2024 South Korean legislative election

2024 South Korean legislative election

10 April 2024

All 300 seats in the National Assembly
151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.97% (0.77pp; Const. votes)
66.99% (0.78pp; PR votes)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Lee Jae-myung Han Dong-hoon
Party Democratic People Power
Alliance Democratic Alliance
Last election 180 seats 103 seats
Seats won 173 108
Seat change 7 5
Constituency vote 15,075,279 13,179,769
 % and swing 51.57% (1.66 pp) 45.08% (3.62 pp)
Regional vote 7,567,459 10,395,264
 % and swing 26.70% (6.66pp) 36.67% (2.83pp)

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Cho Kuk Lee Jun-seok
Party Rebuilding Korea Reform
Last election Did not exist Did not exist
Seats won 12 3
Seat change New New
Constituency vote 195,147
 % and swing 0.67% (New)
Regional vote 6,874,278 1,025,775
 % and swing 24.25% (New) 3.62% (New)

Results of the election.

Speaker before election

Kim Jin-pyo
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Woo Won-shik
Democratic

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 10 April 2024. All 300 members of the National Assembly were elected, 254 from first-past-the-post constituencies and 46 from proportional party lists. The two largest parties, the liberal Democratic Party and the conservative People Power Party, once again set up satellite parties to take advantage of the electoral system.

The election served as a "mid-term evaluation" for the administration of President Yoon Suk-yeol as it approached its third year. Additionally, there was significant interest in whether the ruling party could surpass the constraints of the ruling coalition, which did not secure a majority in the previous general election, and gain the necessary momentum to govern effectively during the remainder of its term.

The election saw opposition parties, primarily the Democratic Party, retain their majority in the National Assembly. The new legislators had their first meeting on 30 May.