2008 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on April 9, 2008. The conservative Grand National Party won 153 of 299 seats while the main opposition United Democratic Party won 81 seats. This election marked the lowest-ever voter turnout of 46%.

2008 South Korean legislative election

9 April 2008

All 299 seats in the National Assembly
150 seats needed for a majority
Turnout46.08% ( 14.55pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Grand National Kang Jae-seop 37.48 153 +32
United Democratic Han Myeong-sook 25.18 81 −80
Pro-Park Suh Chung-won 13.18 14 New
Liberty Forward Lee Hoi-chang 6.85 18 New
Democratic Labor Kwon Young-ghil 5.68 5 −5
Creative Korea Han Myeon-hee 3.81 3 New
Independents 11.08 25 +23
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results of the election
Speaker before Speaker after
Kim Chae-jung
United Democratic
Kim Hyong-o
Grand National
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