1954 South Korean legislative election
South Korea
20 May 1954
All 203 seats in the House of Representatives
102 seats needed for a majority
Turnout91.14% (Decrease 0.77pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Liberal Syngman Rhee 36.79 114 New
Democratic Nationalist Sin Ik-hui 7.92 15 −9
National Association Syngman Rhee 2.56 3 −11
Nationalist Sin Ik-hui 0.97 3 −21
Independents – 47.94 68 −58
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 20 May 1954.[1] The result was a victory for Syngman Rhee's Liberal Party, which won 114 of the 203 seats. Voter turnout was 91.1%.

Electoral system

The elections were held under first-past-the-post voting.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party2,756,06136.79114New
Democratic Nationalist Party593,4997.9215–9
National Association192,1092.563–11
Korea Nationalist Party72,9230.973–21
Other parties286,0973.820–
Independents3,591,61747.9468–58
Total7,492,306100.00203–7
Valid votes7,492,30697.32
Invalid/blank votes206,0822.68
Total votes7,698,388100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,446,50991.14
Source: Nohlen et al.

Results by city/province

Region Total
seats		 Seats won
LP DNP NA KNP Other Ind.
Seoul 16 5 3 0 2 0 6
Gyeonggi 23 15 1 0 0 0 7
Gangwon 12 8 0 1 0 0 3
North Chungcheong 12 8 1 0 0 1 2
South Chungcheong 19 17 0 0 0 0 2
North Jeolla 22 10 2 0 0 0 10
South Jeolla 30 15 3 0 0 0 12
North Gyeongsang 34 15 3 1 0 0 15
South Gyeongsang 32 17 3 1 0 0 11
Jeju 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
Total 203 111 16 3 2 1 70
Source: National Election Commission

See also

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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