1992 South Korean legislative election

none South Korea 1984 legislative 1988 South Korean legislative election 1988 1996 South Korean legislative election 1996 71.86% ( 3.91pp) All 299 seats in the National Assembly 150 24 March 1992 130x130px Roh Tae-woo (노태우 ) Presidential Potraits.jpg Roh Tae-woo Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea) 219 seatsDemocratic Justice Party, Reunification Democratic Party and New Democratic Republican Party 149 70 7,923,718 38.49% 34.89pp 100px100px Kim Dae-jungLee Ki-taek Democratic 70 seatsas Peace Democratic Party 97 27 6,004,578 29.17% 9.91pp Chung Ju-yung (Cropped).jpg Chung Ju-yung Unification National Party Did not exist 31 New 3,574,419 17.37% New 1992 South Korean legislative election.svg 300px Results of the election. Speaker Park Jyun-kyu Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea) Park Jyun-kyu Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea) Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 25 March 1992.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 Liberal Party, which won 149 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. However, DLP's seats shortened from 218 to 149 seats, less than 150 needed for majority, so this regarded as retreat. Voter turnout was 72%. Electoral system Of the 299 seats, 237 were elected in single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting, while the remainder were allocated via modified proportional representation at the national level among parties that won seven or more seats in constituencies 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 Liberal Party Roh Tae-woo Conservatism 125 276 Democratic Justice Party (1987)Democratic Justice Party 194 276 Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea) rowspan="3" Government 59 276 Reunification Democratic PartyReunification Democratic Party 35 276 New Democratic Republican PartyNew Democratic Republican Party Democratic Party Park Young-sook Liberalism 70 276 Peace Democratic Partyas Peace Democratic Party 64 276 Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991) Opposition Hankyoreh Democratic Party Ye Chun-ho Progressivism 1 276 Hankyoreh Democratic Party Dissolved Opposition Unification National Party Chung Ju-yung Conservatism Did not exist 7 276 Unification National Party Opposition New Political Reform Party Park Chan-jong Conservatism Did not exist 4 276 New Political Reform Party Opposition The ruling Democratic Liberal Party was formed in 1990 through the merger of the former ruling Democratic Justice Party along with two opposition parties, the Reunification Democratic Party (RDP) and the New Democratic Republican Party (NDRP). The merger resulted in DLP having a congressional supermajority of 218 seats, which was more than 2/3 of whole seats. The party supported President Roh Tae-woo and included among its members former opposition leader Kim Young-sam and former Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil. The leading opposition party was the Democratic Party. It was formed in 1991 through the merger of the New Democratic Allied Party (called Peace Democratic Party in previous election) led by Kim Dae-jung and former members of the RDP with the minor Democratic Party. The party was co-led by Kim and Lee Ki-taek. DP won 97 seats, which was less than 100 seats, one third of the whole seats, needed to prevent DLP's attempt to revise the constitution. The Unification National Party was a conservative, centrist, developmentalist, pro-business party led by Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung. The party campaigned heavily on the issue of the economy and the poor record of President Roh's government. The RNP won 31 seats, which was more than 10% of the seats, with 17.4% of popular vote, and joined the opposition. These major three parties competed in presidential elections on 19 December, which ended with DLP nominee Kim Young-sam's victory. Results #f8f9fa 97 Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991) 1 New Political Reform Party 149 Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea) 31 Unification National Party 21 Independent FPTP PR Total +/– Democratic Liberal Party 7923719 116 33 149 –70 Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea) Democratic Party 6004577 75 22 97 +27 Unification National Party 3574419 24 7 31 New New Political Reform Party 369044 1 0 1 New Popular Party 319041 0 0 0 New #FF8C69 Fairness People's Party 21007 0 0 0 New Independents 2372005 21 0 21 +12 259670 237 62 299 0 29003828 Nohlen et al. By city/province + Results by city/provinces RegionDLPDPUNPNPRPInd. Totalseats Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seoul 16 34.8 25 37.2 2 19.1 1 2.8 0 4.2 44Busan 15 51.8 0 19.4 0 10.2 0 1.3 1 15.2 16Daegu 8 46.9 0 11.8 2 28.6 0 3.0 1 8.8 11Incheon 5 34.3 1 30.7 0 20.4 0 1.5 1 7.5 7Gwangju 0 9.1 6 76.4 0 3.9 – 0 9.1 6Daejeon 1 27.6 2 25.5 0 21.3 0 1.3 2 23.8 5Gyeonggi 18 37.1 8 31.8 5 19.6 0 1.6 0 7.8 31Gangwon 8 38.8 0 11.7 4 31.9 0 1.3 2 14.0 14North Chungcheong 6 44.6 1 23.8 2 21.5 0 2.6 0 6.5 9South Chungcheong 7 43.4 1 20.1 4 16.0 0 3.0 2 17.5 14North Jeolla 2 31.8 12 55.0 0 4.8 0 0.6 0 7.1 14South Jeolla 0 25.2 19 61.6 0 5.0 0 0.7 0 7.4 19North Gyeongsang 14 49.0 0 6.8 2 17.7 0 0.7 5 24.0 21South Gyeongsang 16 45.6 0 8.7 3 20.4 0 1.1 5 22.6 23Jeju 0 34.1 0 19.9 – – 3 46.0 3Constituency total 116 38.5 75 29.2 24 17.4 1 1.7 21 11.6 237PR seats 33 22 7 0 – 62Total seats 149 97 31 1 21 299 Notes References External links 1992 election in South Korea Inter-Parliamentary Union Category:Legislative elections in South Korea Parliamentary election South Korea Category:Roh Tae-woo Category:Kim Dae-jung