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2004 Korean legislative election
← 2000 15 April 2004 2008 →
All 299 seats in the National Assembly
150 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.6% (Increase3.4 pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Chung Dong-young Park Geun-hye Kwon Young-ghil
Party Uri Grand National Democratic Labor
Leader since 11 January 2004 23 March 2004 1 January 2000
Leader's seat Jeonju Dalseong Changwon 2nd
Last election – 34.5%, 133 seats 1.2%, 0 seats
Seats won 152 121 10
Seat change New Decrease 12 Increase10
Popular vote 8,145,824 7,613,660 2,774,061
Percentage 38.3% 35.8% 13%
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Legislative elections were held in the Republic of Korea on April 15, 2004. In the 17th election for the National Assembly, voters elected 299 members of the legislature. The newly formed Uri Party and other parties supporting President Roh Moo-hyun, who was impeached by the outgoing National Assembly, won a majority of seats. This was the first time a centre-left liberal party won a majority in the National Assembly.

Parties

The newly formed Uri Party (Uri-dang or Our Party) gained support through its opposition to the impeachment of President Roh. It won 32 out of 49 seats in Seoul, 44 out of 62 in Incheon and Gyeonggi, confirming that a majority of voters supported the President Roh.

The conservative Grand National Party, which supported the impeachment of President Roh, suffered a loss of support, but won a majority in North Gyeongsang and South Gyeongsang regions and retained the 100 seats necessary to block constitutional changes.

The Democrat Labour Party won only 10 seats, but this was considered a great triumph considering that South Koreans are traditionally anti-communist and against left-wing policies.

The Millennium Democratic Party, formerly the major liberal party, was the second-largest party prior to the election but sustained the biggest loss in the backlash following its leading role in the impeachment of Roh, as much of its support shifted to the Uri Party.

The United Liberal Democrats, a regional party based on North Chungcheong and South Chungcheong regions, has lost support since its leader, Kim Jong-pil, did not contest the last presidential election.

Results

Party Proportional Constituency Total
seats 		+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
bgcolor=Template:Uri Party/meta/color| Uri Party 8,145,824 38.3 23 8,957,665 41.99 129 152 New
bgcolor=Template:Grand National Party/meta/color| Grand National Party 7,613,660 35.8 21 8,083,609 37.90 100 121 –12
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color| Democratic Labour Party 2,774,061 13.0 8 920,229 4.31 2 10 +10
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color| Millennium Democratic Party 1,510,178 7.1 4 1,698,368 7.96 5 9 −106
bgcolor=Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color| United Liberal Democrats 600,462 2.8 0 569,083 2.67 4 4 −13
Christian Party 228,837 1.08 0 8,267 0.04 0 0 New
National Integration 21 119,746 0.60 0 63,989 0.30 1 1 New
Green Social Democrats 103,845 0.49 0 37,789 0.18 0 0 New
Socialist Party 47,311 0.22 0 8,004 0.04 0 0 0
Democratic Unity 39,785 0.19 0 – – – 0 New
Labor Party 37,084 0.17 0 2,582 0.01 0 0 New
Hope2080 31,501 0.15 0 1,253 0.01 0 0 New
Democratic Republican Party 24,360 0.11 0 2,405 0.01 0 0 0
Confederation of Nations 9,330 0.04 0 226 0.00 0 0 New
Democratic People's Party – – – 4,347 0.02 0 0 –2
bgcolor=Template:Independent/meta/color| Independents – – – 972,954 4.56 2 2 –3
Invalid/blank votes 294,960 – – 250,174 – – – –
Total 21,580,944 100 56 21,580,944 100 243 299 +26
Registered voters/turnout 35,596,497 60.63 – 35,596,497 60.63 – – –
Source: IPU

