2004 South Korean legislative election

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2004 Korean legislative election

← 2000 15 April 2004 2008 →
All 299 seats in the National Assembly 150 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	60.6% (3.4 pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Chung Dong-young Park Geun-hye Kwon Young-ghil Party Uri Grand National Democratic Labor Leader since 11 January 2004 23 March 2004 1 January 2000 Leader's seat Jeonju Dalseong Changwon 2nd Last election – 34.5%, 133 seats 1.2%, 0 seats Seats won 152 121 10 Seat change New 12 10 Popular vote 8,145,824 7,613,660 2,774,061 Percentage 38.3% 35.8% 13%
■ Uri Party ■ GNP ■ DLP ■ ULD ■ MDP ■ National 21 ■ Others

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Legislative elections were held in the Republic of Korea on April 15, 2004. In the 17th election for the National Assembly, voters elected 299 members of the legislature. The newly formed Uri Party and other parties supporting President Roh Moo-hyun, who was impeached by the outgoing National Assembly, won a majority of seats. This was the first time a centre-left liberal party won a majority in the National Assembly.

Parties[]

The newly formed liberal Uri Party (Uri-dang or Our Party) gained support through its opposition to the impeachment of President Roh. It won 32 out of 49 seats in Seoul, 44 out of 62 in Incheon and Gyeonggi, confirming that a majority of voters supported the President Roh.

The conservative Grand National Party, which supported the impeachment of President Roh, suffered a loss of support, but won a majority in North Gyeongsang and South Gyeongsang regions and retained the 100 seats necessary to block constitutional changes.

The progressive Democratic Labor Party got 13.03% of vote share, but won only 10 out of 299 seats because of FPTP system. But this was considered a great triumph considering that South Koreans are traditionally anti-communist and against left-wing policies.

The Millennium Democratic Party, formerly the major liberal party, was the second-largest party prior to the election but sustained the biggest loss in the backlash following its leading role in the impeachment of Roh, as much of its support shifted to the Uri Party.

The United Liberal Democrats, a conservative regional party based on North Chungcheong and South Chungcheong regions, has lost support since its leader, Kim Jong-pil, did not contest the last presidential election.

Results[]

By region[]