1950 South Korean legislative election

1950 South Korean legislative election

30 May 1950
All 210 seats in the House of Representatives 106 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	91.91%
Party Leader Vote % Seats Democratic Nationalist Sin Ik-hui Kim Seong-su 9.79 24 Nationalist Yun Chi-young 9.69 24 National Association Syngman Rhee 6.77 14 Korea Youth 3.26 10 Federation of Trade Unions 1.69 10 Socialist 1.28 2 Ilmin Club 1.02 3 National Independence 0.48 1 Other parties – 2.18 3 Independents – 62.93 126 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Speaker before Speaker after Shin Ik-hee National Association Shin Ik-hee National Association

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 30 May 1950. 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 91.9%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Nationalist Party	683,910	9.79	24
	Korea Nationalist Party	677,173	9.69	24
	National Association	473,153	6.77	14
	Korea Youth Party	227,539	3.26	10
	Korean Federation of Trade Unions	117,939	1.69	3
	Socialist Party	89,413	1.28	2
	Ilmin Club	71,239	1.02	3
	Korea Independence Workers Party	45,813	0.66	0
	National Independence Federation	33,464	0.48	1
	Korea Independence Party	17,745	0.25	0
	Other parties	152,365	2.18	3
	Independents	4,397,287	62.93	126
Total		6,987,040	100.00	210
Valid votes		6,987,040	90.13
Invalid/blank votes		765,036	9.87
Total votes		7,752,076	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,434,737	91.91
Source: Nohlen et al.

By city/province

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

See also

• List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 1950–1954
• Second National Assembly