2004 South Korean legislative election
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All 299 seats in the National Assembly 150 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 60.63% ( 3.38pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on April 15, 2004. In the 17th election for the National Assembly, voters elected 299 members of the legislature. The newly formed Uri Party and other parties supporting President Roh Moo-hyun, who was impeached by the outgoing National Assembly, won a majority of seats. This was the first time a centre-left liberal party won a majority in the National Assembly.
Electoral system
The election was held under parallel voting, with 243 members elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting and the remainder elected via proportional representation. Proportional seats were only available to parties which one three percent of the national valid vote among seat-allocated parties and/or won five or more constituency seats.
Political parties
Parties | Leader | Ideology | Seats | Status | ||
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Last election | Before election | |||||
Grand National Party | Park Geun-hye | Conservatism | 133 / 273
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139 / 273
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Opposition | |
Millennium Democratic Party
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Cho Soon-hyung | Liberalism | 115 / 273
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59 / 273
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Government (2000–2003) | |
Opposition (2003–2004) | ||||||
49 / 273 [a]
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Government (2003–2004) | |||||
United Liberal Democrats | Kim Jong-pil | Conservatism | 17 / 273
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10 / 273
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Governing coalition (2000–2001) | |
Opposition (2001–2004) | ||||||
Democratic People's Party | Conservatism | 2 / 273
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1 / 273
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Opposition | ||
New Korea Party of Hope | Conservatism | 1 / 273
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Dissolved |
The newly formed liberal
The conservative
The progressive, socialist
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Results
Party | Proportional | Constituency | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Democratic Republican Party | 24,360 | 0.11 | 0 | 2,405 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Confederation of Nations | 9,330 | 0.04 | 0 | 226 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Democratic People's Party | 4,347 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | –2 | ||||
Independents | 972,954 | 4.56 | 2 | 2 | –3 | ||||
Total | 21,285,984 | 100.00 | 56 | 21,330,770 | 100.00 | 243 | 299 | +26 | |
Valid votes | 21,285,984 | 98.63 | 21,330,770 | 98.84 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 295,566 | 1.37 | 250,174 | 1.16 | |||||
Total votes | 21,581,550 | 100.00 | 21,580,944 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 35,596,497 | 60.63 | 35,596,497 | 60.63 | |||||
Source: NEC, IPU, CLEA |
By region
Region | Seats | Electorate | Turnout | % | Party | Constituency | Proportional | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | |||||||
Seoul | 48 | 7,750,350 | 4,818,901 | 62.2 | Uri Party | 2,048,027 | 42.9 | 32 | 1,801,956 | 37.7 | |
Grand National Party |
1,973,313 | 41.3 | 16 | 1,752,221 | 36.7 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party |
468,013 | 9.8 | 0 | 403,043 | 8.4 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party |
165,364 | 3.5 | 0 | 601,447 | 12.6 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 37,699 | 0.8 | 0 | 101,501 | 2.1 | ||||||
Others | 83,355 | 1.7 | 0 | 117,402 | 2.5 | ||||||
Busan | 18 | 2,796,078 | 1,731,967 | 61.9 | Grand National Party
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898,870 | 52.6 | 17 | 844,734 | 49.4 | |
Uri Party | 666,102 | 38.9 | 1 | 577,310 | 33.7 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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49,268 | 2.9 | 0 | 206,080 | 12.0 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party
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12,067 | 0.7 | 0 | 32,193 | 1.9 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 5,063 | 0.3 | 0 | 11,333 | 0.7 | ||||||
Others | 83,355 | 4.9 | 0 | 40,000 | 2.3 | ||||||
