1973 South Korean legislative election

none South Korea 1949 1971 South Korean legislative election 1971 yes Directly elected members legislative 1978 South Korean legislative election 1978 71.36% ( 1.86pp) 146 of the 219 seats in the National Assembly 110 27 February 1973 Park Chung Hee (박정희) Presidential Portrait.jpg Park Chung Hee Democratic Republican Party (South Korea) 113 seats 73 40 4,251,754 38.68% 10.09pp 유진산.jpg Yu Chin-san New Democratic Party (South Korea) 89 seats 52 37 3,577,300 32.55% 11.83pp 3x4.svg Yang il-dong Democratic Unification Party (South Korea) Did not exist 3 New 1,114,204 10.14% New yes Presidential appointees 7 March 1973 1976 73 seats of the National Assembly for Presidential appointees Independents Park Chung Hee 96.49 73 new Speaker NoneThe National Assembly was abolished due to Park Chung Hee's self-coup. Paik Too-chin (Democratic Republican) was Speaker at the moment of the abolition. Chung Il-kwon Democratic Republican Party (South Korea) Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 27 February 1973 to elect 146 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 73 members appointed by President Park Chung-hee were indirectly elected by the National Conference for Unification on 7 March 1973.三年制議員(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 The result was a supermajority victory for the ruling Democratic Republican Party, which won 73 of the 146 elected seats in the National Assembly along with the 73 seats filled by Park's appointees. Voter turnout was 73%. The election reconstituted the National Assembly after Park had dissolved it in the October Restoration self-coup four months earlier and pushed through a constitutional referendum which removed presidential term limits and gave him the power to appoint one-third of the National Assembly.https://books.google.com/books?id=ry26lbfP16sC&pg=PA252 Lee Kap-Yun The Votes Mattered: Decreasing Party Support under the Two-Member-District SNTV in Korea (1973–1978) Bernard Grofman Sung-Chull Lee Edwin Winckler Brian Woodall Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Under the Single Non-Transferable Vote: The Comparative Study of an Embedded Institution University of Michigan Press 1999 9780472109098 252 The opposition New Democratic Party had also split in 1972 over a leadership dispute between the Yu Chin-san faction and an opposing faction led by Kim Dae-jung and Kim Hong-il.http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1972092600209201005&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1972-09-26&officeId=00020&pageNo=1&printNo=15687&publishType=00020 新民全黨大會 珍山系만으로 强行 New Democratic Party convention: Chin-san faction alone pushes it through The Dong-a Ilbo 26 September 1972 1 16 May 2018 Naver News Library ko One month before the election, the latter formed the Democratic Unification Party (South Korea) Democratic Unification Party ko 민주통일당 (대한민국, 1973년).http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1973011800329201013&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1973-01-18&officeId=00032&pageNo=1&printNo=8401&publishType=00020 金弘壹씨系 新民黨 떠나기로 鄭一亨씨는 殘留 Kim Hong-il faction leaves New Democratic Party, Chyung Yil-hyung remains Kyunghyang Shinmun 18 January 1973 1 12 May 2018 Naver News Library kohttp://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1973011900099201019&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1973-01-19&officeId=00009&pageNo=1&printNo=2115&publishType=00020 金弘壹씨新民脫党 民統党에參与할듯 Kim Hong-il will leave New Democratic Party and join Democratic Unification Party Maeil Business Newspaper 19 January 1973 1 12 May 2018 Naver News Library ko However, the DUP performed poorly and split the opposition vote, and in the aftermath the members expressed regret for their decision to run.http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1973030300329202008&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1973-03-03&officeId=00032&pageNo=2&printNo=8439&publishType=00020 統一黨간부들, 總選참여를후회 Unification Party leaders regret participation in general election Kyunghyang Shinmun 3 March 1973 2 12 May 2018 Naver News Library ko 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 1972. Results #f8f9fa 2 Democratic Unification Party (South Korea) 52 New Democratic Party (South Korea) 73 Democratic Republican Party (South Korea) 19 Independent 73 Presidential appointees #909090 Democratic Republican Party 4251754 73 –40 New Democratic Party 3577300 52 –37 Democratic Unification Party 1114204 2 New Independents 2048178 19 New Presidential appointees 73 New 205048 +15 15690130 Nohlen et al. By city/province RegionTotalseatsSeats wonDRPNDPDUPInd.Seoul167801Busan84400Gyeonggi169601Gangwon105302North Chungcheong85201South Chungcheong146602North Jeolla124404South Jeolla2010622North Gyeongsang2212505South Gyeongsang1810800Jeju21001Total1467352219 Presidential appointees On 7 March 1973, the National Conference for Unification indirectly elected 73 members of the National Assembly appointed by President Park Chung-hee. The number of delegates present was 2,354, with 2,251 delegates approving the election of Park's appointees.2251 73 82 – 21 2359 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 Presidential appointees Against By city/province RegionVotesDelegatesForAgainstInvalidVotedAbsentTotalSeoul299203012303Busan95711031104Gyeonggi274422800280Gangwon1351001450145North Chungcheong125201270127South Chungcheong226502310231North Jeolla1871032000200South Jeolla2971133111312North Gyeongsang3351353531354South Gyeongsang2531872780278Jeju250025025Total2,25182212,35452,359Source: Naver News Library Notes References Category:Legislative elections in South Korea South Korea Legislative