1988 South Korean legislative election

1988 South Korean legislative election

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All 299 seats to the National Assembly 150 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.77% (8.80pp)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Roh Tae-woo Park Yeong-suk Party Democratic Justice Peace Democratic Last election 148 seats  – Seats won 125 70 Seat change 23 New Popular vote 6,670,494 3,783,279 Percentage 33.96% 19.26% Swing 1.29pp New   Third party Fourth party   Leader Kim Myeong-yun Kim Jong-pil Party Reunification Democratic New Democratic Republican Last election  –  – Seats won 59 35 Seat change New New Popular vote 4,680,175 3,062,506 Percentage 23.83% 15.59% Swing New New
Speaker before election Lee Jae-hyeong Democratic Justice Elected Speaker Kim Jae-soon Democratic Justice

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 26 April 1988.^[1] The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP), which won 125 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 75.8%. This was the first time the ruling party did not win a majority in the National Assembly since the first legislative elections in 1950. In January 1990, the DJP merged with other two opposition parties, leaving the Kim Dae-jung-led Peace Democratic Party to be the sole opposition party.