungcheong 13 12 1 0
North Jeolla 11 11 0 0
South Jeolla 19 16 2 1
North Gyeongsang 20 18 2 0
South Gyeongsang 15 14 1 0
Jeju 2 2 0 0
Constituency total 131 102 28 1
PR list 44 27 17 0
Total 175 129 45 1

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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