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1992 South Korean legislative election

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Field	Value
country	South Korea
flag_year	1984
type	legislative
previous_election	1988 South Korean legislative election
previous_year	1988
next_election	1996 South Korean legislative election
next_year	1996
turnout	71.86% ( 3.91pp)
seats_for_election	All 299 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	150
election_date	24 March 1992
image_size	130x130px
image1	Roh Tae-woo - cropped, 1989-Mar-13.jpg
leader1	Roh Tae-woo
party1	Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)
last_election1	219 seats
seats1	149
seat_change1	70
popular_vote1	7,923,718
percentage1	38.49%
swing1	34.89pp
image2	385kimdaejung19980105.jpg
leader2	Kim Dae-jung
Lee Ki-taek
party2	Democratic
last_election2	70 seats
seats2	97
seat_change2	27
popular_vote2	6,004,578
percentage2	29.17%
swing2	9.91pp
image3	Chung Ju-yung (Cropped).jpg
leader3	Chung Ju-yung
party3	Unification National Party
last_election3	Did not exist
seats3	31
seat_change3	New
popular_vote3	3,574,419
percentage3	17.37%
swing3	New
map_image	1992 South Korea Legislative Election Result map.svg
map_size	350px
title	Speaker
before_election	Park Jyun-kyu
before_party	Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)
after_election	Park Jyun-kyu
after_party	Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)

Lee Ki-taek

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 25 March 1992. The result was a victory for the Democratic Liberal Party, which won 149 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. However, DLP's seats shortened from 218 to 149 seats, less than 150 needed for majority, so this regarded as retreat. Voter turnout was 72%.

Electoral system

Of the 299 seats, 237 were elected in single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting, while the remainder were allocated via modified proportional representation at the national level among parties that won seven or more seats in constituencies.

Political parties

Parties	Ideology	Seats	Status	Last election	Before election
Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)}}"	Democratic Liberal Party	Roh Tae-woo	Conservatism			Government}}
Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991)}}"	Democratic Party	Park Young-sook	Liberalism
Hankyoreh Democratic Party}}"	Hankyoreh Democratic Party	Ye Chun-ho	Progressivism		Dissolved
Unification National Party}}"	Unification National Party	Chung Ju-yung	Conservatism	Did not exist
New Political Reform Party}}"	New Political Reform Party	Park Chan-jong	Conservatism	Did not exist

The ruling Democratic Liberal Party was formed in 1990 through the merger of the former ruling Democratic Justice Party along with two opposition parties, the Reunification Democratic Party (RDP) and the New Democratic Republican Party (NDRP). The merger resulted in DLP having a congressional supermajority of 218 seats, which was more than 2/3 of whole seats. The party supported President Roh Tae-woo and included among its members former opposition leader Kim Young-sam and former Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil.

The leading opposition party was the Democratic Party. It was formed in 1991 through the merger of the New Democratic Allied Party (called Peace Democratic Party in previous election) led by Kim Dae-jung and former members of the RDP with the minor Democratic Party. The party was co-led by Kim and Lee Ki-taek. DP won 97 seats, which was less than 100 seats, one third of the whole seats, needed to prevent DLP's attempt to revise the constitution.

The Unification National Party was a conservative, centrist, developmentalist, pro-business party led by Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung. The party campaigned heavily on the issue of the economy and the poor record of President Roh's government. The RNP won 31 seats, which was more than 10% of the seats, with 17.4% of popular vote, and joined the opposition.

These major three parties competed in presidential elections on 19 December, which ended with DLP nominee Kim Young-sam's victory.

Results

By city/province

Region	Total
seats	Seats won	DLP	DP	UNP	NPRP	Ind.	Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)}}"	Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991)}}"	Unification National Party}}"	New Political Reform Party}}"	Independents}}"	Seoul	44	Busan	16	Daegu	11	Incheon	7	Gwangju	6	Daejeon	5	Gyeonggi	31	Gangwon	14	North Chungcheong	9	South Chungcheong	14	North Jeolla	14	South Jeolla	19	North Gyeongsang	21	South Gyeongsang	23	Jeju	3	Constituency total	237	116	75	24	1	21	PR list	62	33	22	7	0	0	Total	299	149	97	31	1	21
16	25	2	1	0
15	0	0	0	1
8	0	2	0	1
5	1	0	0	1
0	6	0	0	0
1	2	0	0	2
18	8	5	0	0
8	0	4	0	2
6	1	2	0	0
7	1	4	0	2
2	12	0	0	0
0	19	0	0	0
14	0	2	0	5
16	0	3	0	4
0	0	0	0	3

Notes

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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