National Assembly (South Korea) - Current Composition

Current Composition

See also: South Korean legislative election, 2012 and List of members of the 19th National Assembly of South Korea
Parties in the 19th Assembly of South Korea
Group Floor leader Seats %
  Saenuri Party Lee Hahn-koo 149 49.7
  Democratic United Party Park Ji-won 128 42.3
  Unified Progressive Party Oh Byeong-yun 6 2
  Advancement Unification Party Seong Wan-jong 4 1.3
Independents 13 4.3
Total 300 100.0

Note:

  1. Negotiation groups can be formed by 20 or more members. There are currently 2 negotiation groups in the Assembly, formed by Saenuri Party and Democratic United Party.
  2. Kang Chang-hee was elected as Speaker on July 2. After his election, Kang gave up his Saenuri Party membership under the National Assembly Act, and the ruling party now occupies 148 out of the 300 seats in the legislature. Of the 283 lawmakers who participated in the election, in which Kang was the sole candidate, 195 voted for him.
  3. Change in seat number since last election noted in brackets.
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