1973 South Korean Legislative Election
A third of seats appointed27 February 1973 · Yushin and the Fifth Republic · 146 seats, 110 for a majority
The election reconstituted the National Assembly after Park had dissolved it in the October Restoration self-coup four months earlier and pushed through a constitutional referendum which removed presidential term limits and gave him the power to appoint one-third of the National Assembly.
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in Vietnam War (1965–1973). Conflicts →
Held under the Yushin constitution: one third of the Assembly was appointed on the president's nomination.
President before
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President (continued)
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Largest force
Democratic Republican Party
73 of 146 seats
Turnout
71.4%
The result
| Share of the Assembly | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republican Party | Park Chung-hee | 73 | +40 | 4,251,754 | 38.7% | -10.1 | |
| New Democratic Party | — | 52 | +37 | 3,577,300 | 32.5% | — | |
| Independents | — | 19 | — | 2,048,178 | 18.6% | — | |
| Democratic Unification Party | — | 2 | — | 1,114,204 | 10.1% | — |