1985 South Korean legislative election

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1985 South Korean legislative election
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All 276 seats to the National Assembly
139 seats needed for a majority
Turnout84.6% (Increase6.9 pp)
  Majority party Minority party
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Leader Chun Doo-hwan
Party Democratic Justice NKDP
Leader since January 1981 18 January 1985
Leader's seat not contesting
(President) 		Jongno & Central
Last election 151 seats –
Seats won 148 67
Seat change Decrease 3 New
Popular vote 7,040,477 5,843,827
Percentage 35.2% 29.3%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader
Party Democratic Korea Korean National
Leader since January 1981 1981
Leader's seat Pyeongtaek, Anseong PR List 1
Last election 81 25
Seats won 35 20
Seat change Decrease 46 Decrease 5
Popular vote 3,931,300 1,828,744
Percentage 19.7% 9.2%
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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 February 1985.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Justice Party, which won 148 of the 276 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 84.6%.

Parties[]

The ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP) of President Chun Doo-hwan managed to remain the largest party in the National Assembly but faced a tougher challenge from the united opposition.

The New Korea and Democratic Party (NKDP) was formed by former members of the New Democratic Party, notably opposition leaders Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam despite they were still barred from running elections. The party made strong gains across the country, largely thanks to its focus on greater democratic rights.

The Korean National Party had been formed by former members of the Democratic Republican Party in the run-up to the 1981 elections. After making some key gains, the party lost ground in these elections, largely thanks to the gains of the NKDP.

The opposition Democratic Korea Party had been the premier opposition party following the 1981 elections, but it suffered major defections to the NKDP.

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats
FPTPPRTotal+/–
Democratic Justice Party7,040,81135.258761148–3
New Korea and Democratic Party5,843,82729.26501767New
Democratic Korea Party3,930,96619.6826935–46
Korean National Party1,828,7449.1615520–5
288,8631.45101New
Workers and Farmers Party185,8590.93000New
New Democratic Party112,6540.56101New
75,6340.38000–2
National Group Party17,2570.09000New
Independents650,0283.25404–7
Total19,974,643100.00184922760
Valid votes19,974,64398.46
Invalid/blank votes312,0291.54
Total votes20,286,672100.00
Registered voters/turnout23,987,83084.57
Source: Nohlen et al.

By city/province[]

Region Total
seats 		Seats won
Democratic Justice NKDP Democratic Korea Korean National New Socialist New Democratic Ind.
Seoul 28 13 14 1 0 0 0 0
Busan 12 3 6 2 1 0 0 0
Daegu 6 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
Incheon 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Gyeonggi 20 10 4 3 3 0 0 0
Gangwon 12 6 0 1 4 0 0 1
North Chungcheong 8 4 2 1 1 0 0 0
South Chungcheong 16 8 4 4 0 0 0 0
North Jeolla 14 7 2 1 3 0 1 0
South Jeolla 22 11 5 5 0 1 0 0
North Gyeongsang 20 10 4 3 1 0 0 2
South Gyeongsang 20 10 5 4 1 0 0 0
Jeju 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Constituency total 184 87 50 26 15 1 1 4
PR list 92 61 17 9 5 0 0 0
Total 276 148 67 35 20 1 1 4

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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