Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see Political parties in South Korea. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in South Korea.South Korea elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly (Gukhoe) has 300 members, elected for a four-year term, 244 members in single-seat constituencies and 56 members by proportional representation.
The main political parties in South Korea are the Democratic United Party, the Saenuri Party, the Unified Progressive Party (UPP), and the Liberty Forward Party (LFP). The conservative Saenuri Party and the more liberal Democrats are the dominant forces of South Korean politics. The socialist UPP is aligned with labour unions and farmers' groups.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Myung-bak | Grand National Party | 11,492,389 | 48.7 | |
| Chung Dong-young | United New Democratic Party | 6,174,681 | 26.1 | |
| Lee Hoi-chang | Independent | 3,559,963 | 15.1 | |
| Moon Kook-hyun | Creative Korea Party | 1,375,498 | 5.8 | |
| Kwon Young-ghil | Democratic Labor Party | 712,121 | 3.0 | |
| Lee In-je | Centrist Reformists Democratic Party | 160,708 | 0.7 | |
| Huh Kyung-young | Economic Republican Party | 96,756 | 0.4 | |
| Geum Min | Korea Socialist Party | 18,223 | 0.1 | |
| Total (turnout 62.9%) | 23,732,854 | 100.0 | ||
| Source: NEC (National Election Commission) | ||||
| Ideology and parties | Local seats | +/− | Block seats | +/− | Constituency votes | % | PR block votes | % | Total seats | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saenuri Party (NFP) Saenuri-dang, 새누리당1 | 127 | -10 | 25 | -5 | 9,324,911 | 43.3% | 9,129,226 | 42.8% | 152 | -15 | ||
| Liberty Forward Party (LFP) Jayu Seonjin-dang, 자유선진당 | 3 | -11 | 2 | -2 | 474,001 | 2.2% | 689,843 | 3.2% | 5 | -13 | ||
| Korea Vision Party (KVP) Gungmin Saenggak, 국민생각 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 | 44,379 | 0.2% | 156,222 | 0.7% | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Conservative | 130 | -21 | 27 | -7 | 9,843,291 | 45.7% | 9,975,291 | 46.7% | 157 | -28 | ||
| Democratic United Party (DUP) Minju Tonghap-dang, 민주통합당 | 106 | +40 | 21 | +6 | 8,156,045 | 37.9% | 7,775,737 | 36.5% | 127 | +46 | ||
| Creative Korea Party (CKP) Changjo Hanguk-dang, 창조한국당 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -2 | 3,624 | 0.0% | 91,875 | 0.4% | 0 | -3 | ||
| Liberal | 106 | +39 | 21 | +4 | 8,159,669 | 37.9% | 7,867,612 | 36.9% | 127 | +43 | ||
| Unified Progressive Party (UPP) Tonghap Jinbo-dang, 통합진보당 | 7 | +5 | 6 | +3 | 1,291,306 | 6.0% | 2,198,082 | 10.3% | 13 | +8 | ||
| New Progressive Party (NPP) Jinbo Sin-dang, 진보신당 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 | 101,614 | 0.5% | 242,995 | 1.1% | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Progressive | 7 | +5 | 6 | +3 | 1,392,920 | 6.5% | 2,441,077 | 11.4% | 13 | +8 | ||
| Other parties | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 | 132,709 | 0.6% | 1,043,620 | 5.0% | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Independents | 3 | -22 | — | — | 2,016,737 | 9.4% | — | — | 3 | -22 | ||
| - | Total (turnout 54.3%) | 246 | — | 54 | — | 21,545,326 | 100.0% | 21,327,600 | 100.0% | 300 | — | |
1 Comparison includes members elected in 2008 for the Pro-Park Coalition
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