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1950 South Korean legislative election

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Field	Value
country	South Korea
flag_year	1949
previous_election	1948
next_election	1954
turnout	91.91%
seats_for_election	All 210 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	106
election_date	30 May 1950
first_election	yes
party1	Democratic Nationalist Party (South Korea)
leader1	Sin Ik-hui
Kim Seong-su
percentage1	9.79
seats1	24
party2	Korea Nationalist Party
leader2	Yun Chi-young
percentage2	9.69
seats2	24
party3	National Association (South Korea)
leader3	Syngman Rhee
percentage3	6.77
seats3	14
color4	#DA251D
party4	Korea Youth
percentage4	3.26
seats4	10
color5	#30D5C8
party5	Federation of Trade Unions
percentage5	1.69
seats5	10
color6	#FF0000
party6	Socialist
percentage6	1.28
seats6	2
color7	#FFFF00
party7	Ilmin Club
percentage7	1.02
seats7	3
color8	#00FFFF
party8	National Independence
percentage8	0.48
seats8	1
party9	Other parties
leader9	–
percentage9	2.18
seats9	3
party10	Independents
leader10	–
percentage10	62.93
seats10	126
map	Republic_of_Korea_legislative_election_1950_districts_result.png
map_caption	Results by constituency
title	Speaker
before_election	Shin Ik-hee	before_party = National Association (South Korea)
after_election	Shin Ik-hee	after_party = National Association (South Korea)

Kim Seong-su

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 30 May 1950, less than a month before the invasion of the country by North Korea. The elections resulted in a tie between the Democratic Nationalist Party and the Korea Nationalist Party, which both won 24 seats,although a majority of the 210 seats were won by independents. Voter turnout was 92%.

These were the first elections to be held after South Korea declared its independence two years prior.

Results

By city/province

Region	Total
seats	Seats won	DNP	KNP	NP	YP	FTU	SP	IC	NIF	Other	Ind.	Democratic Nationalist Party (South Korea)}}"	Korea Nationalist Party}}"	National Association (South Korea)}}"	Independent}}"	Seoul	16	Gyeonggi	30	Gangwon	12	North Chungcheong	12	South Chungcheong	19	North Jeolla	22	South Jeolla	30	North Gyeongsang	34	South Gyeongsang	32	Jeju	3	Total	210	28	19	13	9	3	2	3	1	3	129
2	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	7
4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	20
3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
1	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	11
3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	15
9	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	13
2	3	1	4	0	0	1	0	1	22
2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	26
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Source: National Election Commission

References

[[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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