1985 South Korean legislative election

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1985 South Korean legislative election
South Korea
← 1981 12 February 1985 1988 →
Turnout 84.57% (Increase 6.83pp)
Party Leader % Seats ±
Democratic Justice 35.25 148
New Korean Democratic Party 29.26 67
Democratic Korea 19.68 35
Korean National Party 9.16 20
New Socialist Party 1.45 1
New Democratic Party 0.56 1
Independents 3.25 4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker after
Chae Mun-shik
Democratic Justice		 Lee Jae-hyeong
Democratic Justice

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 February 1985.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Justice Party, which won 148 of the 276 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 84.6%.

Political parties

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See also: List of political parties in South Korea
Parties Leader Ideology Seats Status
Last election Before election
Democratic Justice Party Chun Doo-hwan Conservatism
151 / 276
149 / 276
Government
Democratic Korea Party Yu Chi-song Liberalism
81 / 276
59 / 276
Opposition
New Korean Democratic Party Lee Min-woo Did not exist
32 / 276
Opposition
Korean National Party Kim Jong-cheol Conservatism
25 / 276
24 / 276
Opposition
New Socialist Party
2 / 276
[lower-alpha 1]
1 / 276
Opposition
2 / 276
[lower-alpha 2]
Civil Rights Party
2 / 276
0 / 276
Opposition
Democratic Farmer's Party
1 / 276
Dissolved Opposition
Liberal National Party
1 / 276
[lower-alpha 3]
0 / 276
Opposition

The ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP) of President Chun Doo-hwan managed to remain the largest party in the National Assembly but faced a tougher challenge from the united opposition.

The New Korean Democratic Party (NKDP) was formed by former members of the New Democratic Party, notably opposition leaders Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam despite being still barred from running. The party made strong gains across the country, largely thanks to its focus on greater democratic rights.

The Korean National Party had been formed by former members of the Democratic Republican Party in the run-up to the 1981 elections. After making some key gains, the party lost ground in these elections, largely thanks to the gains of the NKDP.

The opposition Democratic Korea Party had been the premier opposition party following the 1981 elections, but it suffered major defections to the NKDP.

Results

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By city/province

Region Total
seats		 Seats won
DJP NKDP DKP KNP NSP NDP Ind.
Seoul 28 13 14 1 0 0 0 0
Busan 12 3 6 2 1 0 0 0
Daegu 6 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
Incheon 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Gyeonggi 20 10 4 3 3 0 0 0
Gangwon 12 6 0 1 4 0 0 1
North Chungcheong 8 4 2 1 1 0 0 0
South Chungcheong 16 8 4 4 0 0 0 0
North Jeolla 14 7 2 1 3 0 1 0
South Jeolla 22 11 5 5 0 1 0 0
North Gyeongsang 20 10 4 3 1 0 0 2
South Gyeongsang 20 10 5 4 1 0 0 0
Jeju 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Constituency total 184 87 50 26 15 1 1 4
PR list 92 61 17 9 5 0 0 0
Total 276 148 67 35 20 1 1 4

Notes

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References

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  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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