2008 South Korean legislative election

none South Korea 1997 legislative 2004 South Korean legislative election 2004 9 April 2008 2012 South Korean legislative election 2012 List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 2004–2008 List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 2008–2012 All 299 seats to the National Assembly 150 46.08% (15.55pp; Const. votes)46.08% (15.55pp; PR votes) 130x130px Constituency vote % and swing Regional vote % and swing Kang Jae-seop.jpg Kang Jae-sup Grand National Party Grand National Party 121 seatsGrand National Party 153 32 7,478,776 43.45% (5.55pp) 6,421,727 37.48% (1.71pp) Sohn Hak-kyu taking a commemorative photo at the National Assembly.jpg Sohn Hak-kyu(Picture)Park Sang-chun United Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008) 161 seatsa Uri Party and Democratic Party 81 80 4,977,508 28.92% (20.16pp) 4,313,111 25.18% (21.05pp) Star연예인 시민봉사단 발대식에 있는 서청원.png Suh Chung-won Pro-Park Alliance Did not exist 14 New 637,351 3.70% (New) 2,258,750 13.18% (New) Lee Hoi-chang (2010).jpg Lee Hoi-chang Liberty Forward Party Did not exist 18 New 984,751 5.72% (New) 1,173,463 6.85% (New) Cheon Young-Se.jpg Chon Young-sae Democratic Labor Party (South Korea) 10 seats 5 5 583,665 3.39% (0.92pp) 973,445 5.68% (7.35pp) Han Myeon-hee Creative Korea Party Did not exist 3 3 72,803 0.42% (New) 651,993 3.81% (New) 2008 South Korean legislative election.svg 300px Results of the election. Speaker Lim Chae-jung Uri Party Kim Hyong-o Grand National Party Legislative elections were held in South Korea on April 9, 2008.https://www.mherrera.org/2008.htm 2008 Electoral Calendar Maximiliano Herrera's Human Rights Site 2018-12-18 The conservative Grand National Party won 153 of 299 seats while the main opposition United Democratic Party won 81 seats.http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200804/200804100011.html Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea 2008-04-10 2008-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20080415053036/http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200804/200804100011.html dead This election marked the lowest-ever voter turnout of 46%.Political apathy leads to record-low voter turnout, The Hankyoreh, Retrieved on April 10, 2008 Electoral system Legislative elections in South Korea The election was held under parallel voting, with 245 members elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting and the remainder elected via proportional representation. Proportional seats were only available to parties which won three percent of the national valid vote among seat-allocated parties and/or won five or more constituency seats. Political parties List of political parties in South Korea Parties Leader Ideology Seats Status Last election Before election United Democratic Party Han Myeong-sook Liberalism 152 299 Uri PartyUri Party 141 299 United Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008) rowspan="2" Government 9 299 Millennium Democratic PartyDemocratic Party Grand National Party Kang Jae-seop Conservatism 121 299 Grand National Party (1997) 117 299 Grand National Party rowspan="6" Opposition United Liberal Democrats Kim Nak-seong 4 273 United Liberal Democrats Dissolved Liberty Forward Party Lee Hoi-chang Did not exist 10 299 Liberty Forward Party Democratic Labor Party Kwon Young-ghil Progressivism 10 299 Democratic Labor Party (South Korea) 7 299 Democratic Labor Party (South Korea) Pro-Park Alliance Suh Chung-won Conservatism Did not exist 3 299 Pro-Park Alliance Creative Korea Party Han Myeon-hee Centrist reformism Did not exist 1 299 Creative Korea Party As of April 9, 2008, there were six political parties represented in the 18th National Assembly of South Korea, in addition to independents: Grand National Party (한나라당, Hannara-dang), led by Kang Jae-seop. The current major conservative party within the National Assembly. (153 seats won) United Democratic Party (통합민주당, Tongham Minju-dang), led by Son Hak-gyu. The current major liberal party within the National Assembly. (81 seats won) Liberty Forward Party (자유선진당, Jayu Seonjin-dang), led by Lee Hoi-chang. The Chungcheong Region-strongholder and current second conservative party within the National Assembly against the GNP. (18 seats won) Pro-Park Alliance (친박연대, Chin-bak Yeon-dae), led by Seo Cheong-won, although their inspirational leader is former GNP leader Park Geun-hye. A conservative coalition