National Assembly of the Republic of Korea 대한민국 국회 大韓民國國會 Daehanminguk Gukhoe | |
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21st National Assembly | |
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Leadership | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker | |
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Seats | 300 |
Political groups | Government (114)
Opposition (183)
Vacant (3)
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Length of term | 4 years |
Salary | US$128,610 |
Elections | |
Additional-member system | |
Last election | 15 April 2020 |
Next election | 10 April 2024 |
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Main Conference Room National Assembly Building, Seoul 37°31′55.21″N126°54′50.66″E / 37.5320028°N 126.9140722°E | |
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The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, often shortened to the National Assembly, is the unicameral national legislature of South Korea. [2] Elections to the National Assembly are held every four years. The latest legislative elections was held on 15 April 2020. The National Assembly has 300 seats, with 253 constituency seats and 47 proportional representation seats; 30 of the PR seats are assigned an additional member system, while 17 PR seats use the parallel voting method.
The unicameral assembly consists of at least 200 members according to the South Korean constitution. In 1990 the assembly had 299 seats, 224 of which were directly elected from single-member districts in the general elections of April 1988. Under applicable laws, the remaining seventy-five representatives were elected from party lists. By law, candidates for election to the assembly must be at least thirty years of age. As part of a political compromise in 1987, an earlier requirement that candidates have at least five years' continuous residency in the country was dropped to allow Kim Dae-jung, who had spent several years in exile in Japan and the United States during the 1980s, to return to political life. The National Assembly's term is four years. In a change from the more authoritarian Fourth Republic and Fifth Republic (1972–81 and 1981–87, respectively), under the Sixth Republic, the assembly cannot be dissolved by the president.
Group | Floor leader | Seats | % of seats | ||||
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▌ Democratic | Hong Ihk-pyo | 155 | 52.3% | ||||
▌ People Power | Yoon Jae-ok | 113 | 38% | ||||
▌ Green-Justice | Sim Sang-jung | 6 | 2% | ||||
▌ New Reform | Yang Hyang-ja | 4 | 1.3% | ||||
▌ New Future | Kim Jong-min | 4 | 1.3% | ||||
▌ New Progressive Alliance | Yong Hye-in | 1 | 0.3% | ||||
▌ Progressive | Kang Sung-hee | 1 | 0.3% | ||||
Korea Innovation Party | Hwang Unha | 1 | 0.3% | ||||
Liberty Unification Party | Hwangbo Seung-hee | 1 | 0.3% | ||||
▌ Independents | 10 | 3.3% | |||||
▌Vacant | 3 | 1.0% | |||||
Total | 300 | 100.0% | |||||
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The constitution stipulates that the assembly is presided over by a Speaker and two Deputy Speakers, [3] who are responsible for expediting the legislative process. The Speaker and Deputy Speakers are elected in a secret ballot by the members of the Assembly, and their term in office is restricted to two years. [4] The Speaker is independent of party affiliation, and the Speaker and Deputy Speakers may not simultaneously be government ministers. [4]
Parties that hold at least 20 seats in the assembly form floor negotiation groups (Korean : 교섭단체, Hanja: 交涉團體, RR: gyoseop danche), which are entitled to a variety of rights that are denied to smaller parties. These include a greater amount of state funding and participation in the leaders' summits that determine the assembly's legislative agenda. [5]
In order to meet the quorum, the United Liberal Democrats, who then held 17 seats, arranged to "rent" three legislators from the Millennium Democratic Party. The legislators returned to the MDP after the collapse of the ULD-MDP coalition in September 2001. [6]
To introduce a bill, a legislator must present the initiative to the Speaker with the signatures of at least ten other assembly members. The bill must then be edited by a committee to ensure that the bill contains correct and systematic language. It can then be approved or rejected by the Assembly. [7]
There are 17 standing committees which examine bills and petitions falling under their respective jurisdictions, and perform other duties as prescribed by relevant laws. [8]
The National Assembly has 300 seats, with 253 constituency seats under FPTP and 47 proportional representation seats. With electoral reform taken in 2019, the PR seats apportionment method was replaced by a variation of additional member system from the previous parallel voting system. However, 17 seats were temporarily assigned under parallel voting in the 2020 South Korean legislative election. [9]
Per Article 189 of Public Official Election Act, [10] [11] the PR seats are awarded to parties that have either obtained at least 3% of the total valid votes in the legislative election or at least five constituency seats. The number of seats allocated to each eligible party is decided by the formula:
where
If the integer is less than 1, then ninitial is set to 0 and the party does not get any seats. Then the sum of initially allocated seats is compared to the total seats for the additional member system and recalculated.
Final seats are assigned through the largest remainder method, and if the remainder is equal, the winner is determined by lottery among the relevant political parties.
