1948 South Korean Constitutional Assembly election
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All 200 seats in the Constituent National Assembly 101 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 95.50% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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Constitutional Assembly elections were held in
The elections were the first time in Korean history that the citizens were allowed to vote for a national legislative body.
Background
The elections were a milestone in Korean political history. The Korean people had not previously experienced democracy under written constitutional rule; the very foundation of South Korean politics were still under construction and were unstable.[3] The elections would lead to a constitution, roughly based on the constitution of the United States, and establish democracy in South Korea.[3]
In 1948 the subject of an election of any kind in South Korea was an issue worldwide. On 8 and 9 March 1948, UN delegates from Australia, Canada, India, and Syria expressed their doubts and some complete rejection of the elections on 10 May 1948 for South Korea.
The elections were originally intended to be held throughout the
Electoral system
The election system corresponded to the same limited system that had been established under the Japanese. In larger towns, only landowners and taxpayers could vote, while in small towns, elders voted on behalf of everyone else.[8][9]
Conduct
The elections were marred by terrorism resulting in 600 deaths between March and May.[10] In April, North Korea, supposedly in an effort to delay the elections, sponsored a unity conference in Pyongyang to promote reunification of the two Koreas, which both Kim Koo and Kim Kyu-sik attended. The conference was inconclusive towards any upcoming reunification,[clarification needed] and did not delay the elections.[11]
The people of
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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NARRKI | 1,755,543 | 25.87 | 55 | |
Korea Democratic Party | 916,322 | 13.51 | 29 | |
Korea Youth Party | 655,653 | 9.66 | 12 | |
National Youth Party | 151,043 | 2.23 | 6 | |
Taehan Labour Federation | 106,629 | 1.57 | 1 | |
Farmers Federation | 52,512 | 0.77 | 2 | |
Other parties | 401,554 | 5.92 | 10 | |
Independents | 2,745,483 | 40.47 | 85 | |
Total | 6,784,739 | 100.00 | 200 | |
Valid votes | 7,216,942 | 96.38 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 270,707 | 3.62 | ||
Total votes | 7,487,649 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,840,871 | 95.50 | ||
Source: Nohlen et al.[a] |
By city/province
Region | Total seats |
Seats won | |||||||
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NARRKI | KNP | KY | NY | TLF | FF | Other | Ind. | ||
Seoul | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Gyeonggi
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29 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
Gangwon
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12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
North Chungcheong
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12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
South Chungcheong
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19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
North Jeolla
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22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
South Jeolla
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29 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
North Gyeongsang
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33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
South Gyeongsang
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31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
Jeju | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 200 | 55 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 85 |
Gallery
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Turnout
See also
- List of members of the South Korean Constituent Assembly, 1948–50
- 1946 North Korean local elections
- 1947 North Korean local elections
- People's Republic of Korea
References
- ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ^ a b Wright, Edward Reynolds. Korean Politics in Transition. University of Washington Press. Seattle Washington. 1975. Page 19
- ^ a b Kim, Ilpyong. Young, Whan Kihl. Political Change in South Korea. The Korean PWPA, Inc. Paragon House, New York. 1988. p24.
- ^ OCLC 568651495.
- ISBN 978-1-4629-1809-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-57958-364-4.
- ISSN 0362-8949.
- ^ Cumings, Bruce (2010). The Korean War: A History. p. 113.
- ISBN 0-415-23749-1.
- ISBN 0-8131-2306-2.
- ^ Allen, p. 93
- ^ a b Jung Hee, Song (March 31, 2010). "Islanders still mourn April 3 massacre". Jeju weekly. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ^ Nohlen et al., p428
External links
- Media related to Republic of Korea's Constituencies Assembly elections, 1948 at Wikimedia Commons