1963 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 26 November 1963.[1] They were the first held after the 1961 coup and subsequent approval of a new constitution the previous December, which inaugurated the Third Republic.

1963 South Korean legislative election

26 November 1963
All 175 seats to the National Assembly 88 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.1% (12.2 pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Park Chung-hee Yun Posun Park Soon-cheon Party Democratic Republican Civil Rights Democratic Leader since 31 August 1963 15 September 1963 18 July 1963 Leader's seat not contesting (President) PR List 1 Mapo Seats won 110 40 14 Popular vote 3,112,985 1,870,976 1,252,827 Percentage 33.5% 20.1% 13.5%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Kim Jun-yeon Kim Byeong-ro Party Liberal Democratic People's Leader since 3 September 1963 12 September 1963 Leader's seat Yeongam, Gangjin - Seats won 9 2 Popular vote 752,026 822,000 Percentage 8.1% 8.8%

The result was a victory for the Democratic Republican Party of coup leader Park Chung-hee, which won 110 of the 175 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 72.1%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic Republican Party	3,112,985	33.5	110	New
Civil Rights Party	1,870,976	20.1	41	New
Democratic Party	1,264,285	13.6	13	–162
People's Party	822,000	8.8	2	New
Liberal Democratic Party	752,026	8.1	9	New
Conservative Party	276,477	3.0	0	New
Liberal Party	271,820	2.9	0	–2
Righteous Citizens Party	259,960	2.8	0	New
New Development Party	189,077	2.0	0	New
Autumn Wind Association	193,938	2.0	0	New
New People's Association	175,124	1.8	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	323,353	–	–	–
Total	9,622,183	100	175	–58
Registered voters/turnout	13,344,149	72.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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