South Korean legislative election, 2000

South Korean legislative election, 2000

1996 ← 13 April 2000 → 2004

All 273 seats to the National Assembly of South Korea 137 seats needed for a majority Turnout 57.2%   Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Lee Hoi-chang Kim Dae-jung Kim Jong-pil Party Grand National Millennium Democratic ULD (Ja-min-reon/자민련) Leader since March~November 1997 31 August 1998 5 September 1995 21 March 1995 Leader's seat Proportional representation Current President Proportional representation Last election 121 seats (grow 120 seats), 34.5% 79 seats (grow 105 seats), 25.3% 50 seats (grow 52 seats), 16.2% Seats won 133 115 17 Seat change 13 10 35 Popular vote 7,365,359 6,780,625 1,859,331 Percentage 39,0% 35.9% 9.8%

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Parliamentary elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000. Many questionnaire was shown that democrats would had more seats and votes, but the result was a victory for the Grand National Party, which won 133 of the 273 seats in the National Assembly. ULD lost 2/3 of the seats, due to GNP's victory in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gangwon-do (South Korea), and also fewer local votes in Chungcheong. However, GNP not reached half seats, so 16th parliament became Hung Parliament, and this is the only parliament that President's party lost majority. So democrats, ULD and even Democratic People's Party(DPP) started coalition again to gain majority. The voter turnout was 57.2%. This election was the first election of Democratic Labout Party, with no seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Grand National Party	7,365,359	39.0	133	+13
Millennium Democratic Party	6,780,625	35.9	115	+10
United Liberal Democrats	1,859,331	9.8	17	-35
Democratic People's Party(민주국민당)	695,423	3.7	2	-5
Democratic Labour Party	223,261	1.2	0	New
Korea National Party	77,498	0.4	1	New(-)
Independents	1,774,211	9.4	5	-9
Invalid/blank votes	252,384	-	-	-
Total	19,157,124	100	273	-26
Source: Nohlen et al

External links

• International Foundation for Election Systems election results page