2004 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on April 15, 2004. In the 17th election for the National Assembly, voters elected 299 members of the legislature. The newly formed Uri Party and other parties supporting President Roh Moo-hyun, who was impeached by the outgoing National Assembly, won a majority of seats. This was the first time a centre-left liberal party won a majority in the National Assembly.

2004 South Korean legislative election

15 April 2004

All 299 seats in the National Assembly
150 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.63% ( 3.38pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Uri Chung Dong-young 38.27 152 New
Grand National Park Geun-hye 35.77 121 −12
Democratic Labor Kwon Young-ghil 13.03 10 +10
Millennium Democratic Cho Soon-hyung 7.96 9 −106
United Liberal Democrats Kim Jong-pil 2.82 4 −13
NI21 0.56 1 New
Independents 2 −3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by district
Speaker before Speaker after
Park Kwan-yong
Grand National
Kim Won-ki
Uri
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