1958 South Korean legislative election

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1958 South Korean legislative election
South Korea
← 1954 2 May 1958 1960 →
Turnout 87.80% (Decrease 3.34pp)
Party Leader % Seats ±
Liberal 42.07 126
Democratic Party 33.99 79
Unification Party (South Korea) 0.63 1
Independents 21.67 27
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 2 May 1958.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 126 of the 233 seats. Voter turnout was 87.8%.

Results

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By city/province

Region Total
seats
Seats won
LP DP UP Ind.
Seoul 16 1 14 0 1
Gyeonggi 25 14 8 0 3
Gangwon 20 15 2 0 3
North Chungcheong 13 8 4 0 1
South Chungcheong 22 15 6 0 1
North Jeolla 24 10 11 0 3
South Jeolla 32 18 10 1 3
North Gyeongsang 38 24 8 0 6
South Gyeongsang 40 20 15 0 5
Jeju 3 1 1 0 1
Total 233 126 79 1 27

Notes

References

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