with Park Geun-hye within the National Assembly that broke away from the GNP after a dispute on the GNP's candidate nomination, which happened just before the election. (14 seats won) Democratic Labor Party (민주노동당, Minju Nodong-dang), led by Chun Young-se. A minor but the most progressive party within the 18th National Assembly, against both the Grand Nationals and Democrats. (5 seats won) Creative Korea Party (창조한국당, Changjo Hanguk-dang), led by Moon Kook-hyun. A minor but pro-environmental liberal party within the National Assembly, against the Grand Nationals. (3 seats won) (no seats) The New Progressive Party, led by Sim Sang-jeong and Roh Hoe-chan, won 2.94% votes but not enough to gain any seats. The New Progressive Party split from the Democratic Labor Party as a reaction to nationalism after the 2007 presidential elections. Results List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 2008–2012 #f8f9fa 5 Democratic Labor Party (South Korea) 81 United Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008) 3 Creative Korea Party 18 Liberty Forward Party 14 Pro-Park Alliance 153 Grand National Party 25 Independent Proportional Constituency Grand National Party 6421727 22 7478776 131 153 +32 Grand National Party United Democratic Party 4313645 15 4977508 66 81 –80 United Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008) Pro-Park Alliance 2258750 8 637351 6 14 New Liberty Forward Party 1173463 4 984751 14 18 New Democratic Labor Party 973445 3 583665 2 5 –5 Creative Korea Party 651993 2 72803 1 3 +3 New Progressive Party 504466 0 229500 0 0 0 Christian Party (South Korea) ko 기독사랑실천당 Christian Party 443775 0 3720 0 0 0 Party for Peaceful Unification and Family 180857 0 334715 0 0 New Party for Displaced People and National Security 93554 0 1130 0 0 New Socialist Party 35496 0 0 0 Party for Culture and Art 33966 0 0 New Party for Citizen 17656 0 0 New United Vocational Party 16622 0 881 0 0 New Neo-Future Party 12122 0 0 New People's Association for Salvation 513 0 0 New Unification Party 51 0 0 New Independents 1907326 25 25 +23 0 284383 202976 37796035 37796035 NEC, CLEA, IPU By city/province + Constituency results by city/province Region GNP UDP LFP Pro-Park DLP PFP NPP CKP Pro-Park ind. 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Totalseats Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seoul 40 50.0 7 36.3 0 2.3 0 1.9 0 2.0 0 1.1 0 2.1 1 1.5 – 0 2.8 48 Busan 11 47.3 1 11.8 0 2.8 1 9.2 0 4.3 0 2.3 0 1.0 – 4 13.0 1 8.5 18 Daegu 8 61.1 0 0.8 0 2.7 3 15.7 0 1.8 0 3.4 0 2.3 – 1 5.2 0 6.9 12 Incheon 9 48.0 2 31.6 0 4.8 – 0 3.4 0 2.0 0 1.1 0 0.4 1 2.6 0 6.2 12 Gwangju 0 6.1 7 64.7 0 0.1 – 0 7.7 0 1.4 0 0.5 – – 1 19.4 8 Daejeon 0 24.8 1 25.7 5 40.0 0 4.4 0 0.8 0 1.0 – – – 0 3.2 6 Ulsan 5 53.4 0 2.3 – 0 5.5 0 18.3 0 2.1 0 5.6 – – 1 12.8 6 Gyeonggi 32 48.3 17 37.0 0 2.4 1 3.8 0 2.8 0 1.6 0 1.0 0 0.1 1 1.2 0 1.7 51 Gangwon 3 44.8 2 24.6 0 8.4 – 0 2.9 0 1.9 0 0.3 0 0.3 – 3 16.8 8 North Chungcheong 1 39.5 6 35.3 1 14.1 0 3.6 0 2.3 0 1.9 0 0.3 0 0.3 – 0 2.6 8 South Chungcheong 0 30.1 1 14.3 8 46.4 0 1.5 0 1.1 0 1.7 0 0.2 0 0.3 – 1 4.2 10 North Jeolla 0 7.2 9 54.7 0 0.7 – 0 1.3 0 2.9 0 1.0 – – 2 32.3 11 South Jeolla 0 6.1 9 61.8 0 0.1 – 0 4.8 0 3.6 0 0.4 – – 3 23.3 12 North Gyeongsang 9 54.3 0 3.1 0 2.0 1 6.1 0 1.1 0 2.7 0 0.8 – 4 16.9 1 13.0 15 South Gyeongsang 13 51.4 1 8.6 0 1.1 0 3.9 2 9.1 0 2.6 0 2.5 0 0.4 1 6.0 0 14.4 17 Jeju 1 34.3 3 41.8 0 3.4 0 1.4 0 5.6 0 1.3 – – – 0 12.2 3 Total 131 43.4 66 29.0 14 5.7 6 3.7 2 3.4 0 1.9 0 1.3 1 0.4 12 3.0 13 8.1 245 + Party list vote results by city/province Region GNP UDP Pro-Park LFP DLP CKP Other Seoul 40.2 28.3 10.4 4.8 3.8 4.6 7.8 Busan 43.5 12.7 22.6 5.2 5.3 3.8 6.9 Daegu 46.6 4.9 32.7 4.0 3.2 2.9 5.7 Incheon 39.7 24.6 10.9 6.1 5.8 4.4 8.6 Gwangju 5.9 70.4 1.3 0.9 9.4 3.9 8.2 Daejeon 24.8 18.6 8.7 34.3 3.9 3.7 6.1 Ulsan 42.9 9.3 18.7 3.4 14.2 3.5 8.0 Gyeonggi 40.9 26.4 11.4 4.7 4.8 4.4 7.3 Gangwon 45.5 18.6 12.3 6.3 5.9 3.7 7.6 North Chungcheong 34.0 23.9 12.3 13.7 5.7 3.4 7.0 South Chungcheong 27.1 13.5 7.2 37.8 4.7 2.5 7.1 North Jeolla 9.3 64.3 2.3 1.6 7.4 2.9 12.1 South Jeolla 6.4 66.9 1.8 1.1 10.1 2.3 11.5 North Gyeongsang 53.5 5.6 23.6 2.9 4.1 2.4 8.0 South Gyeongsang 45.0 10.5 18.0 4.2 10.6 3.4 8.2 Jeju 32.4 30.2 12.3 4.2 10.0 5.1 5.8 Overall total 37.5 25.2 13.2 6.8 5.7 3.8 7.8 Seat allocation 22 15 8 4 3 2 0 Notes References Category:2008 elections in South Korea Category:Legislative elections in South Korea