1978 South Korean legislative election

1978 South Korean legislative election

← 1973 12 December 1978 1981 ��
154 seats to the National Assembly with 77 Presidential appointees 78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	77.1% (4.2 pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Park Chung-hee Yi Cheol-seung Party Democratic Republican New Democratic Leader since 31 August 1963 21 September 1976 27 January 1973 Leader's seat Did not contest[1] Jeonju·Wanju Seongdong Last election 73 seats 52 seats 2 seats Seats won 68 61 3 Seat change 5 9 1 Popular vote 4,695,955 4,861,204 1,095,507 Percentage 31.7% 32.8% 7.4% Swing 7.0pp 0.3pp 2.8pp
Speaker before election Chung Il-kwon Democratic Republican Elected Speaker Baek Du-jin

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 December 1978.^[2]

The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Republican Party, which won 68 of the 154 elected seats in the National Assembly, despite winning fewer popular votes than the opposition New Democratic Party.

With one-third of seats appointed by President Park Chung-hee, the ruling party had a supermajority. Voter turnout was 77.1%.

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