South Korean legislative election, 2008

	‹ 2004
South Korean legislative election, 2008
All 299 seats to the National Assembly of South Korea
April 9, 2008
	provinces and cities majority won by; GNP (light blue), UDP (green), and LFP (dark blue)

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on April 9, 2008.^[1] The conservative Grand National Party won 153 of 299 seats while the main opposition United Democratic Party won 81 seats. ^[2] This election marked the lowest-ever voter turnout of 46.0%.^[3]

[edit] Parties and Coalitions

As of April 9, 2008, there are six political parties represented in the 18th National Assembly of South Korea, in addition to independents:

Grand National Party (한나라당, Hannara-dang), led by Kang Jae-seop. The current major conservative party within the National Assembly. (153 seats won)

United Democratic Party (통합민주당, Tongham Minju-dang), led by Son Hak-gyu. The current major liberal party within the National Assembly. (81 seats won)
- United Democratic Party is now known as Democratic Party (민주당 Minju-dang).

Liberty Forward Party (자유선진당, Jayu Seonjin-dang), led by Lee Hoi-chang. The Chungcheong Region-strongholder and current second conservative party within the National Assembly against the GNP. (18 seats won)

Pro-Park Geun-hye Coalition (친박연대, Chin-bak Yeon-dae), led by Seo Cheong-won, although, their inspirational leader is Park Geun-hye, former leader of GNP. A conservative coalition with Park Geun-hye within the National Assembly that broke apart from the GNP, due to their recent dispute on the GNP's candidate nomination which happened just before the election. (14 seats won)

Democratic Labour Party (민주노동당, Minju Nodong-dang), led by Chun Young-se. A minor but the most progressive party within the 18th National Assembly, against both the Grand Nationals and Democrats. (5 seats won)

Renewal of Korea Party (창조한국당, Changjo Hanguk-dang), led by Moon Kook-hyun. A minor but pro-environmental liberal party within the National Assembly, against the Grand Nationals. (3 seats won)

(no seats) The New Progressive Party (진보신당) Jinbo Shin-dang), led by Sim Sang-jeong and Roh Hoe-chan, won 2.94% votes but not enough to gain any seats. The New Progressive Party split from the Democratic Labour Party as a reaction to nationalism after the 2007 presidential elections.

South Korea general election, 2008
Party	District	Proportional	Total Seats	+/–
Grand National Party	131	22	153	+32
United Democratic Party¹	66	15	81	–80
Liberty Forward Party	14	4	18	+18
Pro-Park Coalition	6	8	14	+14
Solidarity for Pro-Park Independents²	12		12	+12
Democratic Labor Party	2	3	5	–5
Creative Korea Party	1	2	3	+3
Independents except Pro-Park	13		13	+10
Total	245	54	299	—

Left Center Right

¹Later changed to Democratic Party. ²Not registered party.
Source: NEC, A. Carr

The national summary of votes and seats by party follow:

Region	GNP	UDP	LFP	PGH-C	DLP	ROKP	Independent	Total
Seoul	40	7	-	-	-	1	-	48
Busan	11	1	-	1	-	-	5	18
Incheon	9	2	-	-	-	-	1	12
Daegu	8	-	-	3	-	-	1	12
Gwangju	-	7	-	-	-	-	1	8
Daejeon	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	6
Ulsan	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	6
Gangwon-do	3	2	-	-	-	-	3	8
Gyeonggi-do	32	17	-	1	-	-	1	51
South Gyeongsang	13	1	-	-	2	-	1	17
North Gyeongsang	9	-	-	1	-	-	5	15
South Jeolla	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	12
North Jeolla	-	9	-	-	-	-	2	11
South Chungcheong	-	1	8	-	-	-	1	10
North Chungcheong	1	6	1	-	-	-	-	8
Jeju	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
Proportional representation	22	15	4	8	3	2	-	54
Total	153	81	18	14	5	3	25	299

South Korean legislative election, 2008
‹ 2004
All 299 seats to the National Assembly of South Korea
April 9, 2008
	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Kang Jae-seop	Son Hak-Gyu	Lee Hoi-chang
Party	GNP	UDP	LFP
Leader's seat	Seo-gu	Jongno-gu (lost seat)	Hongseong
Last election	412 seats, 40.7%	-	-
Seats won	153	81	18
Seat change	+32	-80	+18
Popular vote	6,421,654	4,313,111	1,173,463
Percentage	37.4%	25.1%	6.8%
Swing	+1.6%	–20.3%	-
	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Seo Cheong-won / Lee Kyu-taek	Chun Young-se	Moon Kook-hyun
Party	Pro-Park	DLP	LFP
Leader's seat	(List) / Icheon • Yeoju - / (lost seat)	(didn't run)	Eunpyeong-gu B
Last election	-	10 seats, 13.0%	-
Seats won	14	5	3
Seat change	+14	-5	+3
Popular vote	2,258,750	973,445	651,993
Percentage	13.2%	5.7%	3.8%
Swing	-	-7.3%	-

provinces and cities majority won by GNP (light blue), UDP (green), and LFP (dark blue)