Incheon | 12 | 1,847,046 | 1,060,969 | 57.4 | Uri Party | 469,286 | 44.6 | 9 | 414,125 | 39.5 | |
Grand National Party
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409,477 | 38.9 | 3 | 362,722 | 34.6 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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78,078 | 7.4 | 0 | 160,663 | 15.3 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party
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54,726 | 5.2 | 0 | 56,282 | 5.4 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 7,173 | 0.7 | 0 | 22,506 | 2.1 | ||||||
Others | 32,318 | 3.1 | 0 | 31,854 | 3.0 | ||||||
Daegu | 12 | 1,852,487 | 1,098,886 | 59.3 | Grand National Party
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679,375 | 62.4 | 12 | 674,046 | 62.1 | |
Uri Party | 291,260 | 26.8 | 0 | 241,850 | 22.3 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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27,945 | 2.6 | 0 | 125,593 | 11.6 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party
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19,863 | 1.8 | 0 | 12,163 | 1.1 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 5,358 | 0.5 | 0 | 8,319 | 0.8 | ||||||
Others | 64,237 | 5.9 | 0 | 23,849 | 2.2 | ||||||
Gwangju | 7 | 982,809 | 591,345 | 60.2 | Uri Party | 316,334 | 54.1 | 7 | 301,972 | 51.6 | |
Millennium Democratic Party
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213,362 | 36.5 | 0 | 182,295 | 31.1 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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36,624 | 6.2 | 0 | 76,965 | 13.1 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 1,516 | 0.3 | 0 | 2,047 | 0.3 | ||||||
Grand National Party
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720 | 0.1 | 0 | 10,626 | 1.8 | ||||||
Others | 20,532 | 3.5 | 0 | 11,849 | 2.0 | ||||||
Daejeon | 6 | 1,026,281 | 604,505 | 58.9 | Uri Party | 273,807 | 45.7 | 6 | 262,067 | 43.8 | |
Grand National Party
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133,838 | 22.4 | 0 | 145,375 | 24.3 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 132,148 | 22.1 | 0 | 86,644 | 14.5 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party
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19,423 | 3.2 | 0 | 18,551 | 3.1 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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8,917 | 1.5 | 0 | 70,779 | 11.8 | ||||||
Others | 30,225 | 5.0 | 0 | 14,349 | 2.4 | ||||||
Ulsan | 6 | 751,334 | 465,665 | 62.0 | Grand National Party
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167,454 | 36.3 | 3 | 167,681 | 36.4 | |
Uri Party | 129,483 | 28.1 | 1 | 143,573 | 31.2 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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83,247 | 18.0 | 1 | 100,856 | 21.9 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 3,728 | 0.8 | 0 | 3,885 | 0.8 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party
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2,630 | 0.6 | 0 | 6,874 | 1.5 | ||||||
Others | 74,721 | 16.2 | 1 | 37,683 | 8.2 | ||||||
Gyeonggi
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49 | 7,316,051 | 4,368,521 | 59.7 | Uri Party | 1,979,555 | 45.7 | 35 | 1,738,893 | 40.2 | |
Grand National Party
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1,760,838 | 40.6 | 14 | 1,531,102 | 35.4 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party
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288,457 | 6.6 | 0 | 262,206 | 6.1 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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178,142 | 4.1 | 0 | 584,516 | 13.5 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 30,133 | 0.7 | 0 | 86,362 | 2.0 | ||||||
Others | 95,528 | 2.2 | 0 | 119,240 | 2.8 | ||||||
Gangwon
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8 | 1,134,555 | 677,372 | 59.7 | Grand National Party
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290,070 | 43.4 | 2 | 269,533 | 40.6 | |
Uri Party | 259,455 | 38.8 | 6 | 252,922 | 38.1 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party
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42,489 | 6.3 | 0 | 23,222 | 3.5 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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27,693 | 4.1 | 0 | 84,909 | 12.8 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 1,604 | 0.2 | 0 | 8,854 | 1.3 | ||||||
Others | 46,784 | 7.0 | 0 | 23,787 | 3.6 | ||||||
North Chungcheong
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8 | 1,089,850 | 634,738 | 58.2 | Uri Party | 315,698 | 50.4 | 8 | 277,904 | 44.7 | |
