2000 South Korean legislative election

2000 South Korean legislative election

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All 273 seats in the National Assembly 137 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	57.22% ( 6.69pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Lee Hoi-chang Kim Dae-jung Kim Jong-pil Party Grand National Millennium Democratic United Liberal Democrats Alliance  – Alliance of DJP Alliance of DJP Last election 140 seats[a] 79 seats[b] 50 seats Seats won 133 115 17 Seat change 7 36 33 Popular vote 7,365,359 6,780,625 1,859,331 Percentage 38.96% 35.87% 9.84% Swing 6.79pp 10.57pp 6.33pp
■ GNP ■ MDP ■ ULD ■ DPP ■ NKPH ■ Others
Speaker before election Park Jyun-kyu United Liberal Democrats Elected Speaker Lee Man-sup Millennium Democratic

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000.^[1]

Opinion polls suggested that the ruling Democratic Party would win the most seats, but the result was a victory for the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), which won 133 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. The United Liberal Democrats (ULD) lost two-thirds of their seats due to GNP's victory in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gangwon-do (South Korea), and also fewer local votes in Chungcheong.

With no party winning a majority, the 16th parliament was the first hung parliament in South Korean history.^[2]

The Democrats, ULD and Democratic People's Party (DPP) formed a coalition to gain a majority. However, the ULD withdrew support in 2001 and joined the conservative opposition. Seven ULD members subsequently defected from the party and joined the GNP, giving it a majority.

Of the 273 seats, 227 were elected in single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting, while the remainder were allocated via proportional representation at the national level. Proportional seats were only available to parties which won three percent of the national valid vote among seat-allocated parties and/or won five or more constituency seats.

• Republic of Korea: Election for Kukhoe (South Korean National Assembly) IFES]