1978 South Korean legislative election

none South Korea 1949 legislative 1981 South Korean legislative election 1981 yes Directly elected members legislative 1973 South Korean legislative election 1973 77.08% ( 5.72pp) 154 of the 231 seats in the National Assembly 116 12 December 1978 130x130px Park Chung Hee (박정희) Presidential Portrait.jpg Park Chung Hee Democratic Republican Party (South Korea) 73 seats 68 5 4,695,955 31.70% 6.98pp Sosuk Lee Chul-seung in 1960.jpg Yi Cheol-seung New Democratic Party (South Korea) 52 seats 61 9 4,861,204 32.82% 0.27pp 3x4.svg Yang il-dong Democratic Unification Party (South Korea) 2 seats 3 1 1,095,507 7.39% 2.75pp yes Presidential appointees 21 December 1978 1976 77 seats of the National Assembly for Presidential appointees Independents Park Chung Hee 99.10 77 73 Speaker Chung Il-kwon Democratic Republican Party (South Korea) Baek Du-jin Presidential appointee no 1978_South_korea_Legislative_election_Result_map.svg Results by constituency Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 December 1978 to elect 154 members of the National Assembly.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 0-19-924959-8 Another 77 members appointed by President Park Chung-hee were indirectly elected by the National Conference for Unification on 21 December 1978.21 December 1978 "80년대엔 복지사회 기필코 이룩" 3기 유정의원 77명 선출 JoongAng Ilbo https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/1499753 Despite garnering 169,000 fewer popular votes than the opposition New Democratic Party, the ruling Democratic Republican Party won a supermajority victory with 68 of the 154 elected seats in the National Assembly and an additional 77 members appointed by President Park. Voter turnout was 77.1%. Electoral system Two-thirds of the seats were elected from two-member constituencies via single non-transferable vote. The remaining one-third of the seats were presidential appointees, nominated by president Park and confirmed by the National Conference for Unification elected in May 1978. Results #f8f9fa 3 Democratic Unification Party (South Korea) 61 New Democratic Party (South Korea) 68 Democratic Republican Party (South Korea) 22 Independent 77 Presidential appointees #909090 New Democratic Party 4861204 61 +9 Democratic Republican Party 4695995 68 –5 Democratic Unification Party 1095057 3 +1 Independents 4160187 22 +3 Presidential appointees 77 +4 210927 +12 19489490 Nohlen et al. By city/province RegionTotal seatsSeats wonDRPNDPDUPInd.Seoul2291111Busan104501Gyeonggi168701Gangwon105302North Chungcheong83410South Chungcheong147502North Jeolla126402South Jeolla208714North Gyeongsang229805South Gyeongsang188703Jeju21001Total1466861322 Presidential appointees On 21 December 1978, the National Conference for Unification indirectly elected 77 members of the National Assembly appointed by President Park Chung-hee. Out of the 2,581 delegates, 2,573 were present with 2,539 of them approving the election of Park's appointees.2539 77 23 – 11 2581 JoongAng Ilbo21 December 1978 "80년대엔 복지사회 기필코 이룩" 3기 유정의원 77명 선출 JoongAng Ilbo https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/1499753 Presidential appointees Against By city/province RegionVotesDelegatesForAgainstInvalidVotedAbsentTotalSeoul376943892391Busan143111450145Gyeonggi319003190319Gangwon149201510151North Chungcheong130101310131South Chungcheong229412340234North Jeolla200102012203South Jeolla310113120312North Gyeongsang373213763379South Gyeongsang284222881289Jeju260127027Total2,53923112,57382,581Source: Naver News Library三年制議員(삼년제의원)73명 大統領推薦(대통령추천)대로選出(선출) https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1973030700209201004&officeId=00020 Naver News Library References South Korea Category:Legislative elections in South Korea Legislative