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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 December 1978 to elect 154 members of the National Assembly. 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
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| New Democratic Party | 4,861,204 | 32.82 | 61 | +9 | |
| Democratic Republican Party | 4,695,995 | 31.70 | 68 | –5 | |
| Democratic Unification Party | 1,095,057 | 7.39 | 3 | +1 | |
| Independents | 4,160,187 | 28.09 | 22 | +3 | |
| Presidential appointees | 77 | +4 | |||
| Total | 14,812,443 | 100.00 | 231 | +12 | |
| Valid votes | 14,812,443 | 98.60 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 210,927 | 1.40 | |||
| Total votes | 15,023,370 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 19,489,490 | 77.08 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
By city/province
| Region | Total seats | Seats won | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRP | NDP | DUP | Ind. | ||
| Seoul | 22 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Busan | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Gyeonggi | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Gangwon | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| North Chungcheong | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| South Chungcheong | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| North Jeolla | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| South Jeolla | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| North Gyeongsang | 22 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| South Gyeongsang | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeju | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 146 | 68 | 61 | 3 | 22 |
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.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Presidential appointees | 2,539 | 99.10 | 77 | |
| Against | 23 | 0.90 | – | |
| Total | 2,562 | 100.00 | 77 | |
| Valid votes | 2,562 | 99.57 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 11 | 0.43 | ||
| Total votes | 2,573 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,581 | 99.69 | ||
| Source: JoongAng Ilbo | ||||
By city/province
| Region | Votes | Delegates | ||||
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| For | Against | Invalid | Voted | Absent | Total | |
| Seoul | 376 | 9 | 4 | 389 | 2 | 391 |
| Busan | 143 | 1 | 1 | 145 | 0 | 145 |
| Gyeonggi | 319 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 0 | 319 |
| Gangwon | 149 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 0 | 151 |
| North Chungcheong | 130 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 131 |
| South Chungcheong | 229 | 4 | 1 | 234 | 0 | 234 |
| North Jeolla | 200 | 1 | 0 | 201 | 2 | 203 |
| South Jeolla | 310 | 1 | 1 | 312 | 0 | 312 |
| North Gyeongsang | 373 | 2 | 1 | 376 | 3 | 379 |
| South Gyeongsang | 284 | 2 | 2 | 288 | 1 | 289 |
| Jeju | 26 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Total | 2,539 | 23 | 11 | 2,573 | 8 | 2,581 |
| Source: Naver News Library | ||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ^ ""80년대엔 복지사회 기필코 이룩" 3기 유정의원 77명 선출". JoongAng Ilbo. 21 December 1978.
- "三年制議員(삼년제의원)73명 大統領推薦(대통령추천)대로選出(선출)". Naver News Library.
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