1988 South Korean Legislative Election
First democratic Assembly26 April 1988 · The democratic Assembly · 299 seats, 150 for a majority
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 26 April 1988. The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP), which won 125 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly.
President before
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President (continued)
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Largest force
Democratic Justice Party
87 of 299 seats
Turnout
75.8%
The result
| Share of the Assembly | |||||||
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| Democratic Justice Party | Roh Tae-woo | 87 | +38 | 6,670,494 | 34.0% | -1.3 | |
| Peace Democratic Party | Park Yeong-suk | 54 | +16 | 3,783,279 | 19.3% | — | |
| Reunification Democratic Party | Kim Myeong-yun | 46 | +13 | 4,680,175 | 23.8% | — | |
| New Democratic Republican Party | Kim Jong-pil | 27 | +8 | 3,062,506 | 15.6% | — | |
| Independents | — | 9 | 0 | 933,161 | 4.8% | — | |
| Hankyoreh Democratic Party | — | 1 | 0 | 251,236 | 1.3% | — |
75 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.