South Korean parliamentary election, 2008

Legislative elections were held in South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

on April 9, 2008.
The conservative Grand National Party

Grand National Party

The Grand National Party is a conservative political party in South Korea. Its Korean name, Hannara, has a double meaning as "Great National" and "Korean National." The GNP holds a majority of seats in the 18th Assembly, lasting from 2008 to 2012....

won 153 of 299 seats while the main opposition United Democratic Party won 81 seats. This election marked the lowest-ever voter turnout of 46.0%.

Parties and Coalitions

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

National Assembly of South Korea

The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea is a 299-member unicameral legislature. The latest general elections were held on April 9, 2008. Single-member constituencies comprise 245 of the National Assembly's seats, while the remaining 54 are allocated by proportional representation...

, in addition to independents:

Grand National Party
Grand National Party
The Grand National Party is a conservative political party in South Korea. Its Korean name, Hannara, has a double meaning as "Great National" and "Korean National." The GNP holds a majority of seats in the 18th Assembly, lasting from 2008 to 2012....

(한나라당, Hannara-dang), led by Kang Jae-seop
Kang Jae-seop
Kang Jae-sup is a South Korean politician and former leader of Grand National Party since 11 July 2006. He was first been elected in 1988.-References:...

. The current major conservative party within the National Assembly. (153 seats won)

United Democratic Party (통합민주당, Tongham Minju-dang), led by Son Hak-gyu
Son Hak-Gyu
Son Hak-Gyu is a South Korean politician and the former governor of Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of Grand National Party, and became a governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002...

. 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
Liberty Forward Party
Liberty Forward Party is a conservative political party in South Korea. This party was created by Lee Hoi Chang, the current party president, after the 2007 presidential election. On 12th February 2008 the party merged with the People First Party. The LFP got 18 seats in the 18th Parliamentary...

(자유선진당, Jayu Seonjin-dang), led by Lee Hoi-chang
Lee Hoi-chang
Lee Hoi-chang is a South Korean politician. A Catholic, he was born to an elite family in Seoheung, Hwanghae , but grew up in the south after his father, a public prosecutor, was appointed to a new post....

. The Chungcheong Region
Chungcheong
Chungcheong was one of the eight provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. Chungcheong was located in the southwest of Korea...

-strongholder and current second conservative party within the National Assembly against the GNP. (18 seats won)

Pro-Park Geun-hye Coalition
Pro-Park Coalition
The Future Hope Alliance is a conservative political party in South Korea. Members supported Park Geun-hye in her failed nomination for Presidential candidacy from the Grand National Party. On March 21, 2008, they established the new party....

(친박연대, Chin-bak Yeon-dae), led by Seo Cheong-won, although, their inspirational leader is Park Geun-hye
Park Geun-hye
Park Geun-hye is a South Korean politician. She is a member of the Korean National Assembly and was the head of the conservative Grand National Party. She is now in her fourth parliamentary term, having first been elected in 1998. Her father was Park Chung-hee, president of South Korea from 1963...

, former leader of GNP. A conservative coalition with Park Geun-hye
Park Geun-hye
Park Geun-hye is a South Korean politician. She is a member of the Korean National Assembly and was the head of the conservative Grand National Party. She is now in her fourth parliamentary term, having first been elected in 1998. Her father was Park Chung-hee, president of South Korea from 1963...

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
Democratic Labour Party (South Korea)
The Democratic Labor Party , established in January 2000, is a left-wing nationalist political party in South Korea. It was founded in the effort to create a political wing for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, considered more left and independent of the two union federations in South Korea...

(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
Renewal of Korea Party
Creative Korea Party is a political party of South Korea. It was formed out of the Uri Party and its resulting civil splinter groups, with their leader Moon Kook-hyun, a well-known former business leader who recently started his political career...

(창조한국당, Changjo Hanguk-dang), led by Moon Kook-hyun
Moon Kook-hyun
Moon Kook-hyun is the leader of the Creative Korea Party, who served as a well-known business manager and civil environmental campaigner in South Korea before entering his political career....

. A minor but pro-environmental liberal party within the National Assembly, against the Grand Nationals. (3 seats won)

(no seats) The New Progressive Party
New Progressive Party (South Korea)
New Progressive Party is a left-wing political party in South Korea. New Progressive party was established by a number of Democratic Labour Party members who left the party in reaction to the dominating Korean nationalist faction.First party president was Roh Hoe-chan, elected at the 2004...

(진보신당) Jinbo Shin-dang), led by Sim Sang-jeong and Roh Hoe-chan
Roh Hoe-chan
Roh Hoe-chan is a South Korean politician. He has a bachelor's degree in politics from Korea University. He was in the Democratic Labor Party as an Assembly member . Now he is the president of New Progressive Party.-External links:* * -References:...

, 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.

Results

↓
5	81	3	25	18	14	153
D L P	United Democratic Party	C K P	Ind.	L F P	Pro Park	Grand National Party

The national summary of votes and seats by party follow:

Result by region

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

| 40
| 7
| -
| -
| -
| 1
| -
| 48
|-
| Busan

Busan

Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...

| 11
| 1
| -
| 1
| -
| -
| 5
| 18
|-
| Incheon

Incheon

The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City...

| 9
| 2
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 1
| 12
|-
| Daegu

Daegu

Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...

| 8
| -
| -
| 3
| -
| -
| 1
| 12
|-
| Gwangju

Gwangju

Gwangju is the sixth largest city in South Korea. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister...

| -
| 7
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 1
| 8
|-
| Daejeon

Daejeon

Daejeon is South Korea's fifth largest metropolis and the provincial capital of Chungnam. Located in the center of the country, Daejeon had a population of over 1.5 million in 2010. It is at the crossroads of Gyeongbu railway, Honam railway, Gyeongbu Expressway, and Honam Expressway. Within the...

| -
| 1
| 5
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 6
|-
| Ulsan

Ulsan

Ulsan , officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh largest metropolis with a population of over 1.1 million. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring Busan to the south and facing Gyeongju to the north and the Sea of Japan to the east.Ulsan is the...

| 5
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 1
| 6
|-
| Gangwon-do

Gangwon-do (South Korea)

Gangwon-do is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. Before the division of Korea in 1945, Gangwon and its North Korean neighbour Kangwŏn formed a single province.-History:...

| 3
| 2
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 3
| 8
|-
| Gyeonggi-do

Gyeonggi-do

Gyeonggi-do is the most populous province in South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Suwon. Seoul—South Korea's largest city and national capital—is located in the heart of the province, but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946...

| 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

Jeju-do

Jeju-do is the only special autonomous province of South Korea, situated on and coterminous with the country's largest island. Jeju-do lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of Jeollanam-do Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946...

| -
| 3
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 3
|-
| Proportional
representation
| 22
| 15
| 4
| 8
| 3
| 2
| -
| 54
|-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Total
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|153
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|81
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|18
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|14
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|5
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|3
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|25
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|299
|}

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