1996 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 April 1996. The result was a victory for the New Korea Party, which won 139 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 63.9%. Although the New Korea Party remained the largest party in the National Assembly, it failed to win the majority.

1996 South Korean legislative election

12 April 1996

All 299 seats in the National Assembly
150 seats needed for a majority
Turnout63.91% ( 7.95pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
New Korea Kim Young-sam 34.52 139 −10
National Congress Kim Dae-jung 25.30 79 New
United Liberal Democrats Kim Jong-pil 16.17 50 New
United Democratic Park Il
Chang Eul-byung
11.23 15 −82
Independents 11.85 16 −5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results of the election
Speaker before Speaker after
Hwang Nak-joo
New Korea
Kim Soo-han
New Korea
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