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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 December 1978 to elect 154 members of the National Assembly.[1] Another 77 members appointed by President Park Chung-hee were indirectly elected by the National Conference for Unification on 21 December 1978.[2]
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Despite garnering 169,000 fewer popular votes than the opposition New Democratic Party, the ruling Democratic Republican Party won a supermajority victory with 68 of the 154 elected seats in the National Assembly and an additional 77 members appointed by President Park. Voter turnout was 77.1%.
Of the elected seats, two members were elected from each constituency via single non-transferable vote.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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New Democratic Party | 4,861,204 | 32.82 | 61 | +9 | |
Democratic Republican Party | 4,695,995 | 31.70 | 68 | –5 | |
Democratic Unification Party | 1,095,057 | 7.39 | 3 | +1 | |
Independents | 4,160,187 | 28.09 | 22 | +3 | |
Presidential appointees | 77 | +4 | |||
Total | 14,812,443 | 100.00 | 231 | +12 | |
Valid votes | 14,812,443 | 98.60 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 210,927 | 1.40 | |||
Total votes | 15,023,370 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 19,489,490 | 77.08 | |||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
Region | Total seats | Seats won | |||
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DRP | NDP | DUP | Ind. | ||
Seoul | 22 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
Busan | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Gyeonggi | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Gangwon | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
North Chungcheong | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
South Chungcheong | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
North Jeolla | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
South Jeolla | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
North Gyeongsang | 22 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
South Gyeongsang | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Jeju | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 146 | 68 | 61 | 3 | 22 |
On 21 December 1978, the National Conference for Unification indirectly elected 77 members of the National Assembly appointed by President Park Chung-hee. Out of the 2,581 delegates, 2,573 were present with 2,539 of them approving the election of Park's appointees.[2]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Presidential appointees | 2,539 | 99.10 | 77 | |
Against | 23 | 0.90 | – | |
Total | 2,562 | 100.00 | 77 | |
Valid votes | 2,562 | 99.57 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 11 | 0.43 | ||
Total votes | 2,573 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,581 | 99.69 | ||
Source: JoongAng Ilbo[2] |
Region | Votes | Delegates | ||||
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For | Against | Invalid | Voted | Absent | Total | |
Seoul | 376 | 9 | 4 | 389 | 2 | 391 |
Busan | 143 | 1 | 1 | 145 | 0 | 145 |
Gyeonggi | 319 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 0 | 319 |
Gangwon | 149 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 0 | 151 |
North Chungcheong | 130 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 131 |
South Chungcheong | 229 | 4 | 1 | 234 | 0 | 234 |
North Jeolla | 200 | 1 | 0 | 201 | 2 | 203 |
South Jeolla | 310 | 1 | 1 | 312 | 0 | 312 |
North Gyeongsang | 373 | 2 | 1 | 376 | 3 | 379 |
South Gyeongsang | 284 | 2 | 2 | 288 | 1 | 289 |
Jeju | 26 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
Total | 2,539 | 23 | 11 | 2,573 | 8 | 2,581 |
Source: Naver News Library[3] |
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