1958 South Korean legislative election All 233 seats in the House of Representatives 117 seats needed for a majorityTurnout 87.80% ( 3.34pp )
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on Friday 2 May 1958.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party , which won 126 of the 233 seats. Voter turnout was 87.8%.
The elections were held under first-past-the-post voting .
Party Votes % Seats +/– Liberal Party 3,607,092 42.07 126 +12 Democratic Party 2,914,049 33.99 79 +64 Unification Party 53,716 0.63 1 New National Association 50,568 0.59 0 –3 Other parties 90,160 1.05 0 – Independents 1,857,707 21.67 27 –41 Total 8,573,292 100.00 233 +30 Valid votes 8,576,757 96.11 Invalid/blank votes 347,148 3.89 Total votes 8,923,905 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 10,164,428 87.80 Source: Nohlen et al .[a]
^ The results are inconsistent, with a difference of 3,465 between the party vote totals and the reported number of valid votes.[2]
^ Dieter Nohlen , Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II , p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
^ Nohlen et al ., pp428–429