The voting age was also lowered from 19 to 18 years old, expanding the electorate by over half a million voters. [12]
From 2004 to 2009, the assembly gained notoriety as a frequent site for legislative violence. [13] The Assembly first came to the world's attention during a violent dispute on impeachment proceedings for then President Roh Moo-hyun, [14] [15] when open physical combat took place in the assembly. Since then, it has been interrupted by periodic conflagrations, piquing the world's curiosity once again in 2009 when members battled each other with sledgehammers and fire extinguishers. The National Assembly since then has taken preventive measures to prevent any more legislative violence. [16] [17] [18]
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Elections for the assembly were held under UN supervision [19] on 10 May 1948. The First Republic of Korea was established on 17 July 1948 [20] when the constitution of the First Republic was established by the Assembly. The Assembly also had the job of electing the president and elected anti-communist Syngman Rhee as president on 10 May 1948.
Under the first constitution, the National Assembly was unicameral. Under the second and third constitutions, the National Assembly was to be bicameral and consist of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, but in practice, the legislature was unicameral because the House of Representatives was prevented from passing the law necessary to establish the House of Councillors.
Conservative Liberal Progressive
majority plurality only largest minority
National Assembly | Majority Party | Majority Leader | Seats | Speaker | Seats | Minority Leaders | Minority Parties | ||
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1st (1948) | NARRKI→NA | 55 | 1948 Rhee Syng-man (supported by NARRKI) 1948–1950 Shin Ik-hee (supported by NARRKI until 1949) | 29 | KDP→DNP | ||||
116 | others | ||||||||
2nd (1950) | DNP | 24 | Shin Ik-hee (supported by DNP) | 24 | KNP | ||||
14 | NA | ||||||||
148 | others | ||||||||
3rd (1954) | LP | 114 | Yi Ki-bung (supported by LP) | 15 | DNP→DP (55) | ||||
3 | NA | ||||||||
3 | KNP | ||||||||
68 | others | ||||||||
4th (1958) | LP | 126 | Yi Ki-bung (supported by LP) | 79 | DP (55) | ||||
28 | others |
House of Representatives | Majority Party | Majority Leader | Seats | Speaker | Seats | Minority Leaders | Minority Parties | ||
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5th (1960) | DP (55) | 175 | Kwak Sang-hoon (supported by DP (55)) | 58 | Others |
House of Councillors | Majority Party | Majority Leader | Seats | President | Seats | Minority Leaders | Minority Parties | ||
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5th (1960) | DP (55) | 31 | Paek Nak-chun (supported by DP (55)) | 27 | Others |
Since the reopening of the National Assembly in 1963 until today, it has been unicameral.
National Assembly | Majority Party | Majority Leader | Seats | Speaker | Seats | Minority Leaders | Minority Parties | ||
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6th (1963) | DRP | 110 | Lee Hyu-sang (supported by DRP) | 41 | CRP→DRP→NDP | ||||
13 | DP (55)→DRP→NDP | ||||||||
7th (1967) | DRP | 129 | Lee Hyu-sang (supported by DRP) | 45 | NDP | ||||
8th (1971) | DRP | 113 | Baek Du-jin (supported by DRP) | 89 | NDP |
National Assembly | Majority Party | Majority Leader | Seats | Speaker | Seats | Minority Leaders | Minority Parties | ||
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9th (1973) | DRP+Presidential appointees | 146 | Chung Il-kwon (supported by DRP) | 52 | NDP | ||||
10th (1978) | DRP+Presidential appointees ↓ KNP | 145 | 1978–1979 Chung Il-kwon (supported by DRP) 1979 Baek Du-jin (supported by DRP) | 61 | NDP |
National Assembly | Majority Party | Majority Leader | Seats | Speaker | Seats | Minority Leaders | Minority Parties | ||
