Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 December 1978 to elect 154 members of the National Assembly.[1] Another 77 members appointed by PresidentPark Chung-hee were indirectly elected by the National Conference for Unification on 21 December 1978.[2]
Despite garnering 169,000 fewer popular votes than the opposition New Democratic Party, the ruling Democratic Republican Party won a supermajority victory with 68 of the 154 elected seats in the National Assembly and an additional 77 members appointed by President Park. Voter turnout was 77.1%.
On 21 December 1978, the National Conference for Unification indirectly elected 77 members of the National Assembly appointed by President Park Chung-hee. Out of the 2,581 delegates, 2,573 were present with 2,539 of them approving the election of Park's appointees.[2]