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 South Koreaportal |
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 20 May 1954. [1] The result was a victory for Syngman Rhee's Liberal Party, which won 114 of the 203 seats. Voter turnout was 91.1%.
The elections were held under first-past-the-post voting.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
| Liberal Party | 2,756,061 | 36.79 | 114 | New | |||
| Democratic Nationalist Party | 593,499 | 7.92 | 15 | –9 | |||
| National Association | 192,109 | 2.56 | 3 | –11 | |||
| Korea Nationalist Party | 72,923 | 0.97 | 3 | –21 | |||
| Other parties | 286,097 | 3.82 | 0 | – | |||
| Independents | 3,591,617 | 47.94 | 68 | –58 | |||
| Total | 7,492,306 | 100.00 | 203 | –7 | |||
| Valid votes | 7,492,306 | 97.32 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 206,082 | 2.68 | |||||
| Total votes | 7,698,388 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,446,509 | 91.14 | |||||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||||
| Region | Total seats | Seats won | |||||
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| LP | DNP | NA | KNP | Other | Ind. | ||
| Seoul | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Gyeonggi | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Gangwon | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| North Chungcheong | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| South Chungcheong | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| North Jeolla | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| South Jeolla | 30 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| North Gyeongsang | 34 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| South Gyeongsang | 32 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Jeju | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 203 | 111 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 70 |
| Source: National Election Commission | |||||||
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