Grand National Party
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203,776 | 32.6 | 0 | 188,491 | 30.3 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 57,747 | 9.2 | 0 | 39,078 | 6.3 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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20,862 | 3.3 | 0 | 81,226 | 13.1 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party
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6,520 | 1.0 | 0 | 21,836 | 3.5 | ||||||
Others | 21,158 | 3.4 | 0 | 13,687 | 2.2 | ||||||
South Chungcheong
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10 | 1,417,751 | 793,572 | 56.0 | Uri Party | 303,201 | 38.9 | 5 | 295,169 | 38.0 | |
United Liberal Democrats | 263,191 | 33.8 | 4 | 184,699 | 23.8 | ||||||
Grand National Party
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123,054 | 15.8 | 1 | 164,667 | 21.2 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party
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27,185 | 3.5 | 0 | 21,836 | 2.8 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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17,511 | 2.2 | 0 | 81,100 | 10.5 | ||||||
Others | 45,113 | 5.8 | 0 | 28,593 | 3.7 | ||||||
North Jeolla
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11 | 1,418,872 | 868,167 | 61.2 | Uri Party | 551,661 | 64.5 | 11 | 573,711 | 67.3 | |
Millennium Democratic Party
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159,487 | 18.6 | 0 | 115,832 | 13.6 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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38,895 | 4.5 | 0 | 95,095 | 11.1 | ||||||
Grand National Party
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1,221 | 0.1 | 0 | 29,095 | 3.4 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 1,181 | 0.1 | 0 | 8,105 | 1.0 | ||||||
Others | 102,310 | 11.9 | 0 | 31,091 | 3.6 | ||||||
South Jeolla
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13 | 1,501,645 | 952,365 | 63.4 | Uri Party | 438,096 | 49.1 | 7 | 433,215 | 46.7 | |
Millennium Democratic Party
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326,508 | 36.6 | 5 | 313,396 | 33.8 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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23,851 | 2.7 | 0 | 104,009 | 11.2 | ||||||
Grand National Party
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2,596 | 0.3 | 0 | 27,025 | 2.9 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 1,211 | 0.1 | 0 | 9,320 | 1.0 | ||||||
Others | 99,169 | 11.1 | 1 | 40,489 | 4.4 | ||||||
North Gyeongsang
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15 | 2,033,803 | 1,250,632 | 61.5 | Grand National Party
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670,963 | 54.6 | 14 | 712,923 | 58.3 | |
Uri Party | 317,261 | 25.8 | 2 | 280,445 | 23.0 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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42,038 | 3.4 | 1 | 146,700 | 12.0 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 7,062 | 0.6 | 0 | 14,174 | 1.2 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party
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5,242 | 0.4 | 0 | 17,126 | 1.4 | ||||||
Others | 185,950 | 15.1 | 0 | 50,614 | 4.1 | ||||||
South Gyeongsang
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17 | 2,282,451 | 1,422,523 | 62.3 | Grand National Party
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667,404 | 48.0 | 14 | 660,604 | 47.3 | |
Uri Party | 481,312 | 34.6 | 2 | 441,987 | 31.7 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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117,734 | 8.5 | 1 | 220,836 | 15.8 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 7,766 | 0.5 | 0 | 11,000 | 0.8 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party
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6,837 | 0.5 | 0 | 19,577 | 1.4 | ||||||
Others | 108,116 | 7.8 | 0 | 42,202 | 3.0 | ||||||
Jeju
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3 | 395,134 | 241,422 | 61.1 | Uri Party | 117,127 | 49.4 | 3 | 108,725 | 46.0 | |
Grand National Party
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95,276 | 40.2 | 0 | 72,815 | 30.8 | ||||||
Millennium Democratic Party
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9,015 | 3.8 | 0 | 12,006 | 5.1 | ||||||
Democratic Labour Party
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8,060 | 3.4 | 0 | 33,287 | 14.1 | ||||||
United Liberal Democrats | 1,385 | 0.6 | 0 | 2,635 | 1.1 | ||||||
Others | 6,333 | 2.7 | 0 | 6,850 | 2.9 | ||||||
Source: Psephos |