1985 South Korean legislative election

none South Korea 1984 legislative 1981 South Korean legislative election 1981 1988 South Korean legislative election 1988 84.57% ( 6.83pp) All 276 seats to the National Assembly 139 12 February 1985 Chun Doo-hwan (전두환) Presidential Portrait.jpg Chun Doo-hwan Democratic Justice Party 151 seats 148 3 7,040,811 35.25% 0.39pp 3x4.svg Lee Min-woo New Korean Democratic Party Did not exist 67 New 5,843,827 29.26% New Yu Chi-song Democratic Korea Party 81 35 46 3,930,966 19.68% 1.87pp Kim Jong-cheol Korean National Party 25 20 5 1,828,744 9.16% 4.09pp Speaker Chae Mun-shik Democratic Justice Party Lee Jae-hyung Democratic Justice Party 1985 South korea Legislative election Result map.svg Results by constituency Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 February 1985.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 Democratic Justice Party, which won 148 of the 276 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 84.6%. Electoral system Of the 276 seats, 184 were elected in two-member constituencies via single non-transferable vote, while the remainder were allocated via a 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; see majority jackpot system), with the remainder allocated based on the number of constituency seats won. Political parties List of political parties in South Korea Parties Leader Ideology Seats Status Last election Before election Democratic Justice Party Chun Doo-hwan Conservatism 151 276 Democratic Justice Party 149 276 Democratic Justice Party Government Democratic Korea Party Yu Chi-song Liberalism 81 276 Democratic Korea Party 59 276 Democratic Korea Party Opposition New Korean Democratic Party Lee Min-woo Did not exist 32 276 New Korean Democratic Party Opposition Korean National Party Kim Jong-cheol Conservatism 25 276 Korean National Party 24 276 Korean National Party Opposition New Socialist Party 2 276 #4697B2New Politics Party 1 276 #FF4500 rowspan="2" Opposition 2 276 Democratic Socialist Party (South Korea)Democratic Socialist Party Civil Rights Party 2 276 Civil Rights Party (South Korea) 0 276 Civil Rights Party (South Korea) Opposition Democratic Farmer's Party 1 276 #CC9933 Dissolved Opposition Liberal National Party 1 276 #999999as Peaceful People Party 0 276 #999999 Opposition The ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP) of President Chun Doo-hwan managed to remain the largest party in the National Assembly but faced a tougher challenge from the united opposition. The New Korean Democratic Party (NKDP) was formed by former members of the New Democratic Party, notably opposition leaders Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam despite being still barred from running. The party made strong gains across the country, largely thanks to its focus on greater democratic rights. The Korean National Party had been formed by former members of the Democratic Republican Party in the run-up to the 1981 elections. After making some key gains, the party lost ground in these elections, largely thanks to the gains of the NKDP. The opposition Democratic Korea Party had been the premier opposition party following the 1981 elections, but it suffered major defections to the NKDP. Results #f8f9fa 1 New Socialist Party (South Korea) #FF4500 1 New Democratic Party (South Korea, 1985) #189868 35 Democratic Korea Party 67 New Korean Democratic Party 20 Korean National Party 148 Democratic Justice Party 4 Independent FPTP PR Total +/– Democratic Justice Party 7040811 87 61 148 –3 New Korean Democratic Party 5843827 50 17 67 New Democratic Korea Party 3930966 26 9 35 –46 Korean National Party 1828744 15 5 20 –5 New Socialist Party 288863 1 0 1 New #FF4500 Workers and Farmers Party 185859 0 0 0 New #A52A2A New Democratic Party 112654 1 0 1 New #189868 Civil Rights Party 75634 0 0 0 –2 National Group Party 17257 0 0 0 New #DFDFDF Independents 650028 4 0 4 –7 312029 184 92 276 0 23987830 Nohlen et al. By city/province RegionTotalseatsSeats wonDJPNKDPDKPKNPNSPNDPInd.Seoul28131410000Busan123621000Daegu62211000Incheon42200000Gyeonggi2010433000Gangwon126014001North Chungcheong84211000South Chungcheong168440000North Jeolla147213010South Jeolla2211550100North Gyeongsang2010431002South Gyeongsang2010541000Jeju21000001Constituency total18487502615114PR list92611795000Total276148673520114 Notes References Republic of Korea Historical Archive of Parliamentary Elections Results Category:Legislative elections in South Korea South Korea Legislative