1958_South_Korean_legislative_election

1958 South Korean legislative election
	All 233 seats in the House of Representatives; 117 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	87.80% ( 3.34pp)
	Results by constituency

1958 South Korean legislative election

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on Friday 2 May 1958.^[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 126 of the 233 seats. Voter turnout was 87.8%.

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[3] The results are inconsistent, with a difference of 3,465 between the party vote totals and the reported number of valid votes.^[2]

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

[2] [2]
Nohlen et al., pp428–429

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1 79 126 27
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party	3,607,092	42.07	126	+12
	Democratic Party	2,914,049	33.99	79	+64
	Unification Party	53,716	0.63	1	New
	National Association	50,568	0.59	0	–3
	Other parties	90,160	1.05	0	–
	Independents	1,857,707	21.67	27	–41
Total		8,573,292	100.00	233	+30

Valid votes		8,576,757	96.11
Invalid/blank votes		347,148	3.89
Total votes		8,923,905	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,164,428	87.80
Source: Nohlen et al.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Region	Total seats	Seats won
		LP	DP	UP	Ind.

Seoul	16	1	14	0	1
Gyeonggi	25	14	8	0	3
Gangwon	20	15	2	0	3
North Chungcheong	13	8	4	0	1
South Chungcheong	22	15	6	0	1
North Jeolla	24	10	11	0	3
South Jeolla	32	18	10	1	3
North Gyeongsang	38	24	8	0	6
South Gyeongsang	40	20	15	0	5
Jeju	3	1	1	0	1
Total	233	126	79	1	27

1958_South_Korean_legislative_election

1958 South Korean legislative election

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