Republic of Korea - April 2024
Parliamentary election delivers landslide victory for opposition
South Korea’s parliamentary election on 10 April delivered a landslide victory to the opposition Democratic Party and its satellite party [political entities aligned with major political parties], securing 175 of the 300 National Assembly (NA) seats but falling just short of a supermajority. The ruling conservative People Power Party and its satellite party won 108 seats. Voter turnout was estimated at 67 per cent (0.8 percentage increase from the last 2020 election), the highest on record for a parliamentary election according to the National Election Commission. According to media reports, a record 36 female lawmakers were elected to the NA seats, up from 29 in 2020.
Sources: The Korea Times, National Election Commission of the Republic of Korea, CSIS, BBC News
