1958 South Korean legislative election

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All 233 seats in the House of Representatives
117 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 87.80% ( 3.34pp)
| Party | Leader  | % | Seats  | +/–

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Liberal | Syngman Rhee | 42.07  | 126  | +12
Democratic | Chough Pyung-ok | 33.99  | 79  | +64
Unification |  | 0.63  | 1  | New
Independents | –  | 21.67  | 27  | −41

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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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%.

## Electoral system[edit]

The elections were held under first-past-the-post voting.

## Results[edit]

126

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]

1. ^ The results are inconsistent, with a difference of 3,465 between the party vote totals and the reported number of valid votes.[2]

### By city/province[edit]

Region  | Total
seats  | Seats won

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LP | DP | UP  | Ind.
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Seoul | 16  | 1  | 14  | 0  | 1
Gyeonggi | 25  | 14  | 8  | 0  | 3
Gangwon | 20  | 15  | 2  | 0  | 3
North Chungcheong | 13  | 8  | 4  | 0  | 1
South Chungcheong | 22  | 15  | 6  | 0  | 1
North Jeolla | 24  | 10  | 11  | 0  | 3
South Jeolla | 32  | 18  | 10  | 1  | 3
North Gyeongsang | 38  | 24  | 8  | 0  | 6
South Gyeongsang | 40  | 20  | 15  | 0  | 5
Jeju | 3  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1
Total  | 233  | 126  | 79  | 1  | 27

## Notes[edit]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
2. ^ Nohlen et al., pp428–429

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