2008 South Korean legislative election

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All 299 seats in the National Assembly 150 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	46.08% ( 14.55 pp )
Party Leader % Seats +/? Grand National Kang Jae-seop 37.48 153 +32 United Democratic Han Myeong-sook 25.18 81 ?80 Pro-Park Suh Chung-won 13.18 14 New Liberty Forward Lee Hoi-chang 6.85 18 New Democratic Labor Kwon Young-ghil 5.68 5 ?5 Creative Korea Han Myeon-hee 3.81 3 New Independents ? 11.08 25 +23 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results of the election Speaker before Speaker after Kim Chae-jung United Democratic Kim Hyong-o Grand National

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on April 9, 2008. ^[1] The conservative Grand National Party won 153 of 299 seats while the main opposition United Democratic Party won 81 seats. ^[2] This election marked the lowest-ever voter turnout of 46%. ^[3]

Electoral system [ edit ]

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 one three percent of the national valid vote among seat-allocated parties and/or won five or more constituency seats.

Political parties [ edit ]

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 (統合민주당, Tongham Minju-dang ), led by Son Hak-gyu . The current major liberal party within the National Assembly. (81 seats won)
• Liberty Forward Party (自由先進黨, 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 (親朴連帶, 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 (創造韓國當, 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 (進步新黨) Jinbo Shin-dang ), 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 [ edit ]

By region [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]

References [ edit ]