2008 South Korean Legislative Election
9 April 2008 · The democratic Assembly · 299 seats, 150 for a majority
The election was held under parallel voting, with 245 members elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting and the remainder elected via proportional representation. Proportional seats were only available to parties which won three percent of the national valid vote among seat-allocated parties and/or won five or more constituency seats.
President before
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President (continued)
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Largest force
Grand National
153 of 299 seats
Turnout
46.1%
The result
Grand National
Kang Jae-sup · +32 seats
153
seats
Liberty Forward
Lee Hoi-chang
18
seats
Democratic Labor
Chon Young-sae · -5 seats
5
seats
Creative Korea
Han Myeon-hee · +3 seats
3
seats
120 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.