1981 South Korean legislative election

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1981 South Korean legislative election
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All 276 seats to the National Assembly
139 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.7% (Increase0.6 pp)
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Leader Chun Doo-hwan
Party Democratic Justice Democratic Korea Korean National
Leader since January 1981 January 1981 23 January 1981
Leader's seat not contesting
(President) 		Pyeongtaek, Anseong not contesting
Seats won 151 81 25
Popular vote 5,776,624 3,495,829 2,147,293
Percentage 35.6% 21.6% 13.3%
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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 25 March 1981.[1]

The new electoral system abolished appointed seats (1/3 of the National Assembly), which was replaced by proportional representation. The result was a victory for the Democratic Justice Party, which won 151 of the 276 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 77.7%.

The election was held under the influence of Coup d'état of 1979 and 1980. Major opposition political figures like Kim Young-sam was barred from running. Kim Dae-jung was arrested on May 17, 1980, and was a prisoner under death row, having been convicted of a fabricated charge of "inciting rebellion". Even the conservative Democratic Republican Party of Park Chung-hee was forcibly dissolved, and major figures like Kim Jong-pil was barred from running.

The election, while ostensibly a multi-party election, is widely considered to have been a fraudulent one, with supposed "opposition" politicians being heavily vetted by the Agency for National Security Planning and the South Korean .

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats
FPTPPRTotal+/–
Democratic Justice Party5,776,62435.649061151+83
Democratic Korea Party3,495,82921.57572481New
Korean National Party2,147,29313.2518725New
1,088,8476.72202New
676,9214.18202New
524,3613.24202New
227,7151.41101New
144,0000.89101New
Socialist Party122,7780.76000New
Korea Christian Democratic Party103,8930.64000New
Unification National Group Party87,9770.54000New
Won-il Democratic Founding Party76,8630.47000New
Independents1,734,22410.7011011–11
Total16,207,325100.0018492276+45
Valid votes16,207,32598.84
Invalid/blank votes190,5201.16
Total votes16,397,845100.00
Registered voters/turnout21,094,46877.74
Source: Nohlen et al.

By city/province[]

Region Total
seats 		Seats won
Democratic Justice Democratic Korea Korean National Civil Rights New Politics Democratic Socialist Democratic Farmer's Peaceful People Ind.
Seoul 28 14 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Busan 12 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gyeonggi 24 12 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Gangwon 12 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Chungcheong 8 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
South Chungcheong 16 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
North Jeolla 14 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Jeolla 22 10 9 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
North Gyeongsang 26 13 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3
South Gyeongsang 20 10 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 3
Jeju 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Constituency total 184 90 57 18 2 2 2 1 1 11
PR list 92 61 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 276 151 81 25 2 2 2 1 1 11

References[]

  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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