2012 South Korean legislative election

2012 South Korean legislative election
11 April 2012
All 300 seats in the National Assembly
151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout54.24% (8.16pp; Const. votes)
54.24% (8.16pp; PR votes)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Park Geun-hye Han Myeong-sook
Party Saenuri Democratic United
Last election 167 seats 81 seats
Seats won 152 127
Seat change 15 46
Constituency vote 9,324,911 8,156,045
 % and swing 43.28% (3.87pp) 37.85% (8.93pp)
Regional vote 9,130,651 7,777,123
 % and swing 42.80% (7.86pp) 36.46% ( 11.28pp)
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Lee Jung-hee
Rhyu Si-min
Sim Sang-jung		 Lee Hoi-chang
Party Unified Progressive Liberty Forward
Last election 5 seats 18 seats
Seats won 13 5
Seat change 8 13
Constituency vote 1,291,306 474,001
 % and swing 5.99% (2.60pp) 2.20% (3.52pp)
Regional vote 2,198,405 690,754
 % and swing 10.31% (4.63pp) 3.24% (3.61pp)
Speaker before election

Chung Eui-hwa
Saenuri

 Elected Speaker

Kang Chang-hee
Saenuri

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 11 April 2012. The election was won by the ruling Saenuri or New Frontier Party, which renewed its majority in the National Assembly, despite losing seats. The election was read as a bellwether for the presidential election to be held later in the year. The result confounded exit polls and media analysis, which had predicted a closer outcome.

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