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South Korean legislative election, 2008
All 299 seats to the National Assembly of South Korea
April 9, 2008
		Majority party	Minority party	Third party
Leader		Kang Jae-seop	Son Hak-Gyu	Lee Hoi-chang
Party		GNP	UDP	LFP
Leader's seat		Seo-gu	Jongno-gu (lost seat)	Hongseong
Last election		412 seats, 40.7%	-	-
Seats won		153	81	18
Seat change		+32	-80	+18
Popular vote		6,421,654	4,313,111	1,173,463
Percentage		37.4%	25.1%	6.8%
Swing		+1.6%	–20.3%	-
		Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party
Leader		Seo Cheong-won / Lee Kyu-taek	Chun Young-se	Moon Kook-hyun
Party		Pro-Park	DLP	CKP
Leader's seat		(List) / Icheon • Yeoju - / (lost seat)	(didn't run)	Eunpyeong-gu B
Last election		-	10 seats, 13.0%	-
Seats won		14	5	3
Seat change		+14	-5	+3
Popular vote		2,258,750	973,445	651,993
Percentage		13.2%	5.7%	3.8%
Swing		-	-7.3%	-
legislative districts majority won by ■ - GNP ■ - UDP ■ - LFP ■ - Pro-Park ■ - DLP ■ - CKP ■ - Independent factions
Incumbent Prime Minister Han Seung-soo GNP Prime Minister-designate Han Seung-soo GNP

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on April 9, 2008.^[1] The conservative Grand National Party won 153 of 299 seats while the main opposition United Democratic Party won 81 seats.^[2] This election marked the lowest-ever voter turnout of 46.0%.^[3]

Contents 1 Parties and Coalitions 2 Results 2.1 Result by region 3 References

[edit] Parties and Coalitions

As of April 9, 2008, there are six political parties represented in the 18th National Assembly of South Korea, in addition to independents:

• Grand National Party (한나라당, Hannara-dang), led by Kang Jae-seop. The current major conservative party within the National Assembly. (153 seats won)

• United Democratic Party (통합민주당, Tongham Minju-dang), led by Son Hak-gyu. The current major liberal party within the National Assembly. (81 seats won)
  • United Democratic Party is now known as Democratic Party (민주당 Minju-dang).

• Liberty Forward Party (자유선진당, Jayu Seonjin-dang), led by Lee Hoi-chang. The Chungcheong Region-strongholder and current second conservative party within the National Assembly against the GNP. (18 seats won)

• Pro-Park Geun-hye Coalition (친박연대, Chin-bak Yeon-dae), led by Seo Cheong-won, although, their inspirational leader is Park Geun-hye, former leader of GNP. A conservative coalition with Park Geun-hye within the National Assembly that broke apart from the GNP, due to their recent dispute on the GNP's candidate nomination which happened just before the election. (14 seats won)

• Democratic Labour Party (민주노동당, Minju Nodong-dang), led by Chun Young-se. A minor but the most progressive party within the 18th National Assembly, against both the Grand Nationals and Democrats. (5 seats won)

• Renewal of Korea Party (창조한국당, Changjo Hanguk-dang), led by Moon Kook-hyun. A minor but pro-environmental liberal party within the National Assembly, against the Grand Nationals. (3 seats won)

• (no seats) The New Progressive Party (진보신당) Jinbo Shin-dang), led by Sim Sang-jeong and Roh Hoe-chan, won 2.94% votes but not enough to gain any seats. The New Progressive Party split from the Democratic Labour Party as a reaction to nationalism after the 2007 presidential elections.

[edit] Results

South Korea

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The national summary of votes and seats by party follow:

[edit] Result by region

Region	GNP	UDP	LFP	PGH-C	DLP	ROKP	Independent	Total
Seoul	40	7	-	-	-	1	-	48
Busan	11	1	-	1	-	-	5	18
Incheon	9	2	-	-	-	-	1	12
Daegu	8	-	-	3	-	-	1	12
Gwangju	-	7	-	-	-	-	1	8
Daejeon	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	6
Ulsan	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	6
Gangwon-do	3	2	-	-	-	-	3	8
Gyeonggi-do	32	17	-	1	-	-	1	51
South Gyeongsang	13	1	-	-	2	-	1	17
North Gyeongsang	9	-	-	1	-	-	5	15
South Jeolla	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	12
North Jeolla	-	9	-	-	-	-	2	11
South Chungcheong	-	1	8	-	-	-	1	10
North Chungcheong	1	6	1	-	-	-	-	8
Jeju	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
Proportional representation	22	15	4	8	3	2	-	54
Total	153	81	18	14	5	3	25	299

[edit] References

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