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1996 South Korean legislative election

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Field	Value
country	South Korea
flag_year	1984
type	legislative
previous_election	1992 South Korean legislative election
previous_year	1992
next_election	2000 South Korean legislative election
next_year	2000
turnout	63.91% ( 7.95pp)
seats_for_election	All 299 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	150
election_date	11 April 1996
image1	Kim Young-sam presidential portrait.jpg
leader1	Kim Young-sam
party1	New Korea Party
last_election1	149 seats
seats1	139
seat_change1	10
popular_vote1	6,783,730
percentage1	34.52%
swing1	3.97pp
image2	385kimdaejung19980105.jpg
leader2	Kim Dae-jung
party2	National Congress for New Politics
last_election2	Did not exist
seats2	79
seat_change2	New
popular_vote2	4,971,961
percentage2	25.30%
swing2	New
image4	File:Kim Jong-pil.png
leader4	Kim Jong-pil
party4	United Liberal Democrats
last_election4	32 seats
seats4	50
seat_change4	18
popular_vote4	3,178,474
percentage4	16.17%
swing4	2.99pp
leader5	Park Il
Chang Eul-byung
party5	United Democratic
last_election5	97 seats
seats5	15
seat_change5	82
popular_vote5	2,207,695
percentage5	11.23%
swing5	17.94pp
map_image	1996_South_Korea_Legislative_Election_Result_map.svg
title	Speaker
before_election	Hwang Nak-joo
before_party	New Korea Party
after_election	Kim Soo-han
after_party	New Korea Party

Chang Eul-byung

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 April 1996. The result was a victory for the New Korea Party, which won 139 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 63.9%. Although the New Korea Party remained the largest party in the National Assembly, it failed to win the majority.

Electoral system

Of the 299 seats, 253 were elected in single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting, while the remainder were allocated via proportional representation at the national level. Proportional seats were only available to parties which won three percent of the national valid vote among seat-allocated parties and/or won five or more constituency seats.

Political parties

Parties	Ideology	Seats	Status	Last election
Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)}}"	New Korea Party	Kim Young-sam	Conservatism
National Congress for New Politics}}"	National Congress for New Politics	Cho Soon-hyung	Liberalism	Did not exist
Democratic Party (South Korea, 1995)}}"	United Democratic Party	Park Il
Chang Eul-byung
United Liberal Democrats}}"	United Liberal Democrats	Kim Jong-pil	Conservatism		Opposition}}

The governing New Korea Party (formerly the Democratic Liberal Party) of President Kim Young-sam, lost its absolute congressional majority. The election was held three years into President Kim's five year mandate.

The opposition National Congress for New Politics was formed by veteran opposition leader Kim Dae-jung and his supporters in the Democratic Party. Kim had retired from politics following his loss in the 1992 Presidential election but formed the new party after his return in 1995.

The right-wing United Liberal Democrats was led by former Prime Minister of South Korea Kim Jong-pil, a former ally of President Kim. He had been a member of the former ruling Democratic Liberal Party but broke with it after Kim's victory in 1992. It joined with Kim Dae Jung's opposition and formed coalition.

The United Democratic Party had once been the premier opposition party. It supported Kim Dae-jung's unsuccessful Presidential campaign in 1992 and was the largest opposition party in the outgoing National Assembly. However, following the defection of Kim and his supporters, the party was reduced to a minor force. It later merged to Kim Young-sam's party.

Results

By city or province

Region	Total
seats	Seats won	NKP	NCNP	ULD	UDP	Ind.	Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)}}"	National Congress for New Politics}}"	United Liberal Democrats}}"	Democratic Party (South Korea, 1995)}}"	Independents}}"	Seoul	47	Busan	21	Daegu	13	Incheon	11	Gwangju	6	Daejeon	7	Gyeonggi	38	Gangwon	13	North Chungcheong	8	South Chungcheong	13	North Jeolla	14	South Jeolla	17	North Gyeongsang	19	South Gyeongsang	23	Jeju	3	Constituency total	253	121	66	41	9	16	PR list	46	18	13	9	6	0	Total	299	139	79	50	15	16
27	18	0	1	1
21	0	0	0	0
2	0	8	0	3
9	2	0	0	0
0	6	0	0	0
0	0	7	0	0
18	10	5	3	2
9	0	2	2	0
2	0	5	0	1
1	0	12	0	0
1	13	0	0	0
0	17	0	0	0
11	0	2	1	5
17	0	0	2	4
3	0	0	0	0

Notes

References

[[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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