1950 South Korean legislative election

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1950 South Korean legislative election
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg
  1948 30 May 1950 1954  

All 210 seats in the House of Representatives
106 seats needed for a majority
Turnout91.91%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats
Democratic Nationalist Sin Ik-hui
Kim Seong-su
9.7924
Nationalist Yun Chi-young 9.6924
National Association Syngman Rhee 6.7714
Korea Youth 3.2610
Federation of Trade Unions 1.6910
Socialist 1.282
Ilmin Club 1.023
National Independence 0.481
Other parties 2.183
Independents 62.93126
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Republic of Korea legislative election 1950 districts result.png
Results by constituency
Speaker beforeSpeaker after
Shin Ik-hee
National Association
Shin Ik-hee
National Association

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 30 May 1950. [1] The elections resulted in a tie between the Democratic Nationalist Party and the Korea Nationalist Party, which both won 24 seats,although a majority of the 210 seats were won by independents. Voter turnout was 92%.

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic Nationalist Party 683,9109.7924
Korea Nationalist Party 677,1739.6924
National Association 473,1536.7714
Korea Youth Party 227,5393.2610
Korean Federation of Trade Unions 117,9391.693
Socialist Party 89,4131.282
Ilmin Club 71,2391.023
Korea Independence Workers Party 45,8130.660
National Independence Federation 33,4640.481
Korea Independence Party 17,7450.250
Other parties152,3652.183
Independents4,397,28762.93126
Total6,987,040100.00210
Valid votes6,987,04090.13
Invalid/blank votes765,0369.87
Total votes7,752,076100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,434,73791.91
Source: Nohlen et al.

By city/province

RegionTotal
seats
Seats won
DNP KNP NP YPFTU SP IC NIF OtherInd.
Seoul 162210110117
Gyeonggi 3044000110020
Gangwon 123021000006
North Chungcheong 122300000007
South Chungcheong 1913300010011
North Jeolla 2232001000115
South Jeolla 3092321000013
North Gyeongsang 3423140010122
South Gyeongsang 3220220000026
Jeju 30010000002
Total210281913932313129
Source: National Election Commission

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN   0-19-924959-8