At stake
in this election:
- Seats
in the Kukhoe (National Assembly): 273
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Description
of government structure:
- Assembly: South
Korea has a unicameral National Assembly (Kukhoe). In this election,
the number of seats will be lowered from 299 to 273.
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president is
directly elected for a single five-year term.
- In the National
Assembly, 46 members are elected by proportional representation for
the 'national constituency.' The remaining members (227 in this election)
are elected by simple-majority vote in single member constituencies.
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Results of the
electoral race:
- Party: The Grand
National Party (GNP)
Leader: LEE Hoi Chang
Seats won in this election: 133
Seats in last parliament: 122
- Party: Millennium
Democratic Party (MDP)
Leader: KIM Dae-jung
Seats won in this election: 115
Seats in last parliament: 99
- Party: United
Liberal Democrats (ULD)
Leader: KIM Jong Pil
Seats won in this election: 17
Seats in last parliament: 52
- Party: The Democratic
People's Party (DPP)
Leader: CHO Sun
Seats won in this election: 2
Seats in last parliament: 11
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When was the last election? Number
of seats in last election?
- Parliamentary elections
last held: April 11, 1996
- Seats decided in
the last election: 299
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 46,884,800
(July 1999)
- Number of registered voters: 33,586,955
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Of Interest:
- A
reform bill passed in January lowered the number of seats in the National Assembly from 299 to 273.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