By region

Region Seats Electorate Turnout % Party Constituency Proportional
Votes % Seats Votes %
Seoul 48 7,750,350 4,818,901 62.2 bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color" | Uri Party 2,048,027 42.9 32 1,801,956 37.7
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 1,973,313 41.3 16 1,752,221 36.7
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 468,013 9.8 0 403,043 8.4
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 165,364 3.5 0 601,447 12.6
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 37,699 0.8 0 101,501 2.1
bgcolor=Template:Independent/meta/color| Others 83,355 1.7 0 117,402 2.5
Busan 18 2,796,078 1,731,967 61.9 bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 898,870 52.6 17 844,734 49.4
bgcolor=Template:Uri Party/meta/color| Uri Party 666,102 38.9 1 577,310 33.7
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 49,268 2.9 0 206,080 12.0
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 12,067 0.7 0 32,193 1.9
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 5,063 0.3 0 11,333 0.7
bgcolor=Template:Independent/meta/color| Others 83,355 4.9 0 40,000 2.3
Incheon 12 1,847,046 1,060,969 57.4 bgcolor=Template:Uri Party/meta/color| Uri Party 469,286 44.6 9 414,125 39.5
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 409,477 38.9 3 362,722 34.6
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 78,078 7.4 0 160,663 15.3
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 54,726 5.2 0 56,282 5.4
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 7,173 0.7 0 22,506 2.1
bgcolor=Template:Independent/meta/color| Others 32,318 3.1 0 31,854 3.0
Daegu 12 1,852,487 1,098,886 59.3 bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 679,375 62.4 12 674,046 62.1
bgcolor=Template:Uri Party/meta/color| Uri Party 291,260 26.8 0 241,850 22.3
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 27,945 2.6 0 125,593 11.6
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 19,863 1.8 0 12,163 1.1
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 5,358 0.5 0 8,319 0.8
bgcolor=Template:Independent/meta/color| Others 64,237 5.9 0 23,849 2.2
Gwangju 7 982,809 591,345 60.2 bgcolor=Template:Uri Party/meta/color| Uri Party 316,334 54.1 7 301,972 51.6
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 213,362 36.5 0 182,295 31.1
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 36,624 6.2 0 76,965 13.1
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 1,516 0.3 0 2,047 0.3
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 720 0.1 0 10,626 1.8
bgcolor=Template:Independent/meta/color| Others 20,532 3.5 0 11,849 2.0
Daejeon 6 1,026,281 604,505 58.9 bgcolor=Template:Uri Party/meta/color| Uri Party 273,807 45.7 6 262,067 43.8
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 133,838 22.4 0 145,375 24.3
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 132,148 22.1 0 86,644 14.5
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 19,423 3.2 0 18,551 3.1
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 8,917 1.5 0 70,779 11.8
bgcolor=Template:Independent/meta/color| Others 30,225 5.0 0 14,349 2.4
Ulsan 6 751,334 465,665 62.0 bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 167,454 36.3 3 167,681 36.4
bgcolor=Template:Uri Party/meta/color| Uri Party 129,483 28.1 1 143,573 31.2
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 83,247 18.0 1 100,856 21.9
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 3,728 0.8 0 3,885 0.8
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 2,630 0.6 0 6,874 1.5
bgcolor=Template:Independent/meta/color| Others 74,721 16.2 1 37,683 8.2
Gyeonggi 49 7,316,051 4,368,521 59.7 bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color" | Uri Party 1,979,555 45.7 35 1,738,893 40.2
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 1,760,838 40.6 14 1,531,102 35.4
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 288,457 6.6 0 262,206 6.1
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 178,142 4.1 0 584,516 13.5
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 30,133 0.7 0 86,362 2.0
bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Others 95,528 2.2 0 119,240 2.8
Gangwon 8 1,134,555 677,372 59.7 bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 290,070 43.4 2 269,533 40.6
bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color" | Uri Party 259,455 38.8 6 252,922 38.1
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 42,489 6.3 0 23,222 3.5
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 27,693 4.1 0 84,909 12.8
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 1,604 0.2 0 8,854 1.3
bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Others 46,784 7.0 0 23,787 3.6
North Chungcheong 8 1,089,850 634,738 58.2 bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color" | Uri Party 315,698 50.4 8 277,904 44.7
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 203,776 32.6 0 188,491 30.3
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 57,747 9.2 0 39,078 6.3
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 20,862 3.3 0 81,226 13.1
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 6,520 1.0 0 21,836 3.5
bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Others 21,158 3.4 0 13,687 2.2
South Chungcheong 10 1,417,751 793,572 56.0 bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color" | Uri Party 303,201 38.9 5 295,169 38.0
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 263,191 33.8 4 184,699 23.8
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 123,054 15.8 1 164,667 21.2
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 27,185 3.5 0 21,836 2.8
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 17,511 2.2 0 81,100 10.5
bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Others 45,113 5.8 0 28,593 3.7
North Jeolla 11 1,418,872 868,167 61.2 bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color" | Uri Party 551,661 64.5 11 573,711 67.3
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 159,487 18.6 0 115,832 13.6
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 38,895 4.5 0 95,095 11.1
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 1,221 0.1 0 29,095 3.4
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 1,181 0.1 0 8,105 1.0
bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Others 102,310 11.9 0 31,091 3.6
South Jeolla 13 1,501,645 952,365 63.4 bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color" | Uri Party 438,096 49.1 7 433,215 46.7
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 326,508 36.6 5 313,396 33.8
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 23,851 2.7 0 104,009 11.2
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 2,596 0.3 0 27,025 2.9
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 1,211 0.1 0 9,320 1.0
bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Others 99,169 11.1 1 40,489 4.4
North Gyeongsang 15 2,033,803 1,250,632 61.5 bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 670,963 54.6 14 712,923 58.3
bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color" | Uri Party 317,261 25.8 2 280,445 23.0
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 42,038 3.4 1 146,700 12.0
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 7,062 0.6 0 14,174 1.2
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 5,242 0.4 0 17,126 1.4
bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Others 185,950 15.1 0 50,614 4.1
South Gyeongsang 17 2,282,451 1,422,523 62.3 bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 667,404 48.0 14 660,604 47.3
bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color" | Uri Party 481,312 34.6 2 441,987 31.7
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 117,734 8.5 1 220,836 15.8
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 7,766 0.5 0 11,000 0.8
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 6,837 0.5 0 19,577 1.4
bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Others 108,116 7.8 0 42,202 3.0
Jeju 3 395,134 241,422 61.1 bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color" | Uri Party 117,127 49.4 3 108,725 46.0
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" | Grand National Party 95,276 40.2 0 72,815 30.8
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color" | Millennium Democratic Party 9,015 3.8 0 12,006 5.1
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" | Democratic Labour Party 8,060 3.4 0 33,287 14.1
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | United Liberal Democrats 1,385 0.6 0 2,635 1.1
bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Others 6,333 2.7 0 6,850 2.9
Source: Psephos
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