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11th (1981) | DJP | 151 | 1981–1983 Chung Rae-hyung (supported by DJP) 1983–1985 Chae Mun-shik (supported by DJP) | 81 | DKP | ||||
25 | KNP | ||||||||
12th (1985) | DJP | 148 | Lee Jae-hyung (supported by DJP) | 67 | NKDP | ||||
35 | DKP | ||||||||
20 | KNP |
majority plurality largest minority
Term (Election) | Composition (at commencement) | Speaker | Majority floor leader | Minority floor leader (largest parliamentary group) | Conservative current: PPP | Liberal current: DP | Progressive current: JP | Miscellaneous right | Miscellaneous left | Independent |
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13th (1988) | 70:104:125 | Kim Jae-sun (1988–90) Park Jyun-kyu (1990–92) | Yoon Gil-joong (1988) Park Jyun-kyu (1988–90) Park Tae-joon (1990) Kim Young-sam (1990–92) (DJP→DLP) | Kim Dae-jung (PDP→DP91) | 125 | 70 | - | 36 | 59 | 9 |
14th (1992) | 97:52:149 | Park Jyun-kyu (1992–93) Hwang Nak-joo (1993) Lee Man-sup (1993–94) Park Jyun-kyu (1994–96) | Kim Young-sam (1992) Kim Jong-pil (1992–95) Lee Chun-gu (1995) Kim Yoon-hwan (1995–96) (DLP→NKP) | Kim Dae-jung (1992–93) Lee Ki-taek (1993–95) Kim Dae-jung (1995–96) (DP91→NCNP) | 149 | 97 | - | - | 31 | 21 |
15th (1996) | 79:81:139 | Kim Soo-han (1996–98) Park Jyun-kyu (1998–00) | Lee Hong-koo (1996–97) Lee Hoi-chang (1997) Lee Man-sup (1997) Lee Hoi-chang (1997) Lee Han-dong (1997) Mok Yo-sang (1997) Lee Sang-deuk (1997–98) Ha Sun-bong (1998) Park Hee-tae (1998–99) Lee Bu-young (1999–00) (NKP→GNP) | Cho Se-hyeong (1996–99) Kim Young-bae (1999) Lee Man-sup (1999–00) Seo Young-hoon (2000) (NCNP→MDP) | 139 | 79 | - | 65 | - | 16 |
16th (2000) | 115:25:133 | Lee Man-sup (2000–02) Park Kwan-yong (2002–04) | Jeon Chang-hwa (2000–01) Lee Jae-oh (2001–02) Lee Kyu-taek (2002–03) Hong Sa-duk (2003–04) (GNP) | Seo Young-hoon (2000) Kim Jung-kwon (2000–01) Han Kwang-ok (2001–02) Han Hwa-gap (2002–03) Chyung Dai-chul (2003) Park Sang-cheon (2003) Cho Soon-hyung (2003–04) (MDP) | 133 | 115 | - | 20 | - | 5 |
17th (2004) | 10:152:16:121 | Kim Won-ki (2004–06) Lim Chae-jung (2006–08) | Chun Jung-bae (2004–05) Chung Sye-kyun (2005–06) Kim Han-gil (2006–07) Chang Young-dal (2007–08) Kim Hyo-seuk (2008) (UP→UDP) | Kim Deog-ryong (2004–05) Kang Jae-sup (2005–06) Lee Jae-oh (2006) Kim Hyong-o (2006–07) Ahn Sang-soo (2007–08) (GNP) | 121 | 152 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
18th (2008) | 5:81:60:153 | Kim Hyong-o (2008–10) Park Hee-tae (2010–12) Chung Eui-hwa (2012) | Hong Jun-pyo (2008–09) Ahn Sang-soo (2009–10) Kim Moo-sung (2010–11) Hwang Woo-yea (2011–12) (GNP→SP/NFP) | Won Hye-young (2008–09) Lee Kang-lae (2009–10) Park Jie-won (2010–11) Kim Jin-pyo (2011–12) (UDP→DP08→DUP) | 153 | 81 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 25 |
19th (2012) | 13:127:8:152 | Kang Chang-hee (2012–14) Chung Ui-hwa (2014–16) | Lee Hahn-koo (2012–13) Choi Kyoung-hwan (2013–14) Lee Wan-koo (2014–15) Yoo Seung-min (2015) Won Yoo-chul (2015–16) (SP/NFP) | Park Jie-won (2012) Park Ki-choon (2012–13) Jun Byung-hun (2013–14) Park Young-sun (2014) Kim Yung-rok (2014) Woo Yoon-keun (2014–15) Lee Jong-kul (2015–16) (DUP→DP11→NPAD→DP14) | 152 | 127 | 13 | 5 | - | 3 |
20th (2016) | 6:123:49:122 | Chung Sye-kyun (2016–18) Moon Hee-sang (2018–20) | Woo Sang-ho (2016–17) Woo Won-shik (2017–18) Hong Young-pyo (2018–19) Lee In-young (2019–20) (DP14) | Chung Jin-suk (2016) Chung Woo-taek (2016–17) Kim Sung-tae (2017–18) Na Kyung-won (2018–19) Shim Jae-chul (2019–20) (SP/NFP→LKP→UFP) | 122 | 123 | 6 | - | 38 | 11 |
21st (2020) | 6:180:11:103 | Park Byeong-seug (2020–2022) Kim Jin-pyo (2022–present) | Yun Ho-jung (2020–2022) Park Hong-keun (2022–present) (DP14) | Joo Ho-young (2020–2021) Kim Gi-hyeon (2021–2022) Kweon Seong-dong (2022–present) (UFP→PPP) | 103 | 180 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
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