2024 South Korean legislative election
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The next legislative elections in South Korea are provisionally scheduled to be held on 10 April 2024.[1][2]
Electoral system[edit]
The National Assembly's 300 seats are elected by the following methods:
- 254 constituency seats are elected via first-past-the-post voting
- Remaining 46 seats are elected by proportional representation via the additional member system and largest remainder method. Parallel voting is no longer used.
The voting age is set at 18.
Campaign developments[edit]
The election is being held amid several socioeconomic issues in South Korea such as rising inflation and the ongoing doctors' strike.[3]
On 27 October 2023, the Justice Party and Green Party announced their intention to form an electoral alliance and invited other left-wing parties to participate.[4] This move was heavily criticized by Justice Party Members of Parliament Jang Hye-young and Ryu Ho-jeong, as well as former Justice Party Youth Committee Chair Kim Chang-in; all three believe that the Justice Party should form electoral alliances not by ideology, but with any "third zone" party opposed to the Democratic Party and People Power Party.[5]
On 2 January 2024, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party was stabbed in an assassination attempt while visiting the construction site of an airport in Gadeokdo, Busan.
On 15 January 2024, the Green Party and Justice Party announced a left-wing election coalition called the "Green-Justice Party."[6]
On 15 January 2024, Basic Income Party leader Yong Hye-in announced a pro-Democrat electoral coalition to counter the People Power Party.[7]
Political parties[edit]
| Parties | Leader | Ideology | Seats | Status | ||
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| Last election | Before election | |||||
| Democratic Party of Korea | Lee Jae-myung | Liberalism | 180 / 300 [e]
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156 / 300 [f]
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Opposition | |
3 / 300 [g]
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| People Power Party | Han Dong-hoon | Conservatism | 103 / 300 [h]
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114 / 300 [i]
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Government | |
3 / 300 [j]
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1 / 300 [k]
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| Green–Justice Party | Kim Jun-woo | Progressivism | 6 / 300
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6 / 300
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Opposition | |
| New Future Party | Lee Nak-yon | Centrist reformism | Did not exist | 5 / 300
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| New Reform Party | Lee Jun-seok | Conservatism[8] | Did not exist | 4 / 300
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| Progressive Party | Yoon Hee-suk | Left-wing nationalism | 0 / 300
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1 / 300
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| Liberal Unification Party | Hwangbo Seung-hee | Anti-communism | 0 / 300
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1 / 300
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Government | |
| Rebuilding Korea Party | Cho Kuk | Liberalism | Did not exist | 1 / 300
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Opposition | |
Candidates[edit]
| Electoral symbol | Parties | Candidates | |||
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| Constituency | Proportional | Constituency (254) | Proportional (46) | ||
| 1 | — | Democratic Party of Korea | 246 / 254
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— | |
| 2 | — | People Power Party | 254 / 254
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| — | 3 | Democratic Alliance of Korea | — | 30 / 46
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| — | 4 | People Future Party | — | 35 / 46
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| 5 | Green–Justice Party | 17 / 254
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14 / 46
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| 6 | New Future Party | 28 / 254
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11 / 46
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| 7 | New Reform Party | 43 / 254
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10 / 46
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| 7 or 8 | 8 | Liberal Unification Party | 11 / 254
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20 / 46
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| 7 or 8 | — | Progressive Party | 21 / 254
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— | |
| — | 9 | Rebuilding Korea Party | — | 25 / 46
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Lawmakers not standing for re-election[edit]
As of 14 February 2024, a total of 17 current members of the National Assembly have announced their intention not to stand for re-election.
| Party | Lawmakers retiring | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Elected[l] | Current | ||
| Democratic | 13 | 10 | |
| People Power | 4 | 2 | |
| Independent | 0 | 3 | |
| Liberal Unification | 0 | 1 | |
| New Future | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 17 | ||
Opinion polls[edit]
Conduct[edit]
Early voting opened on 5 April and will last until 7 April. Among those who cast their votes early were People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon, who voted in Seoul, and Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, who voted in Daejeon.[25]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ with Democratic Alliance of Korea
- ^ with People Future
- ^ including 14 seat held by the Democratic Alliance of Korea
- ^ including 13 seats held by the People's Future Party
- ^ 163 - Democratic Party; 17 - Platform Party
- ^ 142 - Democratic Party; 14 - Democratic Alliance
- ^ Open Democratic Party
- ^ 84 - United Future Party; 19 - Future Korea Party
- ^ 101 - People Power Party; 13 - People Future Party
- ^ People Party
- ^ Transition Korea
- ^ Party affiliation of retiring MPs at the time of the 2020 legislative election.
- ^ Currently seeking the nomination for #1 proportional representative candidate for the Liberal Unification Party
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