1981 South Korean legislative election

none South Korea 1949 legislative 1978 South Korean legislative election 1978 1985 South Korean legislative election 1985 77.74% ( 0.66pp) All 276 seats in the National Assembly 139 25 March 1981 Chun Doo-hwan (전두환) Presidential Portrait.jpg Chun Doo-hwan Democratic Justice Party 151 5,776,624 35.64% 3x4.svg Yu Chi-song Democratic Korea Party 81 3,495,829 21.57% Kim Jong-cheol (politician, born 1920) ko 김종철 (1920년) Kim Jong-cheol Korean National Party 25 2,147,293 13.25% Kim Ui-Taek ko 김의택 Civil Rights Party (South Korea) 2 1,088,847 6.72% Speaker Dissolution of parliament Chung Rae-hyuk Democratic Justice Party 1981 South korea Legislative election Result map.svg 300px Results for Districts Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 25 March 1981.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 0-19-924959-8 The elections were held following coups in 1979 and 1980, with major opposition political figures including Kim Young-sam and Kim Jong-pil barred from running and the Democratic Republican Party of late president Park Chung-hee forcibly dissolved. Kim Dae-jung was arrested on 17 May 1980, and was sentenced to death on a of "inciting rebellion". While ostensibly multi-party, the elections are widely considered to have been fraudulent, with opposition politicians being heavily vetted by the Agency for National Security Planning and the South Korean Army Security Command. The result was a victory for the Democratic Justice Party, which won 151 of the 276 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 78%. Electoral system The new electoral system for the National Assembly abolished the president's power to appoint one-third of the chamber's members. Of the 276 seats, 184 were elected in two-member constituencies via single non-transferable vote, while the remainder were allocated via modified proportional representation at the national level among parties that won five or more seats in constituencies. Two-thirds of those seats would be awarded to the top party (which was then eliminated from further consideration for national seats), with the remainder allocated based on the number of constituency seats won. Results #f8f9fa 2 Democratic Socialist Party (South Korea) 2 New Politics Party (South Korea) #4697B2 81 Democratic Korea Party 1 Democratic Farmer's Party #CC9933 1 Peaceful People Party #999999 25 Korean National Party 151 Democratic Justice Party 2 Civil Rights Party (South Korea) 11 Independent FPTP PR Total +/– Democratic Justice Party 5776624 90 61 151 New Democratic Korea Party 3495829 57 24 81 New Korean National Party 2147293 18 7 25 New Civil Rights Party (South Korea) ko 민권당 Civil Rights Party 1088847 2 0 2 New New Politics Party (South Korea) ko 신정당 New Politics Party 676921 2 0 2 New #4697B2 Democratic Socialist Party 524361 2 0 2 New Democratic Farmer's Party ko 민주농민당 227715 1 0 1 New #A52A2A Peaceful People Party ko 안민당 144000 1 0 1 New #999999 Socialist Party 122778 0 0 0 New #FF6347 Korea Christian Democratic Party 103893 0 0 0 New Unification National Group Party 87977 0 0 0 New Won-il Democratic Founding Party 76863 0 0 0 New Independents 1734224 11 0 11 –11 190520 184 92 276 +45 21094468 Nohlen et al. By city/province RegionTotalseatsSeats wonDJPDKPKNPCRPNPPDSPDFPPPPInd.Seoul2814111001001Busan12650100000Gyeonggi2412101010000Gangwon12642000000North Chungcheong8413000001South Chungcheong16852000001North Jeolla14760000000South Jeolla221091010010North Gyeongsang261315000003South Gyeongsang201053101103Jeju2000000002Constituency total1849057182221111PR list9261247000000Total27615181252221111 References Category:Legislative elections in South Korea South Korea Legislative