2028 South Korean legislative election

2028 South Korean legislative election

←  2024 No later than 12 April 2028

All 300 seats in the National Assembly 151 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Current seats Democratic Jung Chung-rae 167 People Power Jang Dong-hyeok 107 Rebuilding Korea Kim Sunmin (interim) 12 Reform Lee Jun-seok 3 Progressive Kim Jae-yeon 3 Basic Income Yong Hye-in 1 Social Democratic Han Chang-min 1 Independents – 3 [a]

Legislative elections are to be held in South Korea no later than 12 April 2028. All 300 members of the National Assembly will be elected, 254 from first-past-the-post constituencies and 46 from proportional party lists.

Electoral system

See also: Elections in South Korea and Legislative elections in South Korea

The National Assembly's 300 seats are elected by the following methods: ^{[1] [2]}

• 254 constituency seats are elected via first-past-the-post voting
• 46 seats are elected by proportional representation via the additional member system and largest remainder method.

The minimum voting age is set at 18.

Political parties

See also: List of political parties in South Korea

Parties		Leader	Ideology	Seats		Status
				Last election	Before election
	Democratic Party	Jung Chung-rae	Liberalism	161 / 300	167 / 300	Government
				10 / 300 [b]
	People Power Party	Jang Dong-hyeok	Conservatism	90 / 300	107 / 300	Opposition
				18 / 300 [c]
	Rebuilding Korea Party	Kim Sunmin (interim)	Liberalism	12 / 300	12 / 300	Opposition
	Reform Party	Lee Jun-seok	Conservatism	3 / 300	3 / 300	Opposition
	Progressive Party	Kim Jae-yeon	Progressivism	3 / 300	3 / 300	Opposition
	New Future Democratic Party	Jun Byung-hun  [ ko ]	Centrist reformism	1 / 300	0 / 300	Opposition
	Basic Income Party	Oh Jun-ho  [ ko ]	Universal basic income	2 / 300 [d]	1 / 300	Opposition
	Social Democratic Party	Han Chang-min  [ ko ]	Social democracy		1 / 300	Opposition

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2028 South Korean legislative election

LOESS curve for the 2028 South Korean legislative election with a 14-day average

Notes

1. including Speaker of the National Assembly, Woo Won-shik
2. As the Democratic Alliance of Korea satellite party and two affiliated independents.
3. As the People Future Party satellite party.
4. As the New Progressive Alliance coalition

References

1. "A Guide to South Korea's 2024 National Assembly Election". Korea Economic Institute of America. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
2. Seung-yeon, Kim (27 March 2024). "April elections campaign to kick off as parties race for crucial votes". Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.