1954 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 20 May 1954.[1] The result was a victory for Syngman Rhee's Liberal Party, which won 114 of the 203 seats. Voter turnout was 91.1%.

1954 South Korean legislative election
20 May 1954
All 203 seats to the House of Commons
102 seats needed for a majority
Turnout91.1% (0.5 pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Syngman Rhee Sin Ik-hui
Party Liberal Democratic Nationalist
Leader since 17 December 1951 10 February 1949
Leader's seat not contesting
(President)		 Gwangju
Last election – 24 seats
Seats won 114 15
Seat change New 9
Popular vote 2,756,081 593,499
Percentage 36.8% 7.9%
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Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Liberal Party2,756,06136.8114New
Democratic Nationalist Party593,4997.915–9
National Association192,1092.63–11
Korea Nationalist Party72,9231.03–21
Other parties286,0973.80–
Independents3,591,61747.968–58
Invalid/blank votes206,082–––
Total7,698,390100203–7
Registered voters/turnout8,446,50991.1––
Source: Nohlen et al.
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See also
  • Third National Assembly

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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