Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 December 1978 to elect 154 members of the National Assembly.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 Another 77 members appointed by President Park Chung-hee were indirectly elected by the National Conference for Unification on 21 December 1978.
Despite garnering 169,000 fewer popular votes than the opposition New Democratic Party, the ruling Democratic Republican Party won a supermajority victory with 68 of the 154 elected seats in the National Assembly and an additional 77 members appointed by President Park. Voter turnout was 77.1%.
Electoral system Two-thirds of the seats were elected from two-member constituencies via single non-transferable vote. The remaining one-third of the seats were presidential appointees, nominated by president Park and confirmed by the National Conference for Unification elected in May 1978.
Results
By city/province RegionTotal seatsSeats wonDRPNDPDUPInd.Seoul2291111Busan104501Gyeonggi168701Gangwon105302North Chungcheong83410South Chungcheong147502North Jeolla126402South Jeolla208714North Gyeongsang229805South Gyeongsang188703Jeju21001Total1466861322
Presidential appointees On 21 December 1978, the National Conference for Unification indirectly elected 77 members of the National Assembly appointed by President Park Chung-hee. Out of the 2,581 delegates, 2,573 were present with 2,539 of them approving the election of Park's appointees.
By city/province RegionVotesDelegatesForAgainstInvalidVotedAbsentTotalSeoul376943892391Busan143111450145Gyeonggi319003190319Gangwon149201510151North Chungcheong130101310131South Chungcheong229412340234North Jeolla200102012203South Jeolla310113120312North Gyeongsang373213763379South Gyeongsang284222881289Jeju260127027Total2,53923112,57382,581Source: Naver News Library
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