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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 20 May 1954.[1] The result was a victory for Syngman Rhee's Liberal Party, which won 114 of the 203 seats. Voter turnout was 91.1%.
Electoral system
The elections were held under first-past-the-post voting.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party | 2,756,061 | 36.79 | 114 | New | |
| Democratic Nationalist Party | 593,499 | 7.92 | 15 | –9 | |
| National Association | 192,109 | 2.56 | 3 | –11 | |
| Korea Nationalist Party | 72,923 | 0.97 | 3 | –21 | |
| Other parties | 286,097 | 3.82 | 0 | – | |
| Independents | 3,591,617 | 47.94 | 68 | –58 | |
| Total | 7,492,306 | 100.00 | 203 | –7 | |
| Valid votes | 7,492,306 | 97.32 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 206,082 | 2.68 | |||
| Total votes | 7,698,388 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,446,509 | 91.14 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
Results by city/province
| Region | Total seats |
Seats won | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LP | DNP | NA | KNP | Other | Ind. | ||
| Seoul | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Gyeonggi | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Gangwon | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| North Chungcheong | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| South Chungcheong | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| North Jeolla | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| South Jeolla | 30 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| North Gyeongsang | 34 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| South Gyeongsang | 32 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Jeju | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 203 | 111 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 70 |
| Source: National Election Commission | |||||||
See also
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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