1973 South Korean legislative election

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1973 South Korean legislative election
South Korea
← 1971 27 February 1973 1978 →
Turnout 71.36% (Decrease 1.86pp)
Party Leader % Seats ±
Democratic Republican 38.68 73
New Democratic 32.55 52
Democratic Unification Party (South Korea) 10.14 2
Independents 18.63 19
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 27 February 1973 to elect 146 members of the National Assembly.[1] Another 73 members appointed by President Park Chung-hee were indirectly elected by the National Conference for Unification on 7 March 1973.[2]

The result was a supermajority victory for the ruling Democratic Republican Party, which won 73 of the 146 elected seats in the National Assembly along with the 73 seats filled by Park's appointees. Voter turnout was 72.9%.

The election reconstituted the National Assembly after Park had dissolved it in the October Restoration self-coup four months earlier and pushed through a constitutional referendum which removed presidential term limits and gave him the power to appoint one-third of the National Assembly.[3] The opposition New Democratic Party had also split in 1972 over a leadership dispute between the Yu Chin-san faction and an opposing faction led by Kim Dae-jung and Kim Hong-il.[4] One month before the election, the latter formed the Democratic Unification Party (ko).[5][6] However, the DUP performed poorly and split the opposition vote, and in the aftermath the members expressed regret for their decision to run.[7]

Results

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By city/province

Region Total
seats		 Seats won
DRP NDP DUP Ind.
Seoul 16 7 8 0 1
Busan 8 4 4 0 0
Gyeonggi 16 9 6 0 1
Gangwon 10 5 3 0 2
North Chungcheong 8 5 2 0 1
South Chungcheong 14 6 6 0 2
North Jeolla 12 4 4 0 4
South Jeolla 20 10 6 2 2
North Gyeongsang 22 12 5 0 5
South Gyeongsang 18 10 8 0 0
Jeju 2 1 0 0 1
Total 146 73 52 2 19

Presidential appointees

On 7 March 1973, the National Conference for Unification indirectly elected 73 members of the National Assembly appointed by President Park Chung-hee. The number of delegates present was 2,354, with 2,251 delegates approving the election of Park's appointees.[2]Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

By city/province

Region Votes Delegates
For Against Invalid Voted Absent Total
Seoul 299 2 0 301 2 303
Busan 95 7 1 103 1 104
Gyeonggi 274 4 2 280 0 280
Gangwon 135 10 0 145 0 145
North Chungcheong 125 2 0 127 0 127
South Chungcheong 226 5 0 231 0 231
North Jeolla 187 10 3 200 0 200
South Jeolla 297 11 3 311 1 312
North Gyeongsang 335 13 5 353 1 354
South Gyeongsang 253 18 7 278 0 278
Jeju 25 0 0 25 0 25
Total 2,251 82 21 2,354 5 2,359
Source: Naver News Library[2]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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