1958 South Korean legislative election

none South Korea 1949 legislative 1954 South Korean legislative election 1954 1960 South Korean parliamentary election 1960 87.80% ( 3.34pp) All 233 seats in the House of Representatives 117 2 May 1958 Rhee Syng-Man in 1948.jpg Syngman Rhee Liberal Party (South Korea) 114 seats 126 12 3,607,092 42.07% 5.28pp Cho Byung-ok.jpg Chough Pyung-ok Democratic 15 seatsas Democratic Nationalist Party 79 64 2,914,049 33.99% 26.07pp Republic_of_Korea_legislative_election_1958_districts_result.png Results by constituency Speaker Lee Ki-poong Liberal Party (South Korea) Lee Ki-poong Liberal Party (South Korea) Legislative elections were held in South Korea on Friday 2 May 1958.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 0-19-924959-8 The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 126 of the 233 seats. Voter turnout was 87.8%. Electoral system The elections were held under first-past-the-post voting. Results #f8f9fa 1 Unification Party (South Korea) 79 Democratic Party (South Korea, 1955) 126 Liberal Party (South Korea) 27 Independent Liberal Party 3607092 126 +12 Democratic Party 2914049 79 +64 Unification Party 53716 1 New National Association 50568 0 –3 Other parties 90160 0 – Independents 1857707 27 –41 8576757 347148 +30 10164428 Nohlen et al.The results are inconsistent, with a difference of 3,465 between the party vote totals and the reported number of valid votes.Nohlen et al., pp428–429 By city/province RegionTotalseatsSeats wonLPDPUPInd.Seoul1611401Gyeonggi2514803Gangwon2015203North Chungcheong138401South Chungcheong2215601North Jeolla24101103South Jeolla32181013North Gyeongsang3824806South Gyeongsang40201505Jeju31101Total23312679127 Notes References Category:Legislative elections in South Korea South Korea Legislative Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results