2012 South Korean legislative election

2012 South Korean legislative election

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All 300 seats in the National Assembly 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	54.24% ( 8.16pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– Saenuri Park Geun-hye 42.80 152 −15 Democratic United Han Myeong-sook 36.46 127 +46 Unified Progressive Lee Jung-hee Rhyu Si-min Sim Sang-jung 10.31 13 +8 Liberty Forward Lee Hoi-chang 3.24 5 −13 Independents – – 3 −22 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by district Speaker before Speaker after Chung Ui-hwa (acting) Saenuri Kang Chang-hee Saenuri

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 11 April 2012. The election was won by the ruling Saenuri or New Frontier Party, which renewed its majority in the National Assembly,^[1] despite losing seats. The election was read as a bellwether for the presidential election to be held later in the year.^[2] The result confounded exit polls and media analysis, which had predicted a closer outcome.^[3]