1954 South Korean legislative election

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1954 South Korean legislative election
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg
  1950 20 May 1954 1958  

All 203 seats to the House of Representatives
102 seats needed for a majority
Turnout91.14% (Decrease2.svg 0.77pp)
 Majority partyMinority party
  Rhee Syng-Man in 1948.jpg Haegong Shin Ik-hee in 1952.jpg
Leader Syngman Rhee Sin Ik-hui
Party Liberal Democratic Nationalist
Leader since17 December 195110 February 1949
Last election 24 seats
Seats won11415
Seat changeNewDecrease2.svg 9
Popular vote2,756,081593,499
Percentage36.79%7.92%
SwingNewDecrease2.svg1.87pp

Republic of Korea legislative election 1954 districts result.png
Results by constituency

Speaker before election

Shin Ik-hee
National Association

Elected Speaker

Lee Ki-poong
Liberal

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%.

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Electoral system

The elections were held under first-past-the-post voting.

Results

15
3
3
114
68
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party 2,756,06136.79114New
Democratic Nationalist Party 593,4997.9215–9
National Association 192,1092.563–11
Korea Nationalist Party 72,9230.973–21
Other parties286,0973.820
Independents3,591,61747.9468–58
Total7,492,306100.00203–7
Valid votes7,492,30697.32
Invalid/blank votes206,0822.68
Total votes7,698,388100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,446,50991.14
Source: Nohlen et al.

Results by city/province

RegionTotal
seats
Seats won
LP DNP NA KNP OtherInd.
Seoul 16530206
Gyeonggi 231510007
Gangwon 12801003
North Chungcheong 12810012
South Chungcheong 191700002
North Jeolla 2210200010
South Jeolla 3015300012
North Gyeongsang 3415310015
South Gyeongsang 3217310011
Jeju 3100002
Total2031111632170
Source: National Election Commission

See also

References

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