1963 South Korean legislative election

1963 South Korean legislative election
All 175 seats to the National Assembly; 88 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.1% (12.2 pp)

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 26 November 1963.^[1] They were the first held after the 1961 coup and subsequent approval of a new constitution the previous December, which inaugurated the Third Republic.

The result was a victory for the Democratic Republican Party of coup leader Park Chung-hee, which won 110 of the 175 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 72.1%.

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	FPTP	PR	Total	+/–
	Democratic Republican Party	3,112,985	33.48	88	22	110	New
	Civil Rule Party	1,870,976	20.12	27	14	41	New
	Democratic Party	1,264,285	13.60	8	5	13	–162
	People's Party	822,000	8.84	2	0	2	New
		752,026	8.09	6	3	9	New
	Conservative Party	278,477	2.99	0	0	0	New
	Liberal Party	271,820	2.92	0	0	0	–2
	Righteous Citizens Party	259,960	2.80	0	0	0	New
	New Development Party	189,077	2.03	0	0	0	New
	Autumn Wind Association	183,938	1.98	0	0	0	New
	New People's Association	165,124	1.78	0	0	0	New
	Korea Independence Party	128,162	1.38	0	0	0	0
Total		9,298,830	100.00	131	44	175	–58

Valid votes		9,298,830	96.64
Invalid/blank votes		323,353	3.36
Total votes		9,622,183	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,344,149	72.11
Source: Nohlen et al.

By city/province[]

Region	Total seats	Seats won
		Democratic Republican	Civil Rule	Democratic	Liberal Democratic	People's

Seoul	14	2	7	4	1	0
Busan	7	6	1	0	0	0
Gyeonggi	13	7	5	1	0	0
Gangwon	9	7	0	1	1	0
North Chungcheong	8	6	1	0	1	0
South Chungcheong	13	8	3	0	0	2
North Jeolla	11	7	4	0	0	0
South Jeolla	19	12	3	1	3	0
North Gyeongsang	20	19	1	0	0	0
South Gyeongsang	15	12	2	1	0	0
Jeju	2	2	0	0	0	0
Constituency total	131	88	27	8	6	2
PR list	44	22	14	5	3	0
Total	175	110	41	13	9	2

References[]

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

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

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