1960 South Korean parliamentary election

none South Korea 1949 29 June 1960 1958 South Korean legislative election 1958 1963 South Korean legislative election 1963 yes parliamentary House of Representatives election 84.3% (3.5 pp) All 233 seats in the House of Representatives 117 130x130px John Myun.jpg Chang Myon Democratic 79 seats 175 96 3,786,304 41.71% 7.72pp 서상일.jpg Seo Sang-il Socialist Mass 4 New 541,021 5.96% New 3x4.svg Cho Gyeong-gyu Liberal Party (South Korea) 126 seats 2 124 249,960 2.75% 39.32pp Republic_of_Korea_legislative_election_1960_districts_result.png Results by constituency Speaker Kwak Sang-hoon Democratic Party (South Korea, 1955) Kwak Sang-hoon Democratic Party (South Korea, 1955) yes House of Councillors election parliamentary All 58 seats in the House of Councillors 30 John Myun.jpg Chang Myon Democratic 31 5,491,527 51.41% Cho Gyeong-gyu Liberal Party (South Korea) 4 653,748 6.12% Parliamentary elections were held in South Korea on 29 June 1960.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 0-19-924959-8 They were the first and only direct elections of the Second Republic and saw the first election of members of the new House of Councillors, together with the fifth election of members of the House of Representatives. They were also the first relatively free and fair national elections held in the country, but would be the last free elections until the 1987 presidential elections. Voter turnout was 84.3%. The elections took place after President Rhee Syngman amended the constitution and won a third term in the uncontested March 1960 presidential election, which prompted the pro-democracy April Revolution and removed Rhee from power. The Democratic Party, which had been the opposition party under former President Rhee, received the most votes (42%) in the House of Representatives election, winning 175 of 233 seats, while its 51% vote share in the House of Councillors elections saw it win 31 of the 58 seats. It was the first time that a liberal party won an election in South Korea, but the Democratic Party and its liberal successors would not win an election again until the 1997 presidential election and would not win a legislative election until 2004. Independent politicians received a significant portion of the vote, with 47% of the vote in the House of Representatives elections and 38% of the vote in the House of Councillors elections. The government formed after the elections was overthrown within less than a year by Park Chung-hee in a coup on 16 May 1961. Park subsequently re-established the presidential system under a military government and served as president of South Korea from 1962 to 1979. Electoral system The members of the House of Representatives were elected via first-past-the-post voting. Members of the House of Councillors were elected via partial block voting in constituencies of between two and eight seats corresponding to the provinces and Seoul, where voters could cast ballots for up to half of the candidates running in their constituency. Results House of Representatives #f8f9fa 4 Socialist Mass Party 1 Korea Socialist Party (1960) 1 Unification Party (South Korea) 175 Democratic Party (South Korea, 1955) 2 Liberal Party (South Korea) 1 Vacant 49 Independent Democratic Party 3786401 175 +96 Socialist Mass Party 541021 4 New Liberal Party 249960 2 –124 Korea Socialist Party 57965 1 New Korea Independence Party 26649 0 New Unification Party 17293 1 0 Other parties 149366 1 – Independents 4249180 49 +22 701086 0 11593432 Nohlen et al. By city/province RegionTotalseatsSeats wonDPSMPLPSPUPOtherInd.Seoul1615000001Gyeonggi25140000011Gangwon2012110006North Chungcheong139000013South Chungcheong2218000004North Jeolla2418100005South Jeolla3229000102North Gyeongsang3828100009South Gyeongsang4031110007Jeju31001001Total2331754211149 House of Councillors #f8f9fa 1 Socialist Mass Party 1 Korea Socialist Party (1960) 31 Democratic Party (South Korea, 1955) 4 Liberal Party (South Korea) 1 Vacant 20 Independent Democratic Party 5491527 31 Liberal Party 653748 4 Socialist Mass Party 146059 1 Korea Socialist Party 135160 1 Other parties 188792 1 Independents 4067343 20 11593432 Nohlen et al. By city/province RegionTotalseatsSeats wonDPLPSMPSPOtherInd.Seoul6400002Gyeonggi6310002Gangwon4300001North Chungcheong4310000South Chungcheong6211002North Jeolla6400002South Jeolla8410003North Gyeongsang8300104South Gyeongsang8400013Jeju2100001Total5831411120 References Category:Legislative elections in South Korea South Korea Parliamentary South Korea Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:April Revolution